Government Skills

A strategic framework of long-term questions where external research and evidence can most effectively inform our work.

Reports on the evaluation of an accelerated leadership development scheme for Civil Service Directors.

Reports on the Evaluation of Line Management Capability training in the UK Civil Service, including Foundation, Practitioner, Senior Practitioner and Achieving Your Potential.

Produced by Policy Lab for Government Skills outlining findings from a collective intelligence debate and co-design workshops on civil servants perspectives.

This research relates to the protocol and final research reports for a pilot Randomised Control Trial of the Digital Excellence Programme for senior leaders.

Government Skills has published data on Civil Service Fast Stream recruitment for 2025

This research relates to the protocol and final research reports for Systematic Review of the features of effective learning and development design in a Civil Service context.

This research relates to the protocol and final research reports for a Systematic Review of the relationship between public sector skills and productivity.

A rapid evidence review produced by the Behavioural Insights Team for Government Skills.

Report of research taking an ethnographic lens on learning and development within the Civil Service produced for Government Skills by Policy Lab.

Final evaluation report of the 2018-2022 National Leadership Centre produced by IPSOS with the Institute of Employment Studies.

A rapid review of reviews on the nature of the relationship between learning and development and employee engagement, wellbeing, attraction and retention.

A report produced by University College London for Government Skills outlining lessons learned from scoping an evaluation of the Civil Service Fast Stream.

What do we know about the design of effective management training in government? A rapid evidence review to inform training design and evaluation.

Approaches to learning, development and skills across international civil services and select UK public sector organisations.

An update on our progress evaluating accelerated development schemes for Civil Service emerging leaders and Deputy Directors

Government Skills has published data on Civil Service Fast Stream recruitment for 2024

How the Beyond Boundaries Programme will use personal data obtained via Smart Survey