The What Works Unit exists to promote and enable the use of evidence in decision making in employment, learning and skills.
Aligned with our core mission as an organisation, we work collaboratively with others to champion the use and creation of evidence to support lifelong learning and better work.
Our core activities include:
Our reviews summarise the best available international evidence on what works in employment, learning and skills. We review the impact different interventions have had, look at what works for whom and explore why interventions work.
We produce analysis of the latest labour market statistics, setting out what they mean for the world of work with an emphasis on people who face disadvantage.
We work collaboratively with other organisations to support the generation of evidence by conducting new analysis, piloting new interventions and supporting organisations to evaluate.