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  • Research and Reports 02 07 2021

    Using Labour Market Data to Support Adults to Plan for their Future Careers: Experience from the CareerTech Challenge

    The Career Tech Challenge looked at supporting the development of new solutions to help people find rewarding future careers. We’ve been conducting research with the finalists to explore the process of building data-driven solutions.
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  • Research and Reports 11 03 2021

    Understanding the difference you make: An evaluation toolkit for adult learning and career change programmes

    Developed as part of the Careertech Challenge, this evaluation toolkit provides a simple step-by-step guide to developing realistic, proportionate and high quality evaluations.
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  • Responding to economic shocks: What does the evidence tell us?

    With a rumoured package of measures to be announced this week, what does the evidence say the Chancellor should do to support people to get back to work? Our 2019 evidence review on responding to local economic shocks identified several key findings on the success of different approaches in this area.
  • Understanding evidence use in the learning and skills sector

    In a post-pandemic world where investment decisions need to be made rapidly, it’s essential that we make effective use of research and evaluation in designing the services that will help Britain to build back better.
  • Providing the employment, learning and skills sector with a ‘toolbox’ of evidence

    How do we best support people back to work after an economic shock? What works to support social inclusion across training and employment opportunities for young people? These are just some of the challenges that a post-COVID economy needs to tackle.
  • Projects 26 05 2020

    Longitudinal education outcomes (LEO) pilot

    Learning and Work Institute has been selected as one of eight organisations to participate in the Department for Education’s longitudinal education outcomes (LEO) pilot programme.
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  • Projects 30 04 2020

    Future Workforce Fund (FWF) Evaluation

    FWF is a ground-breaking two-year initiative that tests innovative ways of delivering employability support for young people not in education, employment or training (NEET), or at risk of becoming NEET.
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  • Research and Reports 22 03 2020

    Evidence review: What works to support 15 to 24-year olds at risk of becoming NEET?

    Reviews early interventions that target key transition periods for young people who are considered ‘at risk’ of becoming NEET in the future.
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  • Research and Reports 12 03 2020

    Understanding evidence use in adult learning and skills

    The Department for Education (DfE) funded this project to better understand how organisations and institutions across the adult learning and skills sector engage with and use research and evidence to inform their decision making.
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