Essential skills
14 November 2024
Train, try, reflect: the importance of continuous improvement for maths and English teachers
In this guest blog, Nathan Rogan, Senior Education Advisor, and Nicola Pearton, Education Advisor, from the Education and Training Foundation highlight the benefits of continuous professional development opportunities for maths and English teachers.
18 October 2024
Skills England: Building a joined-up, plugged-in skills system
Stephen Evans, chief executive at Learning and Work Institute, outlines steps that the Government should take to make Skills England successful.
5 September 2024
International Literacy Day 2024: Time for action
Ahead of International Literacy Day on 8 September 2024, Alex Stevenson, L&W Deputy Director, sets out why it's time for action on adult literacy.
11 June 2024
Multiply Randomised Controlled Trials and Quasi-Experimental Design
What works to raise basic numeracy and maths skills? Learning and Work Institute is part of an ambitious evaluation programme to test the effectiveness of approaches to improving adult numeracy.
27 May 2024
The great skills divide: how learning inequalities risk holding the UK back
The first report in our Ambition Skills programme examines the UK’s qualification profile, projecting it forward to 2035 and comparing against trends for international comparators.
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.
11 March 2024
ESOL provision in the South East of England: Understanding local capacity
Using funding from the Homes for Ukraine scheme, the South East Strategic Partnership for Migration (SESPM) engaged Learning and Work Institute to deliver an ESOL capacity building programme in the South East of England.
12 January 2024
Supporting London’s Migrant Communities through the Adult Education Budget
The GLA has introduced flexibilities to make adult education more accessible to migrant communities. This research explores the impact of these changes.
30 December 2023
Modelling essential skills needs across England
L&W has conducted an England-wide modelling exercise of adults aged 16 to 64, identifying disparities in essential skills levels within local areas which far exceed those between local and combined authorities across the country.
9 May 2023
Effective practice in English and maths for adult learners in London
This report, commissioned by the GLA, seeks to better understand these barriers and recommends how providers can better reach more Londoners, ensure achievement and progression in English and maths, and deliver improved outcomes for learners.
