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Research and Reports 11 12 2024

Review of English language acquisition in the West Midlands

This research for the West Midlands Combined Authority explored how adults can be supported to progress in English language learning and how strategic partnerships can contribute to improved outcomes for learners.

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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 11 03 2024

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

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.

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How can migrant communities be supported to access adult learning through the Adult Education Budget?

As migrant communities arrive and begin to settle in the UK, it is important we support them to access education and training. L&W researcher Jack Bradstreet explains how.
Research and Reports 12 01 2024

Supporting London’s Migrant Communities through the Adult Education Budget

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

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Celebrating projects that help refugees find work

Between 2001 and 2022 more than one million people arrived in the UK as asylum-seekers or through refugee resettlement programmes. Employment is key to their economic and social integration. To mark Refugee Week, we are highlighting some of the projects that are helping refugees find and progress in work.
Essential skills participation still short of pre-pandemic levels

Last week, the latest Government figures on learner participation and achievement in further education and skills revealed that overall adult participation is lower than pre-pandemic levels, with an 11% drop in apprenticeship starts and a 25% drop in participation in adult FE provision compared to 2018/19.
Response to Census 2021 data on English language proficiency

Our head of essential and life skills, Alex Stevenson, responds to Census 2021 data on English language proficiency.

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