The Danish Job Rotation (JR) model centres on temporarily removing from the workplace and providing training for low skilled workers, whilst simultaneously providing in-work experience and vocational training for unemployed people who act as de facto substitutes. In September 2024, WMCA commissioned us to conduct an independent process and impact evaluation of the Job Rotation Pilot in the Coventry area, up to its conclusion at the end of March 2025. The evaluation sought to

In spring 2023, we undertook a Labour Market Intelligence (LMI) study in the electrotechnical sector for TESP. This study sought to provide an updated picture of the sector in the wake of significant changes in the past few years (including the Covid-19 pandemic, and the continuing impact of EU Exit, among others). This research provided refreshed intelligence to update LMI gathered in our previous studies in 2018 and 2020. The research provided an up-to-date estimate of the

The DfT commissioned Pye Tait Consulting to undertake a review of the street works training and qualifications regime. This regime comprises the system for awarding qualifications to street works operatives and supervisors, to be able to qualify and register for a street works card for use onsite. The aim of the research was to undertake a comprehensive review of the current street works qualifications regime in England, Scotland and Wales, with a view to future reform in Eng

We were jointly commissioned by two research councils, MRC and BBSRC (part of the UK Research & Innovation family) to identify skills gaps in UK life sciences to understand the future landscape for the sector. The skills priority review focused on five ‘skills gaps clusters’ including digital skills, data science skills, interdisciplinarity, knowledge exchange and business and compliance skills, and soft skills. The research examined current UK skills gaps across these skills