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02 11 2020

Learning through lockdown

The 2020 Adult Participation in Learning Survey explores people’s experiences of learning since the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic and the national lockdown introduced on 23 March 2020.

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  • Research and Reports 26 02 2021

    Decision making of adult learners below level 2

    Department for Education commissioned the Learning and Work Institute to undertake research into how adults with qualifications below level 2 make decisions about whether or not to take up learning.
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  • Projects 22 02 2021

    New Futures

    We are developing and delivering pilots to support workers who need to reskill as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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  • Research and Reports 19 02 2021

    Making a market for the missing middle: Higher technical education

    This research, commissioned by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation, explores how a higher technical education offer with a focus on industry-specific skills, could help to address the needs of local people, local businesses and the local economy.
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  • Research and Reports 10 02 2021

    Future of the minimum wage - final report

    This final report in our programme on the minimum wage explores how an increase in the wage floor could be delivered as part of a wider labour marker strategy to tackle poverty and improve job quality.
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  • Research and Reports 27 01 2021

    A higher skills ambition for Northern Ireland: Skills for growth and social inclusion

    This report makes the case for a higher ambition to address these skill deficits and improve Northern Ireland’s prospects into 2030.
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  • Research and Reports 18 01 2021

    Apprenticeships at Level 4 and above

    This report explores the extent to which apprenticeships at Level 4 and above are supporting social mobility for people from diverse backgrounds.
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  • Research and Reports 30 12 2020

    Youth Commission report 6 - Unleashing Talent: Levelling up opportunity for young people

    The Youth Commission has explored how to improve education and employment opportunities for England’s six million young people, levelling up opportunity across the country. This final report sets out our proposed blueprint for change.
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  • Research and Reports 21 12 2020

    European Agenda for Adult Learning (2012-21)

    As the UK National Coordinator for the European Agenda for Adult Learning 2020-2021, Learning and Work Institute has build on the work undertaken between 2012-2019 and continues to contribute to the European Commission’s strategic priorities.
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  • Projects 21 12 2020

    The NHS role in addressing the work and employment impacts of coronavirus

    NHS England and NHS Improvement commissioned Learning and Work Institute to identify opportunities the NHS could rapidly develop to address the employment impacts of coronavirus and support social mobility.
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  • Research and Reports 16 12 2020

    Tackling single parent poverty after coronavirus

    This report explores the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on single parent employment and incomes, and sets out what needs to happen to tackle single parent poverty after coronavirus.
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  • Research and Reports 05 12 2020

    Tackling Multiple Disadvantage: Final evaluation report

    This is the final report of a three-year evaluation of the Tackling Multiple Disadvantage (TMD) project, ran by Crisis UK.
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  • Research and Reports 24 11 2020

    Work & skills for the long-term unemployed

    A new ‘Work & Skills’ initiative is needed for people who are long-term unemployed. Next year there could be between 1 to 1.6 million people who have been out of work for 12 months or more.
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