Jackie Woodhouse

Research Manager

Jackie is a research manager at L&W. She is currently managing an evaluation for The Prince’s Trust of their Future Workforce Fund Programme which aims to support young people into training and employment and a National Lottery funded project which aims to improve support for young adult carers in Further Education. At L&W Jackie has led on research and development projects across a range of policy areas including offender learning, adult basis skills, English For Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) and work to support care leavers and young adult carers to access opportunities in education, training and work. Prior to joining L&W, Jackie worked in a variety of research roles across the public and voluntary sectors.

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2 October 2025

Supporting the progression of low-income workers in Scotland

Better work Reports & briefings

This report shares findings from the first phase of work, funded by the Robertson Trust, and delivered in partnership with Edinburgh College, to build the evidence base on what works to best support low-income workers to progress into better jobs.

16 June 2025

Implementing Connect to Work in Central London

Employment Reports & briefings

Central London Forward commissioned Learning and Work Institute in partnership with Inclusion London and Inclusion Barnet to conduct research to inform the roll out of Connect to Work in their boroughs.

12 March 2025

Making a difference for young adult carers in higher education

Lifelong learning Young people News & articles

Young adult carers are 38% less likely to gain a degree qualification than other young people – but recent research from UCAS shows that many young adult carers still aspire to university. As Jackie Woodhouse, Research Manager at Learning and Work Institute writes, this should be a wake-up call for the higher education sector.

18 November 2024

Unlocking potential

Better work Lifelong learning Reports & briefings

This research, commissioned by Generation and supported by JPMorganChase, sought to better understand how we can enable people from all backgrounds to develop skills to progress into digital and tech jobs.

11 March 2024

ESOL provision in the South East of England: Understanding local capacity

Essential skills Reports & briefings

Using funding from the Homes for Ukraine scheme, the South East Strategic Partnership for Migration (SESPM) engaged Learning and Work Institute to deliver an ESOL capacity building programme in the South East of England.

26 August 2020

Workplace basic skills case studies

Better work Essential skills Reports & briefings

These case studies, produced for the Department for Education, highlight features of effective practice in the delivery of basic skills – English, maths and digital – in the workplace.

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