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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.

Tackling single parent poverty after coronavirus

16 Dec 2020
Better work Employment

This report explores the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on single parent employment and incomes, and sets out what needs to happen to tackle single parent poverty after coronavirus.

Tackling multiple disadvantage: Final evaluation report

05 Dec 2020
Employment

This is the final report of a three-year evaluation of the Tackling Multiple Disadvantage (TMD) project, which was run by Crisis UK.

Work & Skills for the long-term unemployed

24 Nov 2020
Employment

A new ‘Work & Skills’ initiative is needed for people who are long-term unemployed. Next year there could be between 1 and 1.6 million people who have been out of work for 12 months or more.

Learning ladders

13 Nov 2020
Apprenticeships & technical education Better work

The Social Mobility Commission funded L&W in partnership with the National Institute for Economic and Social Research (NIESR) to investigate the role of adult training in supporting progression from low pay.

Levelling up skills after coronavirus: The role of trade unions and social partnership in workforce training

07 Nov 2020
Better work

This report explores the role of trade unions and social partnership in the adult skills and workplace training system - both in the UK and internationally.