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  • Research and Reports 15 10 2021

    Getting the basics right: The case for action on adult basic skills

    Literacy, numeracy and digital skills are vital for life and work. This report makes the case for action on adult basic skills.
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  • Projects 15 10 2021

    Skills for Life Alliance

    Convened by Learning and Work Institute and Holex, the Skills for Life Alliance consists of leading researchers, delivery organisations and sector specialists. It is exploring what affects participation in basic skills learning.
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  • Learning and Work Institute selected as finalist for prestigious British Council award for Innovation in English Language Teaching

    Our Volunteers, English Language Learners and Conversation Clubs guidance has been selected as a finalist for the prestigious ELTons awards for Innovation in English Language Teaching, in the local innovation category.  
  • 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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  • Lockdown Learning: English Language Conversation Clubs Online

    When we developed the Volunteers, English Language Learners, Conversation Clubs resources in early 2020, we couldn’t have anticipated that a global pandemic was about to cause such severe disruption.
  • Supporting English language learners – the role of informal learning

    There is a real risk that coronavirus highlights inequalities of language, in the same way that health inequalities have been thrown into sharp relief.
  • Projects 26 06 2020

    Volunteers, English language learners and conversation clubs

    This project was designed to research and develop new resources for volunteers and organisations supporting adult English language learners. The resources were commissioned by MHCLG and developed in partnership with Learning Unlimited.
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  • Research and Reports 24 06 2020

    Supporting ESOL Learners to Progress to Functional Skills

    This report sets out the findings from a small-scale stakeholder consultation project to identify how ESOL providers support learners to progress to Functional Skills English qualifications.
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  • Projects 19 06 2020

    Refugees New to ESOL

    Building on New to ESOL, this project aimed to help ESOL practitioners meet the needs of refugee learners with low English language proficiency. The resources were commissioned by the Education and Training Foundation on behalf of the Home Office, a
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