• News 10 12 2024

  Responding to the Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC)

  Learning and Work Institute chief executive Stephen Evans responds to the Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC) published on 10 December 2024.
• Research and Reports 16 11 2024

  Older people and essential skills

  This research for Age UK explores older adults’ (aged 50 and over) experiences of essential skills and what support is needed to help them improve their skills and thrive in later life.

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• Research and Reports 18 10 2024

  Skills England: Building a joined-up, plugged-in skills system

  Stephen Evans, chief executive at Learning and Work Institute, outlines steps that the Government should take to make Skills England successful.

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• Blog 05 09 2024

  International Literacy Day 2024: Time for action

  Ahead of International Literacy Day on 8 September 2024, Alex Stevenson, L&W Deputy Director, sets out why it's time for action on adult literacy.
• Projects 11 06 2024

  Multiply Randomised Controlled Trials and Quasi-Experimental Design

  L&W is seeking organisations to take part in Multiply Randomised Controlled Trials and help us test the effectiveness of approaches to improving adult numeracy.

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• News 27 05 2024

  Cuts to skills funding hit poorest areas hardest and put £20 billion of economic growth at risk

  Millions of lost opportunities to improve qualifications are holding back economic growth and creating a “great skills divide” as a result of cuts to skills budgets, Learning and Work Institute warns in a new report.
• Research and Reports 27 05 2024

  The great skills divide: how learning inequalities risk holding the UK back

  The first report in our Ambition Skills programme examines the UK’s qualification profile, projecting it forward to 2035 and comparing against trends for international comparators.

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• Projects 14 05 2024

  Ambition Skills

  Our Ambition Skills programme, supported by City and Guilds and NOCN, explores the economic and social case for the UK to have a higher ambition for skills.

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• Research and Reports 30 12 2023

  Modelling Essential Skills Needs Across England

  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.

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