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Lifelong learning

29 August 2024

Adult Participation in Learning Survey 2023: Regional reports

Since 1996, L&W has been undertaking the Adult Participation in Learning Survey. These twelve reports take a closer look at levels of participation in learning in different regions and nations of the UK.

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30 July 2024

Employer investment in upskilling and reskilling in a changing economy

With support from the Nuffield Foundation, L&W is exploring employer investment in skills, and how employees are responding to the need to upskill and retrain in a transitioning economy.

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28 June 2024

New Futures: Nation briefings

These four briefings explore lessons learned from our our New Futures pilots in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, funded by the Covid-19 Support Fund, and offer potential policy options to improve support for career changers.

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28 June 2024

New Futures: Four nations policy recommendations

This report draws together insights from our New Futures pilot programme, funded by the Covid-19 Support Fund, and gives recommendations for governments of the four UK nations on how to support career change.

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28 June 2024

New Futures pilots evaluation

This evaluation of our New Futures pilot programme, funded by the Covid-19 Support Fund, builds the evidence base for what works in supporting career change.

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28 June 2024

New Futures

L&W's flagship project, supporting people who need to reskill and change career as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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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.

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23 May 2024

Place-based collaboration: an update from Newport

As part of our partnership with Ufi VocTech Trust on the VocTech Challenge: Skills for an economy in transition, Danny Price discusses findings from an in-person workshop with key stakeholders in Newport.

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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.

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15 February 2024

Place-based collaboration: an update from Belfast

As part of our partnership with Ufi VocTech Trust on the VocTech Challenge: Skills for an economy in transition, Zarin Mahmud discusses findings from an in-person workshop with key stakeholders in Belfast.

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