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  • How can technology support those not well served by mainstream skills provision?

    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 summarises some of the main highlights from our first workshop.
  • Skills for a net zero economy – three key insights from employers and young people

    In this blog, researcher Tom Bradley highlights three key insights from our research with WorldSkills UK on young people and green skills.
  • Lack of know-how stopping young people plugging green skills gaps

    Our new research with WorldSkills UK shows that despite wanting jobs to combat climate change - and increasing employer demand for green skills - young people do not understand enough about what ‘green skills’ and ‘green jobs’ actually are.
  • Research and Reports 24 06 2022

    Skills for a net-zero economy: Insights from employers and young people

    L&W has conducted research on behalf of WorldSkills UK, exploring how the skills system can help young people acquire the high-quality technical skills needed to support the UK’s transition to net-zero carbon emissions.
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