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25 November 2024
Informing the Commission for Healthier Working Lives
Learning and Work Institute, Institute for Employment Studies and Royal Society for Public Health worked in partnership to inform the Commission for Healthier Working Lives, supported by the Health Foundation.
25 November 2024
Get Britain Working: The path to an 80% employment rate
This briefing note sets out five things you need to know about the Government’s 'Get Britain Working' White Paper, why it matters, and how success can be achieved.
22 November 2024
Making a Youth Guarantee work
L&W's chief executive Stephen Evans argues that the Government's planned Youth Guarantee should build over time to include all 16–24-year-olds and invest in new forms of support.
21 November 2024
“I returned that evening with a renewed sense of purpose and passion to advocate for young adult carers within my university.”
To mark Carers Rights Day 2024, young adult carer Holly reflects on her experience meeting Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal.
21 November 2024
“Being a carer has been a part of my identity for as long as I can remember. But until the age of 18, I didn’t know that this role even had a name.”
To mark Carers Rights Day 2024, young adult carer Farzana reflects on her right to an education and support – and how it can be difficult to recognise your rights without recognition for your caring role.
21 November 2024
How can employment support help people with long-term health conditions into work?
Reflecting on a recent roundtable we held as part of research funded by Maximus exploring the characteristics of those out of work due to long-term illness or disability, L&W's Sara Treneman discusses the importance of effective, integrated employment support.
21 November 2024
“Although it was always my desire to continue my studies in higher education, without the support I received I’m not sure that I would have got so many offers.”
To mark Carers Rights Day 2024, young adult carer Kelly looks back on the crucial support she received from her college and local carers centre.
21 November 2024
Responding to the latest NEET data, November 2024
L&W's chief executive Stephen Evans responds to the latest ONS figures on young people who are not in education, employment or training.
20 November 2024
New report highlights a need to look beyond graduates to close digital skills gaps
Women, people from ethnic minority backgrounds, non-graduates and people from lower socioeconomic groups must be trained for jobs in tech to close skills gap in UK economy, new L&W report, commissioned by Generation and supported by JP Morgan, warns.
18 November 2024
VocTech Challenge: Skills for an Economy in Transition – One year on from our White Paper
One year on from our White Paper for the VocTech Challenge: Skills for an economy in transition, L&W's Danny Price and Ufi VocTech Trust's Thomas Heiser look back on our progress.
