Lifelong learning
23 November 2023
“No young adult carer should miss out on learning because they care for their families. We are writing to call on you to exempt young adult carers from the 21 hour rule.”
To mark Carers Rights Day 2023, L&W and Carers Trust published an open letter calling on the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to exempt young adult carers from the 21 hour rule in the benefits system.
6 November 2023
Adult Participation in Learning Survey 2023
For more than 25 years, the Adult Participation in Learning Survey has provided a unique insight into adult learning across the UK. It adopts a deliberately broad definition of learning. Discover our findings from 2023.
13 October 2023
All change: Understanding and supporting retraining and career change
Advances in technology alongside longer working lives will see more people needing to change jobs and sectors. In this report, L&W calls for an extended Lifelong Learning Entitlement to facilitate this and put an end to the career change penalty.
28 July 2023
Skills accelerator pilot evaluation
L&W, in partnership with IFF Research, evaluated the Skills Accelerator pilot on behalf of the Department of Education, incorporating the local skills improvement plan (LSIP) trailblazers and strategic development fund (SDF).
8 June 2023
Young adult carers and the 21 hour rule
This policy briefing calls for young adult carers to be exempt from a rule in the benefit system which means that they cannot claim Carer’s Allowance if they study for more than 21 hours per week.
12 May 2023
Time to learn
People invest £7.3 billion a year and £55 billion worth of time in learning. This is more than the Government and employers invest in learning and skills, but there are stark inequalities between groups. This report provides the most detailed snapshot seen of which groups of adults are investing in learning, and how much, and lays bare stark inequalities in learning.
9 May 2023
National Skills Fund: Free Courses for Jobs
This research, undertaken by Learning and Work Institute on behalf of the Department for Education, sought to understand how adults can be effectively engaged in the National Skills Fund Free Courses for Jobs offer.
9 May 2023
Cost barriers to learning at Level 3
This research, carried out on behalf of the Department for Education, provides evidence on cost barriers and potential solutions to increasing adult participation in learning to Level 3.
3 April 2023
How impact investors can use technology to help adults benefit from employment
As part of our VocTech Challenge 2023 consultation programme, Ufi VocTech Trust, Tyton Partners and L&W recently convened a workshop with key impact investors to explore how to use technology to help every adult in the UK get the skills they need to participate in and benefit from employment. This blog post offers a brief summary of what was covered.
20 March 2023
How can digital technology help remove multifaceted systemic skills barriers for learners?
As part of our VocTech Challenge 2023 consultation programme, L&W and Ufi are running stakeholder workshops to explore adults’ barriers to learning, and how technology can address them. This blog asks: How can VocTech digital tools and pedagogies help narrow inequalities?
