National Sources of LMI
Opening Up Government – http://data.gov.uk/ (There are currently over 5,400 datasets available, from all central government departments and a number of other public sector bodies and local authorities.)
Office for National Statistics – www.ons.gov.uk/ons/index.html together with its publications hub at www.statistics.gov.uk/hub/index.html
UK Commission for Employment and Skills – www.ukces.org.uk. UKCES also hosts Employer Perspectives Surveys and the Warwick Institute of Employment Research employment and skills forecasts ‘Working Futures’.
Sector Skills Councils – www.ukces.org.uk/ourwork/sector-skills-councils/list
Professional Bodies – www.totalprofessions.com/home
Federation of Small Businesses – www.fsb.org.uk
Next Step – http://advisers.nextstep.org.uk/ https://nextstep.direct.gov.uk/Pages/home.aspx
Job Centre Plus – Job Search section at http://jobseekers.direct.gov.uk
UNISTATS – http://unistats.direct.gov.uk
Best Course 4 Me – www.bestcourse4me.com
HECSU – http://www.hecsu.ac.uk/research_reports.htm
What Do Graduates Do? – www.prospects.ac.uk/links/wdgd
What Do Researchers Do? – www.vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/107611/What-do-researchers-do-.html
What Happens Next? (Annual report of the first destinations of disabled graduates)
Prospects’ Careers Services Desk – www.prospects.ac.uk/links/csdlmi. Offers Graduate Labour Market Trends http://www.hecsu.ac.uk/research_reports_graduate_market_trends.htm