Lifelong learning
1 April 2019
Engaging Young Adult Carers – Targeted support for colleges
Delivered between April 2017 and March 2018, Learning and Work Institute’s Support for Colleges project provided targeted one-to-one support for six colleges throughout England to enable them to develop an effective and embedded whole organisational approach to working with young adult carers.
27 March 2019
Time for action: learning and skills for economic growth and social justice
The UK’s skills base has long lagged that of comparator countries and over the last decade the rate of improvement in the UK’s skills base has stalled.
11 March 2019
Social metrics: Measuring the outcomes of non-accredited learning
This report sets out the results of work undertaken by Learning and Work Institute in 2017/18 to develop and test the use of social metrics in Adult Community Learning provision to capture a range of wider outcomes of learning.
4 March 2019
Resources to support care leavers into apprenticeships
Our resources are aimed at encouraging employers to take on care leavers as apprentices and to raise awareness of the funding available to help.
1 October 2018
Youth Opportunity Index 2018
Our Youth Opportunity Index 2018 gives a detailed portrait of the opportunities and challenges for every young person broken down by local education authority. This is the second of six reports published to inform the 'Youth Commission.'
28 August 2018
Employer engagement and capacity to support T level industry placements
Learning and Work Institute and IFF Research were commissioned by the Department for Education to better understand employers’ capacity and likelihood to offer T level industry placements.
1 August 2018
Barriers to learning for disadvantaged groups
If we are to engage more adults in learning, we must understand patterns of behaviour, adults’ motivations for learning, and any barriers they face to engaging in learning. This qualitative analysis explores this.
1 August 2018
Adult Participation in Learning Survey 2017
The headline findings and the supporting detailed analysis from the 2017 Adult Participation in Learning Survey. It was conducted by Learning and Work Institute.
10 July 2018
Opportunity knocks?
This is the first of six reports published to inform the 'Youth Commission': the Commission on Education and Employment Opportunities for Young People.
1 July 2018
Decision making of adult learners
The Department for Education (DfE) commissioned Kantar Public and Learning and Work Institute to undertake research to understand adults’ experiences of, and decisions about, learning.
