The Scottish Government has today published EKOS’ independent evaluation of the first four years of the Flexible Workforce Development Fund which provides funding to employers to support upskilling and reskilling of their workforce. Main report can be accessed here. Summary findings can be accessed here.
Category archives: Skills & Education
Ayrshire Regional Skills Investment Plan 2022 – 2025
EKOS recently supported Skills Development Scotland and the three Ayrshire local authorities with the development of a Regional Skills Investment Plan (RSIP) for the 2022-2025 period. The RSIP is an evidence-based report that draws on local insight and expertise to highlight opportunities for Ayrshire-focused skills investment across the three local authorities. Building on existing national […]
Skills in Planning Research
EKOS was commissioned by Skills Development Scotland and Partners in Planning (PiP) to review skills challenges and gaps within the planning sector in Scotland. In the process of compiling this report, we examined numerous sources of evidence (legislation/policy review, baseline and consultation) to identify the scope, nature and drivers of issues affecting the sector. Bringing […]
Data Skills for Work: Developing a Skills Framework
In spring 2020, EKOS were commissioned by The Data Lab to develop a framework for data skills that will be used to support the work of the Data Skills for Work programme, the upskilling and retraining strand of the Data Driven Innovation Skills Gateway initiative in the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region. We […]
Skills Investment Plan for Scotland’s Historic Environment Sector
Last year, EKOS produced research to support the development of a Skills Investment Plan for the the historic environment sector. The research was facilitated in partnership by Skills Development Scotland (SDS) and Historic Environment Scotland (HES). It identifies a series of actions to address the skills challenges and opportunities in the sector, which supports an […]
Scotland’s Screen Skills
EKOS supported partners, Skills Development Scotland (SDS), the Centre for Work-based Learning and Screen Scotland to look at the skills needs of Scotland’s growing TV and film industries. See the summary report here
Skills Investment Plan for Scotland’s Historic Environment Sector
EKOS supported Skills Development Scotland (SDS) and Historic Environment Scotland (HES) to prepare action plan to ensure Scotland has the skills it needs to manage, protect and conserve its historic environment is being launched. See the Action Plan here
Construction Scotland Innovation centre
The recently launched Construction Scotland Innovation Centre is a collaborative hub for innovation which is funded and established by key partners, including; the Scottish Funding Council, 11 Scottish Higher Education Institutions, Scottish Enterprise, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, and the private sector. The Centre offers a single point of contact for business support provision for the […]
Made In Scotland Agency