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

11 Mar 2024
Essential skills

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.

Place-based collaboration: an update from Belfast

15 Feb 2024
Lifelong learning

As part of our partnership with Ufi VocTech Trust on the VocTech Challenge: Skills for an economy in transition, Zarin Mahmud discusses findings from an in-person workshop with key stakeholders in Belfast.

Enabling better outcomes: a wider view of apprenticeship success

17 Jan 2024
Apprenticeships & technical education Better work

The St Martin’s Group commissioned Learning and Work Institute to explore the barriers apprenticeship employers face, what they can do to help apprentices complete their programmes, and how to define ‘best outcomes’ of apprenticeships.

Supporting London’s Migrant Communities through the Adult Education Budget

12 Jan 2024
Essential skills

The GLA has introduced flexibilities to make adult education more accessible to migrant communities. This research explores the impact of these changes.

Modelling essential skills needs across England

30 Dec 2023
Essential skills

L&W has conducted an England-wide modelling exercise of adults aged 16 to 64, identifying disparities in essential skills levels within local areas which far exceed those between local and combined authorities across the country.

Driving Change in Higher Education

28 Nov 2023
Lifelong learning Young people

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.

“No young adult carer should miss out on learning because they care for their families. We are writing to call on you to exempt young adult carers from the 21 hour rule.”

23 Nov 2023
Lifelong learning Young people

To mark Carers Rights Day 2023, L&W and Carers Trust published an open letter calling on the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to exempt young adult carers from the 21 hour rule in the benefits system.

Understanding benefits

21 Nov 2023
Employment

New analysis shows that most working-age people receiving out-of-work benefits have been assessed as too ill to work or have caring responsibilities. In this report, L&W calls for a step change in support for people who want to work finding work.

English, Maths and ESOL Conference 2023

Essential skills

Our in-person English, Maths and ESOL Conference is the must-attend event for essential skills practitioners across England.

Adult Participation in Learning Survey 2023

06 Nov 2023
Lifelong learning

For more than 25 years, the Adult Participation in Learning Survey has provided a unique insight into adult learning across the UK. It adopts a deliberately broad definition of learning. Discover our findings from 2023.