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Young people

28 February 2020

Inquiry response: Employment opportunities and support for young people

Learning and Work has championed young adult carers and young carers for many years and is engaged in work to improve educational and employment outcomes for those groups.

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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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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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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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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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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.'

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1 September 2018

MyGo Evaluation Final Report

MyGo is an integrated employment and skills programme designed to tackle youth unemployment in Suffolk, established as part of the Greater Ipswich City Deal.

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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.

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