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Disconnected? Exploring the digital skills gap

22 Mar 2021
Apprenticeships & technical education Better work Young people

This report explores digital skills and the future of the labour market in the UK. It explores the perspectives of employers in terms of demand for skills and the digital skills gap, as well as young people's perspective on digital skills.

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

11 Mar 2021
Lifelong learning

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.

Recovery and renewal: Tackling long-term unemployment

26 Feb 2021
Employment

The coronavirus crisis has had a profound effect on the labour market. Our projections suggest long-term unemployment could rise above one million if we don’t get the policy response right.

Decision making of adult learners below level 2

26 Feb 2021
Lifelong learning

The Department for Education commissioned Learning and Work Institute to undertake research into how adults with qualifications below level 2 make decisions about whether or not to take up learning.

New Futures

22 Feb 2021
Better work Lifelong learning

L&W's flagship project, supporting people who need to reskill and change career as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Making a market for the missing middle: Higher technical education

19 Feb 2021
Apprenticeships & technical education Better work

This research, commissioned by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation, explores how a higher technical education offer with a focus on industry-specific skills, could help to address the needs of local people, local businesses and the local economy.

Future of the minimum wage – final report

10 Feb 2021
Better work

This final report in our programme on the minimum wage explores how an increase in the wage floor could be delivered as part of a wider labour marker strategy to tackle poverty and improve job quality.

A higher skills ambition for Northern Ireland: Skills for growth and social inclusion

27 Jan 2021
Better work Essential skills Lifelong learning

This report makes the case for a higher ambition to address these skill deficits and improve Northern Ireland’s prospects into 2030.

Apprenticeships at Level 4 and above

18 Jan 2021
Apprenticeships & technical education Better work

This report explores the extent to which apprenticeships at Level 4 and above are supporting social mobility for people from diverse backgrounds.

Unleashing talent: Levelling up opportunity for young people

30 Dec 2020
Employment Essential skills Lifelong learning Young people

The Youth Commission has explored how to improve education and employment opportunities for England’s six million young people, levelling up opportunity across the country. This final report sets out our proposed blueprint for change.