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Lifelong learning

27 November 2019

Fit for purpose? Education and employment support for young people

This is the fifth of six reports published to inform the 'Youth Commission': the Commission on Education and Employment Opportunities for Young People.

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10 September 2019

Adult Participation in Learning Survey 2018

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 2018 survey, which was funded by the Department for Education (DfE).

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15 August 2019

National and international case studies for the Youth Commission

This is the fourth of six reports published to inform the 'Youth Commission': the Commission on Education and Employment Opportunities for Young People.

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1 July 2019

Cost and Outreach Pilots final evaluation

Learning and Work Institute supported and evaluated a number of pilots across England, which test approaches to engaging adults in learning.

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27 June 2019

Evaluation of the Welsh Government’s Traineeships Programme

The aim was to reduce the proportion of young people in Wales, classified as not in education, employment or training (NEET), and to facilitate their progression.

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10 June 2019

Tomorrow’s world: Future of the labour market

This is the third of six reports published to inform the 'Youth Commission': the Commission on Education and Employment Opportunities for Young People.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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