Lifelong learning
30 December 2020
Unleashing talent: Levelling up opportunity for young people
The Youth Commission has explored how to improve education and employment opportunities for England’s six million young people, levelling up opportunity across the country. This final report sets out our proposed blueprint for change.
2 November 2020
Learning through lockdown
The 2020 Adult Participation in Learning Survey explores people’s experiences of learning since the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic and the national lockdown introduced on 23 March 2020.
4 May 2020
Supporting care leavers in Further Education
These resources are for colleges in England that want to review and improve their support for Looked After Young People and Care Leavers.
28 April 2020
Driving Change – supporting young adult carers in further education
Learning and Work Institute worked in partnership with The Carers Federation to improve the support that young adult carers receive in further education.
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.
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.
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.
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.
14 December 2019
Adult Participation in Learning Survey 2019
For more than 20 years, the Adult Participation in Learning Survey has provided a unique insight into adult learning across the UK. This report presents the findings from the 2019 survey, which was funded by the Department for Education (DfE).
1 December 2019
Local skills deficits and spare capacity
Analysis commissioned by the Local Government Association (LGA) estimates that unless skills needs of employers are met there could be a potential loss of £120 billion in economic output by the end of the decade.
