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1 May 2016
The Really Useful Book of Learning and Earning (RUBLE) for Young Adult Carers – Third edition
RUBLE is aimed at young adults (aged 16-25) in England who are looking after somebody else. This third edition is full of new and up-to-date useful information about looking after your health and wellbeing, job hunting, housing, health services, learning, working and volunteering, and money management.
30 July 2015
Worklessness, welfare and social housing – A report for the National Housing Federation
This research explores the characteristics of those out of work and receiving benefits in social housing, and examines what works in supporting social housing residents into work.
1 May 2015
Supporting young adult carers in the workplace: A guide for employers
This aims to help employers provide support for young adult carers to gain and stay in work. It includes practical information, resources and case studies,
1 May 2015
Supporting students with caring responsibilities
This resource helps further education colleges to gain a greater understanding of the challenges that this group of students face and how they can be better supported to remain and succeed in further education.
10 March 2015
Adult Participation in Learning Survey 2015
The headline findings from the 2015 Adult Participation in Learning Survey. It was conducted by NIACE (now part of Learning and Work Institute).
22 March 2013
Sector-focussed traineeships
Commissioned by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, we researched how the flexibility of the traineeship programme is currently being tailored to meet the requirements of particular sectors of the economy.
28 June 2012
Armed Forces Basic Skills Longitudinal Study
The Armed Forces Basic Skills Longitudinal Study shows how a large employer has successfully put English and maths at the heart of its support for the development of the skills of its staff.
28 September 2011
Work, Society and Lifelong Literacy: Report of the inquiry into adult literacy in England
Ten years after the introduction of the Skills for Life Strategy, which aimed to improve the literacy, language and numeracy skills of 2.25 million adults by 2010, NIACE launched an independent inquiry into the state of adult literacy in England.
18 July 2011
Future Jobs Fund
The FJF was introduced by the Department for Work and Pensions in 2009 as a response to significant concerns about the long-term effects of rising youth unemployment. This report summarises the benefits and areas for improvement.
28 February 2011
Numeracy Counts: Committee of Inquiry on Adult Numeracy Learning
The findings of the independent Inquiry into Adult Numeracy showed that being numerate and understanding when and where to use maths is a vital part of being able to function as citizens, parents, employers or employees and entrepreneurs.
