Adult Learners’ Week: Let the adventure start
Adult Learners’ Week launches in Wales on the 18 September, a national campaign to promote lifelong learning opportunities, with a celebration of life-changing stories through…
Learning and Work Institute
Three key lessons in delivering an In-Work Support Service for Wales
Learning and Work Institute recently evaluated Welsh Government’s Healthy Working Wales: In-Work Support Service (IWS). The evaluation sought to glean key lessons from the project…
Expanding the UK’s shrinking workforce
The Spring Budget is expected to try to reduce economic inactivity. What’s the problem and what might work? Understanding the issue The workforce – the…
More than 50 people change career as a result of reskilling pilots
More than 50 people have started jobs in industries or sectors that are new to them, after receiving support to reskill in four localities across…
The UK’s Shrinking Workforce
The UK is the only OECD Member country, except for Switzerland, to have seen a sustained rise in economic inactivity since the start of the…
Reskilling for Net Zero
The UK Government’s commitment to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 will bring a major shift in the labour market – with changes to existing…
We need to level up lifelong learning
Lifelong learning is one of those things that many people – including politicians – are in favour of in principle, but where that doesn’t always…
TACKLE RECRUITMENT CRUNCH TO UNLEASH £23 BILLION BOOST TO ECONOMY
The UK has suffered the biggest drop in employment of G7 countries through the pandemic, leaving employers short of workers. New research by Learning and…
The Road to Recovery: What the new Prime Minister Needs to do
The new Prime Minister needs to prioritise additional help for people on the lowest incomes, a plan to widen participation in the labour market and…
Encouraging women in STEM: an answer to the green skills gap?
With rising global temperatures, the demand for green skills is also expected to rise. A positive step towards achieving net zero is to ensure that…