📢 NEW: We're pleased to reveal our blueprint for change — five steps to improve prosperity and widen opportunity by improving access to lifelong learning and good work. 💡 Find out more and download the blueprint: https://lnkd.in/eFGymGam Stephen Evans, L&W chief executive, says: "The choices we make now will chart a course toward the 2030s. We’ve set out five clear steps to start a decade of renewal in lifelong learning and a drive to help everyone that wants to work to find a job. After the declines of the last decade, we need a higher ambition for more adults in learning, more people in work, and a fairer chance for all. That’s good for our economy as well as for giving everyone a fair chance in life." Key further reading: 🔶 'Flex and match: a new Skills Levy for growth and opportunity' https://lnkd.in/eeJJenzy 🔶 'Raising the bar: Increasing employer investment in skills' https://lnkd.in/eF_pTH4Y 🔶 'The great skills divide: how learning inequalities risk holding the UK back' https://lnkd.in/e_uY72Cs 🔶 'Towards full employment: How the UK can increase employment by widening opportunity' https://lnkd.in/epX3s_7T 🔶 'The Young Person's Guarantee' https://lnkd.in/ehePDeeU 🔶 'Unleashing Talent: Levelling up opportunity for young people' https://lnkd.in/eKjWtTq #generalelection #GE2024 #thinktank #policy #skills #employment #betterwork #goodwork #lifelonglearning #AmbitionSkills #flexandmatch
Learning and Work Institute
Research Services
Leicester, Leicestershire 6,079 followers
An independent policy, research & development organisation dedicated to lifelong learning, full employment & inclusion.
About us
An independent policy and research organisation dedicated to lifelong learning, full employment and inclusion. We bring together over 90 years of combined history and heritage from the ‘National Institute of Adult Continuing Education’ and the ‘Centre for Economic & Social Inclusion’. We want everyone to have an opportunity to realise their ambitions and potential in learning, work and throughout life. We believe a better skilled workforce, in better paid jobs, is good for business, good for the economy, and good for society. We want learning and work to count. Learning and work count because... We need more people finding work, staying in work and building their careers We need to reduce gaps in learning and employment for disadvantaged communities We need learning opportunities throughout life for stronger families, healthier people, more inclusive communities We need a more balanced and more productive economy
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http://www.learningandwork.org.uk
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- Research Services
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Leicester, Leicestershire
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1921
- Specialties
- Advocacy, research, development, skills, employment, policy, and lifelong learning
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Arnhem House, 31 Waterloo Way, Leicester LE1 6LP.
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35 Cathedral Road
Cardiff, Wales CF11 9HB, GB
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Great to have our thinking behind an 80% employment rate feature in The Sunday Times. In order to achieve this, Stephen Evans argues it’ll be crucial to reduce the employment gap for people with disabilities by improving help to find work. https://lnkd.in/ey_svUEV
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2 days left to submit a nomination for the Mayor of London Adult Learning Awards. ✍ We’re thrilled to support the Mayor of London celebrate #adultlearning in London and can’t wait to discover this year’s winners. ✨ Nominate a Londoner, employer or training organisation by Friday: https://lnkd.in/e-XTeJne
The Mayor of London Adult Learning Awards
london.gov.uk
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✍ Stephen Evans responds to Liz Kendall’s plans to reach an 80% employment rate. “We need a ten year plan focused on widening employment support, joining up work, health and skills, and helping employers with their recruitment and job design.” https://lnkd.in/eHaE_8bK
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Speaking to Gethin Jones on BBC Radio 5 this afternoon, Stephen Evans gave his thoughts on the govt’s Skills England plans. He highlighted the need for: 🤝 A more joined-up skills system 💸 Greater govt and employer investment in training 💡 Learning from previous govts’ attempts Catch up on the interview: https://t.co/KDnzCkXbed
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💬 Stephen Evans responds to the Government’s Skills England announcement. “We look forward to seeing the Government’s plans for simplification and an integrated post-18 system and Skills England’s role within it.” https://lnkd.in/eMrwzvGB
L&W's response to the Government's launch of Skills England
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One week to go until nominations close for the MayorofLondon Adult Learning Awards! ✨ If you know an organisation or individual with inspiring #adultlearning achievements, submit a nomination for them by 26 July: https://lnkd.in/e-XTeJne
The Mayor of London Adult Learning Awards
london.gov.uk
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✍️ Corin Egglestone, Deputy Head of Research, responds to today’s apprenticeship data release. “Boosting starts should be a key focus of the new government.” Read Corin’s comment in full: https://lnkd.in/etpAhW9p 🔗
Responding to the latest apprenticeships data release - Learning and Work Institute
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Our July labour market briefing is now live. 🔴 Explore our full analysis of this month’s labour market statistics released by Office for National Statistics. ⬇ https://lnkd.in/e6KjPj7v
Labour market analysis for July 2024 | Learning and Work Institute
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Still thinking about our Employment and Skills Convention 2024? So are we! Thank you to everyone who came along to discuss key employment and skills priorities. We’ll be sharing more in due course, but for now make sure to check out the #EmpSkills24 hashtag to see what we got up to. #skills #employment #policy #events #thinktank
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