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  • Research and Reports 16 06 2025

    Implementing Connect to Work in Central London

    Central London Forward commissioned Learning and Work Institute in partnership with Inclusion London and Inclusion Barnet to conduct research to inform the roll out of Connect to Work in their boroughs.
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  • Making a difference for young adult carers in higher education

    Young adult carers are 38% less likely to gain a degree qualification than other young people – but recent research from UCAS shows that many young adult carers still aspire to university. As Jackie Woodhouse, Research Manager at Learning and Work Institute writes, this should be a wake-up call for the higher education sector.
  • Research and Reports 18 11 2024

    Unlocking potential

    This research, commissioned by Generation and supported by JPMorganChase, sought to better understand how we can enable people from all backgrounds to develop skills to progress into digital and tech jobs.
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  • Research and Reports 11 03 2024

    ESOL provision in the South East of England: Understanding local capacity

    Using funding from the Homes for Ukraine scheme, the South East Strategic Partnership for Migration (SESPM) engaged Learning and Work Institute to deliver an ESOL capacity building programme in the South East of England.
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  • Projects 28 11 2023

    Driving Change – supporting young adult carers in higher education

    Learning and Work Institute is working in partnership with The Carers Federation with funding from The National Lottery Community Fund to improve the support that young adult carers receive in higher education.
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  • Research and Reports 26 08 2020

    Workplace Basic Skills Case Studies

    These case studies, produced for the Department for Education,  highlight features of effective practice in the delivery of basic skills - English, maths and digital – in the workplace.
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  • Under pressure - caring through the crisis

    The closure of schools and colleges due the coronavirus has created huge challenges for the education sector and led to uncertainty for all young people. For some young people however, the pandemic is a particularly worrying and challenging time.
  • 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 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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