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• Students miss relation between theory and practice
  

  Academically weak students taking a vocational education miss a relation between theory and practice, and because of that a lot of people drop out. It makes a difference if the school makes an effort to show a relation, according to a study from AKF, Danish Institute of Governmental Research.

  16 December 2010
• Disabled satisfied with services despite changes
  

  The services available to the disabled have undergone profound changes since they were transferred to local authorities in 2007. But users have not noticed much difference, according to a major study from AKF, the Danish Institute of Governmental Research.

  9 December 2010
• Fair distribution of funds to vulnerable children and young persons
  

  There is a great difference in the number of socially vulnerable families with children living in various Copenhagen city districts. A survey by AKF shows how much each urban district needs to spend its vulnerable citizens.

  1 December 2010
• Supplementary training hard to measure on bottom line
  

  Supplementary training schemes can give employees more in their pay packet and enhance their chances of landing a new job. But measuring the effect such schemes on the company’s bottom line is not easy, according to a new study from AKF.

  16 November 2010
• Cash-strapped municipalities good at controlling their finances
  

  Three out of four Danish municipalities are hard pressed financially. But many of the worst-off municipalities are surprisingly good at keeping their economy in balance, according to an analysis from AKF, Anvendt KommunalForskning.

  15 November 2010
• One more hour a week requires more in the pay packet
  

  Half of working women and two thirds of men are willing to work an extra hour a week if they are paid overtime for it. But many older employees and those with small children are not interested in more work, according to a new study from AKF.

  9 November 2010
• A good head and ambitious teachers create proficient students
  

  Strong leadership, clear goals and competent teachers. These are the signs of a school with high-scoring students, according to a new study by AKF, Anvendt KommunalForskning.

  5 November 2010
• Mobile health centre gets close to residents
  

  A mobile health centre offering classes in dieting and exercise in the Danish municipality of Stevns has established contact with smokers, the overweight and physically inactive. They have learnt more about healthy eating and exercise according to a new study which AKF has made for the municipality.

  4 November 2010
• Private job centre did not live up to expectations
  

  Citizens on cash assistance or sickness benefit were no more likely to find a job and the municipality saved no money. Such was the conclusion of an experiment with a privately-run job centre in the Danish town of Køge which AKF has evaluated.

  2 November 2010
• Long-term unemployed find permanent jobs thanks to wage subsidies
  

  Four out of ten employees on subsidised wages in small private firms are offered permanent employment after the end of the subsidy period. Wage subsidies create new jobs which would otherwise not exist, according to a new analysis by AKF.

  28 October 2010

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