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Evaluation of the New Futures Fund initiative (2005) The New Futures Fund (NFF) takes a holistic approach to employability enhancement, aiming to assist the most disadvantaged target client groups, furthest removed from the labour market, to develop the...
Edinburgh Enterprise Campaign, 2002 - 2004 evaluation: final report (2004) The aim of the Edinburgh Enterprise Campaign (EEC) was to: promote attitudinal and cultural change to enterprise among excluded groups; encourage training and education activity in local areas; and de...
Evaluation of Scottish Enterprise Borders' response to Foot and Mouth disease: a final report to Scottish Enterprise Borders (2004) The aim of the evaluation was to assess the impact of the 2001 outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) on the Borders economy, and the effectiveness of Scottish Enterprise Borders’ (SEB) response to ...
Core Skills pilot project 2003 / 2004: evaluation report (2004) The Workforce Development Programme Core Skills Pilot aimed to look at the effectiveness of two differing approaches to training in Core Skills – a traditional classroom style approach and a supported...
Skills Pipeline project evaluation (2004) The Skills Pipeline project aimed to provide customised training for jobs in the financial sector and increase the pool of skilled people in the Glasgow area to supply local companies. The evaluation ...
Tomorrow’s leaders international (2004) Tomorrow's Leaders International was funded by Scottish Enterprise Glasgow in 2003 and 2004 as a pilot programme that selected and funded student interns on placement to firms based in the USA. The ev...
Return on Investment (ROI) pilot project review (2004) The Return on Investment (ROI) pilot is one of a number of interventions designed to implement the objectives of the 'In-Work Training Strategy Statement' prepared for the Scottish Enterprise (SE) Dun...
The Pool Charitable Trust: evaluation (2004) In 2000, Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh and Lothian (SEEL), the City of Edinburgh Council and financial services companies set up the Pool Charitable Trust, the first of ten Employment Academies coveri...
Go for Tourism: programme review – report (2004) The Go for Tourism initiative aimed to identify and address the key skills and labour market challenges that the tourism sector faced in the Forth Valley area. The evaluation aimed to evaluate the eff...
Working in Tourism and Hospitality (WITH) project evaluation (2004) The WITH partnership project aimed to develop a competitive workforce to enable the people of West Dunbartonshire gain jobs in the tourism and hospitality sector. The evaluation aimed to assess: the e...
Lothian Tourism Recruitment and Retention Programme: evaluation 2002-04 (2004) In September 2002, Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh and Lothian (SEEL) subcontracted the delivery of their Tourism Recruitment and Retention Programme to Springboard Scotland. The programme’s aims were t...
Electronic portfolio implementation: an evaluation for Scottish Enterprise Renfrewshire (2004) The electronic portfolio implementation pilot project was set up as a short-term support mechanism to support local training providers in using Learning Assistant, an e-portfolio system. Scottish Ente...
Training for Work: final evaluation (2003) Training for Work (TfW) is a voluntary training and employability programme for long-term unemployed adults over the age of 25, run by Scottish Enterprise Tayside (SET). Trainees are helped to find jo...
Evaluation of Positive Futures: report to Glasgow Inclusiveness Strategy Group (2003) The Positive Futures ‘inclusiveness project’ aimed to establish strategic, operational and funding partnerships between the key agencies that engage with young people and provide key worker support th...
Food and drink sector recruitment problems (2003) In response to anecdotal evidence of local recruitment problems, the evaluation aimed to: assess the extent of recruitment and retention issues among Tayside food and drink manufacturers; determine th...
An evaluation of training for farmer directors of co-operatives (2003) SAOS developed and piloted a training programme designed for farmers holding non-executive directorships of agricultural co-operatives. A pilot course was held over five days in the Autumn of 2001. Th...
Glasgow Works – evaluation of sustainability of outcomes: final report (2003) Glasgow Works aimed to tackle Glasgow’s problem of long-term unemployment. The evaluation aimed to establish the level of job outcomes from Glasgow Works and their sustainability, from a sample of lea...
Evaluation of Tourism Training programme: final report (2003) Scottish Enterprise Dumfries and Galloway’s (SEDG) tourism training programme consisted of 10 separate training schemes, providing subsidised places for staff employed in tourism businesses. The evalu...
Evaluation of Business Learning Centres (2003) The Real Business Learning Centres aimed to create an inclusive learning environment, drawing individuals into learning through both business-related and personal interest. They also aimed to encourag...
Evaluation of Learning and Enterprise Partnership: final report (2003) The Get into Enterprise (GiE) programme was used in Dumfries and Galloway to rekindle the spirit of enterprise in the community, following the outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease. The evaluation aimed ...
Final evaluation of SER Courseware Library Project (2003) The Courseware Library Project aimed to encourage employers and training providers to become learning organisations, and introduce employers and learners to new learning technologies. The evaluation a...
Food Sector New Product Development process – final report (2003) The Food Sector New Product Development (NPD) programme aimed to provide training, advice and guidance to businesses in the food sector and to establish a systematic process for NPD and a greater unde...
Report on an evaluation of five Learning Centres (2003) The Learning Centres aimed to increase participation in and widen access to lifelong learning in local, rural communities. The evaluation aimed to ascertain: how funding was spent and what has been ga...
Training and Employment Grants Scheme evaluation: revised final report (2003) SEFV’s Training and Employment Grants Scheme (TEGS) aimed to: increase employment opportunities for the long-term unemployed; increase long-term employability; change business attitudes to training an...
Alloa Initiative Partnership evaluation: a report for the Alloa Initiative Partnership (2003) The Alloa Initiative Partnership aimed to bring benefits in terms of employment creation and economic regeneration for the Clackmannanshire and wider Forth Valley areas, while also assisting Tesco Sto...
Developing Get Ready for Work in rural areas (2003) Get Ready for Work (GRfW) aimed to provide training and additional support to young people who otherwise ‘would be unable to access other training, learning or employment opportunities’ in Lanarkshire...
Evaluation of the e-Business Centre at the University of Paisley (2002) The e-Business Centre (e-BC) at the University of Paisley opened in 2000 as Scotland’s first dedicated e-BC – providing access to technology, expertise and staff resources to help small and medium siz...
Motorola Task Force evaluation: final report (revised) (2002) The Motorola Task Force was set up in response to the announcement of the closure of the Motorola plant at Easter Inch in West Lothian with the objective of overseeing the action plan to specifically ...
Adult Guidance report (2002) The Adult Guidance service, run under the Scottish Enterprise Renfrewshire (SER) contract with Renfrewshire Careers Partnership (RCPL), aimed to provide a service to young people and adults, using eco...
Interim evaluation of the Computer Network Training programme: report (2002) The Computer Network Training (CNT) programme aimed to offer retraining in computer skills to unemployed residents of Forth Valley and to provide a supply of scarce information and communications tech...
Employment Academy for the healthcare sector in Lothian: good practice report (2002) Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh and Lothian (SEEL) worked in partnership with the City of Edinburgh Council, among others, to develop the Health Care Academy, the aim of which was to provide demand-led ...
New Futures Fund Initiative: evaluation of management and operation - final report (2002) The New Futures Fund Initiative (NFFI) aimed to target problems of social exclusion and disadvantage, particularly in relation to the labour market in Scotland, and support the development of a cohere...
Strategic review of IIP (2002) Investors in People (IIP) aims to provide a national framework for improving business performance and competitiveness, through a planned approach to setting and communicating business objectives and d...
Evaluation of Scottish Enterprise Getahead Shows (2002) The Getahead project was commissioned by Scottish Enterprise (SE) as a series of roadshows designed to give careers advice to the wider working population. Five events took place in Ayrshire, Fife, Fo...
Financial Services Access to Call Centre: evaluation report (2002) The Financial Services Access to Call Centre project was a pilot, stand-alone project which aimed to raise awareness of job opportunities in and increase the pool of skilled labour for financial servi...
Graduates for growth: evaluation – final report (2001) Graduates for Growth (GfG) was established in January 1998 as a means of bringing together graduates and SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) employers. Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh and Lothian (S...
Evaluation of Profit Through Knowledge Programme: final report for Scottish Enterprise Glasgow (2001) The Profit Through Knowledge (PTK) programme aimed to help companies develop a business opportunity or address a need via a targeted placing of graduates and undergraduates within companies. The progr...
IT Summer Camps: report on evaluation of IT Summer Camps (2001) The Scottish Enterprise (SE) Network sponsored a series of summer camp training projects in 2000 designed to address the employability of IT graduates and postgraduates and expand the labour pool for ...
Training for Tomorrow: evaluation (2001) Scottish Enterprise Borders (SEB) launched the Training Initiative for Redundant Staff in 1998 in response to large-scale redundancies in the area. It was renamed Training for Tomorrow (TfT) in May 19...
Falkirk CURP (Converted SIP): final evaluation – final report (2001) The Falkirk Community Urban Regeneration Programme (CURP) aimed to: alleviate poverty by increasing income and access to employment and education; reduce the risk to health and safety of communities a...
Behind the Label: eighteen month review (2001) Scottish Enterprise Borders (SEB) obtained funding from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) for a two year initiative designed to attract talented young people into the Scottish textile indu...
Evaluation of Tourism Training in the Scottish Borders 1996 – 2000 (2001) Tourism Training Scotland (TTS) aimed to create a training culture, enhance professional standards, and improve access to quality training. The evaluation aimed to consider tourism training activities...
Evaluation: Huntly Learning Centre (final report) (2001) The local authority-run learning centre in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, which offers practical careers advice, was evaluated. The evaluation sought information on how the centre was being used by the public...
Evaluation of Forth Valley Education Business Partnership: final report (1998) The Forth Valley Education Business Partnership (FVEBP) aimed to: provide a keener awareness among school pupils and students of the demands and opportunities of the workplace; develop a greater under...

Evaluation of the New Futures Fund initiative (2005) The New Futures Fund (NFF) takes a holistic approach to employability enhancement, aiming to assist the most disadvantaged target client groups, furthest removed from the labour market, to develop the...

Edinburgh Enterprise Campaign, 2002 - 2004 evaluation: final report (2004) The aim of the Edinburgh Enterprise Campaign (EEC) was to: promote attitudinal and cultural change to enterprise among excluded groups; encourage training and education activity in local areas; and de...

Evaluation of Scottish Enterprise Borders' response to Foot and Mouth disease: a final report to Scottish Enterprise Borders (2004) The aim of the evaluation was to assess the impact of the 2001 outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) on the Borders economy, and the effectiveness of Scottish Enterprise Borders’ (SEB) response to ...

Core Skills pilot project 2003 / 2004: evaluation report (2004) The Workforce Development Programme Core Skills Pilot aimed to look at the effectiveness of two differing approaches to training in Core Skills – a traditional classroom style approach and a supported...

Skills Pipeline project evaluation (2004) The Skills Pipeline project aimed to provide customised training for jobs in the financial sector and increase the pool of skilled people in the Glasgow area to supply local companies. The evaluation ...

Tomorrow’s leaders international (2004) Tomorrow's Leaders International was funded by Scottish Enterprise Glasgow in 2003 and 2004 as a pilot programme that selected and funded student interns on placement to firms based in the USA. The ev...

Return on Investment (ROI) pilot project review (2004) The Return on Investment (ROI) pilot is one of a number of interventions designed to implement the objectives of the 'In-Work Training Strategy Statement' prepared for the Scottish Enterprise (SE) Dun...

The Pool Charitable Trust: evaluation (2004) In 2000, Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh and Lothian (SEEL), the City of Edinburgh Council and financial services companies set up the Pool Charitable Trust, the first of ten Employment Academies coveri...

Go for Tourism: programme review – report (2004) The Go for Tourism initiative aimed to identify and address the key skills and labour market challenges that the tourism sector faced in the Forth Valley area. The evaluation aimed to evaluate the eff...

Working in Tourism and Hospitality (WITH) project evaluation (2004) The WITH partnership project aimed to develop a competitive workforce to enable the people of West Dunbartonshire gain jobs in the tourism and hospitality sector. The evaluation aimed to assess: the e...

Lothian Tourism Recruitment and Retention Programme: evaluation 2002-04 (2004) In September 2002, Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh and Lothian (SEEL) subcontracted the delivery of their Tourism Recruitment and Retention Programme to Springboard Scotland. The programme’s aims were t...

Electronic portfolio implementation: an evaluation for Scottish Enterprise Renfrewshire (2004) The electronic portfolio implementation pilot project was set up as a short-term support mechanism to support local training providers in using Learning Assistant, an e-portfolio system. Scottish Ente...

Training for Work: final evaluation (2003) Training for Work (TfW) is a voluntary training and employability programme for long-term unemployed adults over the age of 25, run by Scottish Enterprise Tayside (SET). Trainees are helped to find jo...

Evaluation of Positive Futures: report to Glasgow Inclusiveness Strategy Group (2003) The Positive Futures ‘inclusiveness project’ aimed to establish strategic, operational and funding partnerships between the key agencies that engage with young people and provide key worker support th...

Food and drink sector recruitment problems (2003) In response to anecdotal evidence of local recruitment problems, the evaluation aimed to: assess the extent of recruitment and retention issues among Tayside food and drink manufacturers; determine th...

An evaluation of training for farmer directors of co-operatives (2003) SAOS developed and piloted a training programme designed for farmers holding non-executive directorships of agricultural co-operatives. A pilot course was held over five days in the Autumn of 2001. Th...

Glasgow Works – evaluation of sustainability of outcomes: final report (2003) Glasgow Works aimed to tackle Glasgow’s problem of long-term unemployment. The evaluation aimed to establish the level of job outcomes from Glasgow Works and their sustainability, from a sample of lea...

Evaluation of Tourism Training programme: final report (2003) Scottish Enterprise Dumfries and Galloway’s (SEDG) tourism training programme consisted of 10 separate training schemes, providing subsidised places for staff employed in tourism businesses. The evalu...

Evaluation of Business Learning Centres (2003) The Real Business Learning Centres aimed to create an inclusive learning environment, drawing individuals into learning through both business-related and personal interest. They also aimed to encourag...

Evaluation of Learning and Enterprise Partnership: final report (2003) The Get into Enterprise (GiE) programme was used in Dumfries and Galloway to rekindle the spirit of enterprise in the community, following the outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease. The evaluation aimed ...

Final evaluation of SER Courseware Library Project (2003) The Courseware Library Project aimed to encourage employers and training providers to become learning organisations, and introduce employers and learners to new learning technologies. The evaluation a...

Food Sector New Product Development process – final report (2003) The Food Sector New Product Development (NPD) programme aimed to provide training, advice and guidance to businesses in the food sector and to establish a systematic process for NPD and a greater unde...

Report on an evaluation of five Learning Centres (2003) The Learning Centres aimed to increase participation in and widen access to lifelong learning in local, rural communities. The evaluation aimed to ascertain: how funding was spent and what has been ga...

Training and Employment Grants Scheme evaluation: revised final report (2003) SEFV’s Training and Employment Grants Scheme (TEGS) aimed to: increase employment opportunities for the long-term unemployed; increase long-term employability; change business attitudes to training an...

Alloa Initiative Partnership evaluation: a report for the Alloa Initiative Partnership (2003) The Alloa Initiative Partnership aimed to bring benefits in terms of employment creation and economic regeneration for the Clackmannanshire and wider Forth Valley areas, while also assisting Tesco Sto...

Developing Get Ready for Work in rural areas (2003) Get Ready for Work (GRfW) aimed to provide training and additional support to young people who otherwise ‘would be unable to access other training, learning or employment opportunities’ in Lanarkshire...

Evaluation of the e-Business Centre at the University of Paisley (2002) The e-Business Centre (e-BC) at the University of Paisley opened in 2000 as Scotland’s first dedicated e-BC – providing access to technology, expertise and staff resources to help small and medium siz...

Motorola Task Force evaluation: final report (revised) (2002) The Motorola Task Force was set up in response to the announcement of the closure of the Motorola plant at Easter Inch in West Lothian with the objective of overseeing the action plan to specifically ...

Adult Guidance report (2002) The Adult Guidance service, run under the Scottish Enterprise Renfrewshire (SER) contract with Renfrewshire Careers Partnership (RCPL), aimed to provide a service to young people and adults, using eco...

Interim evaluation of the Computer Network Training programme: report (2002) The Computer Network Training (CNT) programme aimed to offer retraining in computer skills to unemployed residents of Forth Valley and to provide a supply of scarce information and communications tech...

Employment Academy for the healthcare sector in Lothian: good practice report (2002) Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh and Lothian (SEEL) worked in partnership with the City of Edinburgh Council, among others, to develop the Health Care Academy, the aim of which was to provide demand-led ...

New Futures Fund Initiative: evaluation of management and operation - final report (2002) The New Futures Fund Initiative (NFFI) aimed to target problems of social exclusion and disadvantage, particularly in relation to the labour market in Scotland, and support the development of a cohere...

Strategic review of IIP (2002) Investors in People (IIP) aims to provide a national framework for improving business performance and competitiveness, through a planned approach to setting and communicating business objectives and d...

Evaluation of Scottish Enterprise Getahead Shows (2002) The Getahead project was commissioned by Scottish Enterprise (SE) as a series of roadshows designed to give careers advice to the wider working population. Five events took place in Ayrshire, Fife, Fo...

Financial Services Access to Call Centre: evaluation report (2002) The Financial Services Access to Call Centre project was a pilot, stand-alone project which aimed to raise awareness of job opportunities in and increase the pool of skilled labour for financial servi...

Graduates for growth: evaluation – final report (2001) Graduates for Growth (GfG) was established in January 1998 as a means of bringing together graduates and SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) employers. Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh and Lothian (S...

Evaluation of Profit Through Knowledge Programme: final report for Scottish Enterprise Glasgow (2001) The Profit Through Knowledge (PTK) programme aimed to help companies develop a business opportunity or address a need via a targeted placing of graduates and undergraduates within companies. The progr...

IT Summer Camps: report on evaluation of IT Summer Camps (2001) The Scottish Enterprise (SE) Network sponsored a series of summer camp training projects in 2000 designed to address the employability of IT graduates and postgraduates and expand the labour pool for ...

Training for Tomorrow: evaluation (2001) Scottish Enterprise Borders (SEB) launched the Training Initiative for Redundant Staff in 1998 in response to large-scale redundancies in the area. It was renamed Training for Tomorrow (TfT) in May 19...

Falkirk CURP (Converted SIP): final evaluation – final report (2001) The Falkirk Community Urban Regeneration Programme (CURP) aimed to: alleviate poverty by increasing income and access to employment and education; reduce the risk to health and safety of communities a...

Behind the Label: eighteen month review (2001) Scottish Enterprise Borders (SEB) obtained funding from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) for a two year initiative designed to attract talented young people into the Scottish textile indu...

Evaluation of Tourism Training in the Scottish Borders 1996 – 2000 (2001) Tourism Training Scotland (TTS) aimed to create a training culture, enhance professional standards, and improve access to quality training. The evaluation aimed to consider tourism training activities...

Evaluation: Huntly Learning Centre (final report) (2001) The local authority-run learning centre in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, which offers practical careers advice, was evaluated. The evaluation sought information on how the centre was being used by the public...

Evaluation of Forth Valley Education Business Partnership: final report (1998) The Forth Valley Education Business Partnership (FVEBP) aimed to: provide a keener awareness among school pupils and students of the demands and opportunities of the workplace; develop a greater under...

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