Falling short: Understanding further falls in employer training
This report looks at how employer investment in training continues to fall - now down 36% per employee since 2005 - and argues that we must turn this around to improve economic growth.
This research, supported by Multiverse, finds that access to training is a boon for people’s pay and careers. The training dividend is greatest for those on the lower rungs of the occupational ladder, helping them go further, faster.
For nearly 30 years, the Adult Participation in Learning Survey has provided a unique insight into adult learning across the UK. It adopts a deliberately broad definition of learning. Discover our findings from 2025.