Work and Careers
Local skills deficits and spare capacity
This report commissioned by the LGA estimates that not meeting the skills needs of employers could lead to a potential loss of £120 billion in economic output by the end of the decade. The research for...Read more »
Adult Participation in Learning Survey 2018
Learning has positive benefits for individuals, communities and the wider economy. Increasing and widening access to learning is crucial to future prosperity, fairness and social inclusion in the UK. Despite the strength of this evidence, the...Read more »
Cost and outreach pilot evaluation: interim findings
The cost and outreach pilots are testing different approaches to outreach in engaging adults in learning, and whether offering a course fee subsidy encourages take up. The pilots are running in 5 areas: Greater Lincolnshire LEP Heart...Read more »
Working Capital Evaluation
Learning and Work Institute were commissioned by Central London Forward to conduct a mixed-method evaluation of Working Capital: a pilot programme of integrated employment and health support for people with disabilities and/or health conditions who have...Read more »
The Step Up Pilot: Year Three
Trust for London, the Walcot Foundation and Learning and Work Institute (L&W) collaborated to design a pilot initiative, Step Up, trialling new approaches to help low-paid workers progress in their careers and move into better work....Read more »
Best practice in designing and delivering pre-apprenticeship programmes
Learning and Work Institute is delighted to be working in collaboration with J.P.Morgan to identify ways in which organisations can design and deliver pre-apprenticeship programmes, that provide a pathway to apprenticeships for young people, across Europe....Read more »
Targeted Support for Colleges
Delivered between April 2017 and March 2018, Learning and Work Institute’s Support for Colleges project provided targeted one-to-one support for six colleges throughout England to enable them to develop an effective and embedded whole organisational approach...Read more »
Exploring funding for apprentices with additional needs
Research into the effectiveness of funding to support apprentices with learning difficulties, disabilities or disadvantage. Findings from interviews with apprenticeship providers, employers and third party organisations. This report identifies areas to consider in the future development of...Read more »
Supporting Care Leavers in Further Education
These resources are for colleges in England that want to review and improve their support for Looked After Young People and Care Leavers. They consist of four key parts: A guide for colleges which includes information about who...Read more »
22 February 2018Exploring models for part-time and flexible apprenticeships
Apprenticeships are a key government policy to support transition to the labour market, social mobility, economic growth and improved productivity. While evidence shows that the benefits to apprentices, to businesses and to our wider economy and...Read more »
The Learning, Work and Wellbeing Toolkit
The Learning, Work and Wellbeing Toolkit provides staff with practical tips and resources to support young adult carers to make informed choices about learning and work. It also includes materials to support the professional development of...Read more »
Work Placements – a call for evidence
We were commissioned by DfE to work in partnership with Fair Train to conduct a call for evidence to understand what effective practice in work placements looks like
Best practice in designing and delivering Public Sector apprenticeship programmes case studies
Our case studies include examples of good practice and different approaches taken by a range of public sector organisations. In a hurry? Read the 2-page summaries below of the approaches being taken by public sector organisations....Read more »
Work Local – report to the LGA on options for devolving employment and skills
Learning and Work Institute was commissioned by the Local Government Association (LGA) to explore the options for how modern, more integrated and localised public employment and skills services could be funded, designed and delivered. This is...Read more »
Employer guide to supporting care leavers in the workplace
The aim of this guide is to highlight ways in which employers of all sizes, and from all sectors of the economy, can make a difference in supporting care leavers to develop the skills, experience and confidence they need to gain, stay and progress in work.
Step-Up: Year One Learning Report
Our first interim report from the Step-Up evaluation brings together learning from the programme’s first year on engaging with and delivering services to low-paid workers
Ambition London: Making learning work
Ambition London is Learning and Work Institute’s flagship programme supporting employers and individuals to meet their skills needs, making use of Advanced Learner Loans to support their learning. Funded by the JPMorgan Chase Foundation, this high...Read more »
24 January 2017Supporting young adult carers in the workplace: A guide for employers
This guide aims to help employers provide support for young adult carers to gain and stay in work. It tells employers who young adult carers are, the benefits of supporting young adult carers in the workplace, and includes practical information, resources and case studies which demonstrate the types of support employers can offer to young adult carers.
Evaluation of Want to Work
The evaluation is based primarily on analysis management information and a survey of customers who first received support in 2009, and four case study visits to different delivery locations conducted in 2011 and 2012.
Youth unemployment: review of training for young people with low qualifications
This paper specifically looks at how effective training programmes targeted at increasing the employment and skills of young people who are not in learning or work and who have low or no skills.
24 January 2017Work Programme Statistics – September 2016
DWP has published statistics from the beginning of the Work Programme in June 2011 to the end of June 2016. In this data release, we report on the two-year job outcome performance i.e. whether or not an individual has secured a job outcome during the entire length of time on the programme.
Worklessness, welfare and social housing
Residents of social housing face considerable disadvantages in the labour market.
Work Programme Evaluation March 2013
This report focuses on the initial procurement process and the payment-by-results model that underpins the programme. Its key messages will be important for the roll-out of payment-by-results in other areas of government policy, including criminal justice.
24 January 2017Work Programme Statistics – March 2016
DWP has published statistics from the beginning of the Work Programme in June 2011 to the end of December 2015. In this data release, we are able to report on the two-year job outcome performance, i.e. whether or not an individual has secured a job outcome during the entire length of time on the programme.
Totalling the hidden talent
This research, commissioned from Inclusion by the Local Government Association, defines a broader measure of 'slack' in the youth labour market than that given by the headline unemployment figures.
24 January 2017What Employers Want
As part of What Employers Want, we have produced a suite of resources for unemployed young people, aged 16-25, who are looking for employment.
24 January 2017The Work Programme: What is the Role of Skills?
This is an important publication which makes the case for more skills support to unemployed people on the Work Programme.
24 January 2017The Organisation and Regulation of the Public Employment Service and of Private Employment and Temporary Work Agencies
This study reviews changes in the organisation and regulation of public and private employment services in four selected European countries.
The state of the sector
Key trends for voluntary sector organisations working with offenders and their families.