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Completed projects

Training for Rural Development: agricultural and enterprise skills for women smallholders [International]

The research looked at successful ways of addressing common problems and identified practical ways to overcome barriers to training for women smallholders.
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Smoothing the Path: Advice about learning and work for disadvantaged adults [England]
This Centre for Skills Development and CfBT Education Trust joint research project explored effective and innovative careers guidance provision in relation to adults disadvantaged in the English labour market.
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Matching Needs: Employer and Learner Perceptions of Vocational Education and Training in the South Caucasus
To support the British Council’s Skills for Employability (SfE) programme in South East Europe, CSD was invited to conduct a piece of qualitative research into the views of employers and young learners towards employability skills.
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Employer Engagement in Hyderabad [India]
Poor links between industry and schools in Hyderabad have contributed to a mismatch between learner career expectations and the needs of local industry. We partnered with CfBT  Education Trust to address this through supporting greater involvement of local industry in school-based career and learning development.
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Practitioners Voices: Understanding their role within a demand-led system [England]
CSD invited practitioners from three industrial sectors to compare and contrast how they felt good practice can inform and influence policy decisions in further education.
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Skills Development: Attitudes & Perceptions [International]
The City & Guilds Centre for Skills Development launched its first programme of work early in 2008. Our first priority was to understand the current issues by listening to those with a stake in vocational education and training. To this end, we commissioned an extensive consultation survey in nine countries: Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, India, Malaysia, South Africa and the UK.
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Who Trains: A Picture of Companies' Training Practices Throughout the UK [United Kingdom]
The City & Guilds Centre for Skills Development conducted this research in order to develop a better understanding of the ways in which organisations train: the types of companies which are more likely to engage in training, together with the kind of workers who are more likely to be given training.
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For any enquiries regarding CSD's past projects please contact chris.gale@skillsdevelopment.org