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5 November 2025
Responding to the final report of the Curriculum and Assessment Review
Learning and Work Institute's Chief Executive Stephen Evans responds to the final report of the Curriculum and Assessment Review.
5 November 2025
Responding to the Keep Britain Working Review
Learning and Work Institute Deputy Director Elizabeth Gerard responds to the Keep Britain Working Review published on Wednesday 5 November.
5 November 2025
New international case studies reveal how the UK can boost employer investment in skills
A study identifying international practice among employers and in public policy could help the UK increase employer investment in training, which has fallen by 30% per employee since 2011.
4 November 2025
Final report: A Work, Health and Skills Plan for Wales
This research delivered by Learning and Work Institute (L&W), and funded by Serco, comes at a pivotal moment to inform a significant new era for employment support in Wales. The commitment from the UK Government to devolve non-Jobcentre Plus support is part of a broader strategy, outlined in the recently released Get Britain Working White Paper, which aims to streamline and enhance employment support mechanisms across the UK.
4 November 2025
Manchester City Council, BBC Studios and former Chancellor Ed Balls all celebrated at the Get the Nation Learning awards
Manchester City Council, BBC Studios Drama and Ed Balls have all picked up trophies in a striking ceremony held at the Barbican to celebrate the first-ever Get the Nation Learning Awards.
4 November 2025
Get the Nation Learning
Our campaign for lifelong learning. Because when adults learn, our society and economy thrive.
3 November 2025
The workforce learning slowdown? Adult Participation in Learning Survey 2025
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.
3 November 2025
Post-pandemic leap in lifelong learning appears over, as national survey finds freefalling participation rates
Experts are warning of a “workforce learning slowdown” as the long-running Adult Participation in Learning Survey records a sharp contraction in the number of adults learning nationally.
3 November 2025
Adult Participation in Learning Survey
Our survey series, which began in 1996, provides a unique overview of how many adults take part in learning, their reasons for doing so or not doing so, and how this varies by group and area.
23 October 2025
Learning and Work Institute accredited as a Living Pension Employer
Learning and Work Institute is proud to have been accredited as a Living Pension Employer.
