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Lifelong learning

15 March 2020

England’s skills puzzle – Piecing together further education, training and employment

This new report makes seven recommendations for creating a more coherent and responsive skills system to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and lifelong learning in England.

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12 March 2020

Understanding evidence use in adult learning and skills

The Department for Education (DfE) funded this project to better understand how organisations and institutions across the adult learning and skills sector engage with and use research and evidence to inform their decision making.

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22 February 2020

Investing in ‘what works’ activity in Further Education and Adult learning

Produced for the Social Mobility Commission this maps the evidence on what works to improve attainment and other related outcomes in FE and adult learning.

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2 January 2020

Evidence review: Improving attainment among disadvantaged students in the FE and adult learning sector

For government reforms designed to increase adult learning to be effective and for outcomes to improve, it is crucial to develop the evidence on what works and share knowledge and best practice.

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