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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.
  • Projects 15 11 2021

    Impact of Covid-19 on young people across the UK

    L&W is working with the Social Mobility Commission (SMC) and the Poverty and Inequality Commission to review evidence on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on disadvantaged young people across the UK.
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  • Response to Budget on 27 October 2021

    Stephen Evans, chief executive of Learning and Work Institute responds to the Autumn 2021 Budget and Spending Review.
  • Research and Reports 23 10 2021

    Fast forward? Where next for the labour market

    There are around 900,000 fewer potential workers in the UK than if pre-pandemic trends had continued, finds a new report by Learning and Work Institute.
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  • Retraining help needed for one in four people interested in switching careers to help tackle 900,000 workforce gap

    There are around 900,000 fewer potential workers in the UK than if pre-pandemic trends had continued, finds a new report by Learning and Work Institute.
  • UK skills shortage update: The latest data on the current state of play

    In this guest blog, Olly Newton, Executive Director at the Edge Foundation, explores the data in their latest Skills Shortage Bulletin.
  • Response to Plan for Jobs expansion announced at Conservative Party Conference on 4 October

    The Chancellor’s announcement on the extension of several Plan for Jobs schemes at the Conservative Party Conference is welcome. But support needs to go further.
  • Research and Reports 13 07 2021

    Migration and English Language Learning after Brexit

    This report looks at the future for English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) learning in the content of new immigration policies, the recovery from coronavirus, and Adult Education Budget devolution.
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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.

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