Better work
7 June 2024
Flex and match: a new Skills Levy for growth and opportunity
This report makes the case for broadening the apprenticeship levy into a “flex and match” Skills Levy that would give employers greater flexibility to spend their levy, but only if they also invest in apprenticeships for young people.
14 May 2024
Ambition Skills
Our Ambition Skills programme, supported by City & Guilds and NOCN, explores the economic and social case for the UK to have a higher ambition for skills.
17 January 2024
Enabling better outcomes: a wider view of apprenticeship success
The St Martin’s Group commissioned Learning and Work Institute to explore the barriers apprenticeship employers face, what they can do to help apprentices complete their programmes, and how to define ‘best outcomes’ of apprenticeships.
2 August 2023
The future of work: protected characteristics in a changing workplace
The EHRC has commissioned L&W to conduct research into the major drivers of changes in the world of work. This report looks at the impact of three long-term British labour market trends on people with certain protected characteristics.
28 July 2023
Skills accelerator pilot evaluation
L&W, in partnership with IFF Research, evaluated the Skills Accelerator pilot on behalf of the Department of Education, incorporating the local skills improvement plan (LSIP) trailblazers and strategic development fund (SDF).
25 May 2023
Manufacturing Excellence
This report, commissioned by WorldSkills UK, explores how young people can acquire the world-class skills the UK needs to become a global leader in advanced manufacturing.
21 February 2023
Change is the new normal, how can we deliver a skills system for an economy in transition?
Louise Rowland, the Deputy CEO of Ufi VocTech Trust, says that we should focus less on skills gaps and more on creating a better skills system.
24 October 2022
Apprenticeships outcomes and destinations
On behalf of the St Martin’s Group, we have conducted research to explore the experiences, outcomes and destinations of apprentices who complete their programme and those who do not.
7 September 2022
The cost of living crisis and its impact on low-income Londoners
This briefing note examines the scale of the crisis facing the London and the UK, and the disproportionate impact on low income households. It also explores a wider set of factors that affects people’s ability to cope with record price increases.
24 June 2022
Skills for a net-zero economy: Insights from employers and young people
L&W has conducted research on behalf of WorldSkills UK, exploring how the skills system can help young people acquire the high-quality technical skills needed to support the UK’s transition to net-zero carbon emissions.
