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  • 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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  • One in three adults say they want to change job, but most think they lack the skills to switch

    Over a third of adults (34%) are looking to change job or career in the next two years, according to the latest results of the largest survey of adult participation in learning in the UK. Learning and Work Institute’s (L&W) survey finds that over two thirds (69%) of the people looking to switch say they will need to develop their skills to do so.
  • Research and Reports 08 11 2021

    Adult Participation in Learning Survey 2021

    It is 25 years since the first adult participation in learning survey. This year’s survey shows that 44% of adults have taken part in learning in the last three years, the first increase since 2015.
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  • Research and Reports 11 10 2021

    Improving apprentice experience

    On behalf of the Department for Education, Learning and Work Institute has produced four guides to support apprentices’ on-programme experience.
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  • Local solutions to a national challenge

    Our Head of Research looks at how local partnerships can help to address some of the challenges we face as the labour market recovers from the Coronavirus crisis.
  • 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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  • Boost demand for higher technical education in order to address ‘missing middle’ in skills system and drive productivity after pandemic

    Boosting demand for higher technical education after the pandemic will be vital to driving productivity and supporting social mobility, according to a new report.
  • 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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