Better work
15 August 2025
Drive to revive – Tackling skills shortages in motorsport
Olly Newton, Executive Director of the Edge Foundation, reflects on our Employment and Skills Convention 2025 breakfast session on tackling skills shortages in motorsport and related sectors.
10 August 2025
Responding to the Department for Education’s announcement on Technical Excellence Colleges
Learning and Work Institute's chief executive Stephen Evans responds to the Department for Education's announcement on Technical Excellence Colleges.
24 July 2025
Responding to the latest skills survey data from the Department for Education
L&W's chief executive Stephen Evans responds to the latest skills survey data from the Department for Education.
12 June 2025
Balancing work and care
A new report from Learning and Work Institute for the Commission for Healthier Working Lives warns targeted support is required to help the UK's 6 million unpaid carers pursue fulfilling careers where they can and want to work.
12 June 2025
Nearly six million people are balancing employment with unpaid care. Targeted support is required to help them pursue fulfilling careers, new research finds
Funded by the Health Foundation to inform the Commission for Healthier Working Lives, this report sets out a range of policy options to fix the foundations of support for carers before the demand for care rises uncontrollably.
9 June 2025
Living and working with a long-term health condition: What makes good employment support?
Charley Hullah chronicles his lived experience of employment support programmes and calls for more holistic support.
28 May 2025
Channel 4, Make UK and the National Housing Federation join new campaign to “get the nation learning”
A coalition of organisations including broadcaster Channel 4, manufacturers’ organisation Make UK, and the National Housing Federation have pledged to “get the nation learning” as a new report demonstrates that when adults learn, our society and economy thrive.
8 May 2025
Getting the balance right: What the upcoming immigration White Paper needs to deliver to improve training for people in the UK
Elizabeth Gerard, L&W's deputy director, considers whether the upcoming White Paper, and changes to migration policy, can help to support the Government's wider objectives.
20 March 2025
Responding to the Keep Britain Working Review’s new report
L&W's deputy director Elizabeth Gerard responds to the latest report from the Government's Keep Britain Working Review on 20 March 2025.
10 March 2025
Supporting workers’ health and access to better work
A new report from Learning and Work Institute for the Commission for Healthier Working Lives sets out what we know about what works to support disabled people and people with long-term health conditions.
