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Learning through lockdown

The 2020 Adult Participation in Learning Survey explores people’s experiences of learning since the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic and the national lockdown introduced on 23 March 2020.

Time to act – Tackling the looming rise in long-term unemployment

This report explores the potential increase in long term unemployment as a result of the coronavirus crisis, and sets out the scale of support that will be needed to help people back to work.

Crisis in the capital

This report explores the impact of the coronavirus crisis on London’s labour market and low-paid Londoners. It sets out what could be done by central government and London local government to mitigate the impact of the crisis, and build back better.

The future of the minimum wage – Autumn briefing

This briefing paper aims to contribute to the debate by highlighting the findings from our ongoing research programme with Carnegie UK Trust on the future of the minimum wage.

Levy paying employer decisions

Learning and Work Institute was commissioned by the Department for Education to conduct qualitative research following the introduction of the apprenticeship levy.

Making sure Kickstart works

This briefing paper warns that a focus on creating as many Kickstart jobs as possible must not come at the expense of quality training support or potentially excluding young people that need the most help.

Missing millions: Where will the jobs come from?

This report shows that employment has taken up to seven years to recover after previous recessions. Employment recovery may be slower this time with big employers like hospitality and retail facing ongoing social distancing.

Better basic skills: Better business

These resources were developed as part of a project, supported by the Department for Education, which focused on engaging employers with Adult Education Budget basic skills provision.

Workplace basic skills case studies

These case studies, produced for the Department for Education, highlight features of effective practice in the delivery of basic skills - English, maths and digital – in the workplace.

The future of the minimum wage – The employer perspective

This is the second report in the series, looking into how employers reacted to the introduction of and increases to the minimum wage in the past, how they feel they will be able to handle planned future increases, and what support they might need.