News & articles
14 November 2024
How Serco’s Restart Scheme is adapting to AI and the Digital Landscape to future-proof the workforce in Wales.
In an era where technology and job markets are rapidly evolving, equipping individuals with the necessary skills to develop becomes crucial. As a significant 26.5% of the working-age population in Wales remains disengaged from the labour market, it is evident that new approaches are needed.
14 November 2024
Delivering a future-ready workforce in engineering and manufacturing for Wales
Welsh industrial heritage demonstrates a long history of excellence in engineering and manufacturing industries, such as, energy, high value manufacturing and farming that continue to remain vital our national economy. Understanding the unique requirements for both engineering and manufacturing in Wales is crucial for creating a future-ready workforce.
22 October 2024
Equity in Tertiary Education in Wales: an adult learning perspective
The introduction of Medr, the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research has the potential to dramatically reshape approaches to promoting equity in tertiary education in Wales. There are several reasons to be cautiously optimistic about the new body and how it could transform the post-compulsory landscape.
10 September 2024
Adult learning: Creating paths to economic fairness
We all know that higher skill and education levels are key drivers of economic success, both for individuals and across geographic areas. If we want Wales to have a prosperous economy where the benefits of that prosperity are distributed evenly, then education and skills are going to be a core focus.
6 September 2024
Participation in learning in Wales
Welsh Government has a welcome aspiration to make Wales a nation of second chances; with a policy landscape that supports lifelong learning and in particular adults returning to education. However, translating such a laudable ambition into practical action is no mean feat. We’re all accustomed to an entitlement to education into our early adulthood, but the same entitlement is less apparent as we age.
3 June 2024
Place-based collaboration: an update from Newport
Building on the VocTech Challenge green and white papers, Ufi VocTech Trust (Ufi) and Learning and Work Institute (L&W) have developed a programme of place-based partnerships.
14 May 2024
146,000 reasons to get employment support right in Wales
New research on the UK’s near one million young people aged 16 to 24 who are not in education, employment or training (NEET) reveals that in Wales nearly seven in ten (69%) are economically inactive – meaning they are not currently looking or available for work.
3 January 2024
It’s time for all of us to get involved in VET
For much of modern history vocational education and training (VET) was seen as the sole responsibility of employers. In fact it’s quite a recent phenomenon for governments to get involved in VET at all.
20 September 2023
John Gates: From coal seams to French seams
They talk of miners now being a dying breed of men as memories of pit life fades with every passing year. Next year will see the fortieth anniversary of the last big Miner’s Strike (1984-85) that was a seminal moment in British history and sounded the death knell for so many mining communities in South Wales.
18 September 2023
Adult Learning Wales Citizens’ Curriculum: Peace Education in Adult Learning
In a world often marred by conflict and discord, the significance of peace education cannot be overstated, and its importance extends well into adulthood. The need for peace education in adult learning has become increasingly clear as societies grapple with complex global challenges. This blog delves into the reasons why peace education is an unspoken necessity for adult learners and how it can foster positive change on personal, interpersonal and societal levels.
