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  • From dreams to reality – reskilling into a career in tech

    In this blog, pne of our New Futures Wales pilot participants tells her story of how she switched career into tech after reskilling and learning to code. Led by Chwarae Teg before it closed its doors in October 2023, New Futures Wales supported over 200 women to start tech training courses, setting many on a path to career change.
  • New Futures Wales: Supporting women into tech

    Guest blogger, Bethan Baldwin from Chwarae Teg, talks about their New Futures pilot in Wales and how they will be supporting women to switch careers into tech.
  • Projects 19 01 2023

    VocTech Challenge: Skills for an economy in transition

    The VocTech Challenge aims to accelerate the adoption and deployment of technology to help every adult in the UK get the skills they need to participate and benefit from our transitioning.
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  • Research and Reports 03 03 2022

    The Skills Imperative 2035: What does the literature tell us about essential skills most needed for work?

    The first report in a series as part of the Skills Imperative 2035 project funded by Nuffield Foundation and led by NFER looks at what the literature says about the future of essential workplace skills.
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  • Research and Reports 15 04 2020

    Understanding the potential impact of coronavirus in Wales

    New analysis shows Wales faces a post-pandemic jobs crisis with unemployment set to exceed the level seen during the last recession, and a particularly severe impact on young people.
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  • Research and Reports 22 07 2019

    Evidence review: Responding to local economic shocks

    Explores the national and international evidence on what works to support displaced workers back into work.
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  • Projects 27 06 2019

    Evaluation of the Welsh Government’s Traineeships Programme

    The aim was to reduce the proportion of young people in Wales, classified as not in education, employment or training (NEET), and to facilitate their progression.
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  • Research and Reports 18 05 2017

    Healthy, Wealthy and Wise - Report of the Wales Impact Forum, 2017

    Responsibility for adult learning policy, funding and commissioning is a function of the Welsh Government.
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