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  • Apprenticeships and the plan to Get Britain Working – more details needed, please!

    In an article for FE News to mark National Apprenticeship Week, Deputy Head of Research Dr Corin Egglestone discusses the current state the apprenticeship system.
  • New report highlights a need to look beyond graduates to close digital skills gaps

    Women, people from ethnic minority backgrounds, non-graduates and people from lower socioeconomic groups must be trained for jobs in tech to close skills gap in UK economy, new L&W report, commissioned by Generation and supported by JP Morgan, warns.
  • 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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  • Responding to the latest apprenticeships data release

    Learning and Work Institute's deputy head of research Dr Corin Egglestone responds to the apprenticeships data released on 10 October 2024.
  • Responding to the Prime Minister's speech on apprenticeships

    Learning and Work Institute's Chief Executive and Head of Learning for Young People respond to the Prime Minister's speech on apprenticeships at Labour Party Conference 2024.
  • Responding to the latest apprenticeships data release

    Learning and Work Institute's deputy head of research Dr Corin Egglestone responds to the apprenticeships data released on 18 July 2024.
  • Research and Reports 07 06 2024

    Flex and match: a new Skills Levy for growth and opportunity

    This report makes the case for broadening the apprenticeship levy into a “flex and match” Skills Levy that would give employers greater flexibility to spend their levy, but only if they also invest in apprenticeships for young people.
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  • Young people and the north of England bear the brunt of falls in apprenticeship numbers

    “Counterproductive” government reforms to funding have led apprenticeship numbers in England to plummet by 36% for young people and by more than a quarter in Tees Valley, Liverpool City Region and the West Midlands, L&W has found.
  • Responding to the Prime Minister's speech on apprenticeships

    Learning and Work Institute's chief executive, Stephen Evans, responds to the Prime Minister's speech on apprenticeships, 18 March 2024

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