• Blog 18 05 2021

  Tackling the disability employment gap must be a priority after the pandemic

  Disabled people have been among those hardest hit by the pandemic. This blog looks at why it's vital that the Government's new employment programmes are tailored to meet the needs of disabled people.
• News 29 04 2021

  Without action now, youth unemployment could be the new pandemic for years to come

  New ONS data shows that young people make up 57 per cent of the fall in employment in Covid. Without action now to tackle youth employment, the pandemic generation could be scarred for years to come, writes our CEO Stephen Evans for The House.
• Blog 28 04 2021

  Northern Ireland’s forthcoming skills strategy must be ambitious in its plans to improve learning and skills outcomes

  Northern Ireland’s forthcoming skills strategy will set out plans to improve learning and skills outcomes. This blog looks at the key points of our research which outlines why the strategy must be ambitious and what it should prioritise to improve learning and skills outcomes.
• News 19 04 2021

  Learning and Work Institute announces new appointment to strengthen senior team

  Learning and Work Institute today announced the appointment of Sam Windett as Deputy Director and part of its senior team.
• Blog 31 03 2021

  We need bold and coherent action to ensure young people get their fair share of economic recovery

  This blog looks at our new research which points to a labour market crisis that has hit young peoples’ employment hard whilst worsening pre-existing inequalities.
• News 30 03 2021

  New report finds prolonged youth jobs crisis is set to cost UK economy almost £7 billion next year

  A new report released today from The Prince’s Trust and the Learning and Work Institute warns that young people will increasingly bear the brunt of the unemployment crisis, at a growing cost to the UK economy
• News 23 03 2021

  Pandemic has widened jobs and skills inequalities, putting ‘levelling up’ at risk

  The coronavirus pandemic has worsened inequalities in work and incomes, hitting groups including young people, single parents, and people from BAME backgrounds hardest, according to a new report.
• Blog 17 03 2021

  The Chancellor did broadly the right thing with the Budget – now to delivery

  The government will need to be much quicker delivering what it announced in the Budget last week than its record so far, writes Stephen Evans
• News 17 03 2021

  Festival of Learning announces shortlisted award nominees for 2021

  Learning and Work Institute has announced its shortlisted Festival of Learning award nominees for 2021.
• Blog 01 03 2021

  Blueprint for recovery and renewal in young people’s education and employment opportunities

  This isn’t just about recovery from recession, it’s about a higher ambition for the future too.
• Blog 26 02 2021

  Lockdown Learning: English Language Conversation Clubs Online

  When we developed the Volunteers, English Language Learners, Conversation Clubs resources in early 2020, we couldn’t have anticipated that a global pandemic was about to cause such severe disruption.
• Blog 25 02 2021

  We can build back better if we do it together: reflections on the Housing, Learning and Work Conference

  Sponsoring the Housing, Learning and Work Conference was a natural fit for us. Not just because it posed an essential conversation-starter, but because we felt it was going to open doors into a brighter landscape for communities.

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