Projects

Learning and Work Institute undertakes a wide variety of projects across all our areas of interest.

Find out more about the projects that cut across our areas of work

Find out more about our projects with a specialised focus

  • Research and Reports 07 07 2021

    Learning at work: Employer investment in skills

    Employers are major investors in learning and skills – investment that will be crucial for economic recovery. This report identifies falling employer investment in skills, stark inequalities with some groups and sectors missing out.
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  • Projects 28 06 2018

    Youth Opportunity Index: how we produced it

    Learning and Work Institute took the initiative to establish a Youth Commission to look at education and employment opportunities for 16-24 year olds in England, with particular interest in transitions between education and employment, and NEETs.
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  • Projects 23 06 2021

    The Skills Imperative 2035: Essential skills for tomorrow’s workforce

    Learning and Work Institute will be part of a new project with the National Foundation for Education Research (NFER) and other partners, identifying the future of essential employment skills in our changing labour market.
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  • Projects 31 03 2020

    Future of the minimum wage

    Learning and Work Institute has partnered with Carnegie Trust to explore the impact of increasing the UK-wide minimum wage on workers, employers and the economy. We will be producing a series of reports from different perspectives.
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  • Projects 28 02 2019

    Best practice in delivering pre-apprenticeship programmes

    Learning and Work Institute worked in partnership with J P Morgan to explore best practice in the design and delivery of pre-apprenticeship programmes across Europe
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  • Projects 30 04 2020

    Future Workforce Fund (FWF) Evaluation

    FWF is a ground-breaking two-year initiative that tests innovative ways of delivering employability support for young people not in education, employment or training (NEET), or at risk of becoming NEET.
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  • Projects 07 07 2019

    National Retraining Scheme: Cost and outreach pilot evaluation

    Learning and Work Institute worked as the Department for Education's development and evaluation partner on the pilots. The UK Government has committed to the creation of a National Retraining Scheme (NRS) to prepare workers for the future economy.
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  • Projects 12 09 2019

    Improving Language, Improving Lives

    This project was designed to support prisoners with ESOL needs, and practitioners working in the secure estate. It was developed in partnership with De Montfort University and funded by the Bell Foundation.
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  • Projects 21 04 2019

    New to ESOL

    This project addressed a key challenge in Learning and Work Institute’s research into ESOL provision: how to work with learners that are just starting out. It was done in partnership with Learning Unlimited and funded by ETF.
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  • Projects 26 05 2020

    Longitudinal education outcomes (LEO) pilot

    Learning and Work Institute has been selected as one of eight organisations to participate in the Department for Education’s longitudinal education outcomes (LEO) pilot programme.
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  • Projects 28 04 2020

    Driving Change – supporting young adult carers in further education

    Learning and Work Institute is working in partnership with The Carers Federation to improve the support that young adult carers receive in further education.
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  • Projects 04 06 2017

    Delivering effective employment support locally

    Learning and Work Institute research carried out for the Local Government Association (LGA) – called Work Local – has shown that locally designed and delivered employment support services can be effective at tackling entrenched disadvantage.
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  • Research and Reports 27 05 2021

    Disability Employment: from pandemic to recovery

    Our research with Black Stork Charity looks at the impact of the pandemic on the employment, pay and finances of disabled people.
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  • Projects 04 02 2020

    CareerTech Challenge Fund: Evaluation partner

    In partnership with the Department for Education, Nesta launched the CareerTech Challenge Fund to identify new digital and online learning solutions that are effective in building career adaptability and learner motivation for at risk groups.
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  • Projects 21 03 2019

    Supporting Refugee Resettlement through ESOL

    Commissioned by the Mayor of London in the context of supporting the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme, Learning and Work Institute mapped ESOL Provision in London.
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  • Projects 04 07 2016

    The Step Up Pilot

    An innovative pilot in London to trial new approaches to help low-paid workers progress in their careers and move into better work. Learning and Work Institute worked with Trust for London and the Walcott Foundation.
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  • Projects 16 06 2020

    Specialist adult learning support to the British Army

    Learning and Work Institute – and its predecessor organisations the Basic Skills Agency and NIACE – has worked with the British Army since 2001.
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