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Education & training for adults crucial in wake of steel crisis
This afternoon’s debate is crucial to consider how Welsh Government can respond to the crisis in the steel industry in Wales, you can read our response to the crisis here.
4th April 20162013 Inspire! Adult Learning Award Winner
Lynda Sullivan continues her journey – read Lynda’s story here
The Annual Raymond Williams Memorial Lecture
Learning and Work Institute was delighted that Professor Sir Michael Marmot presented the annual Raymond Williams Lecture at Cardiff University on 9th February on the ‘Health Gap: The Challenge of an Unequal World’. We were also...Read more »
10th February 2016Rethinking the Work Programme in Wales
The Deputy Minister for Skills and Technology asked the PPIW to provide independent advice on how the Work Programme (WP) might be operated differently in Wales in the future. The PPIW has worked closely with Dave...Read more »
Learning and Work Institute welcome budget but urge caution over part time HE
The Draft Budget safeguards most post-16 education, but cuts to the HE budget may result in fewer opportunities for students to study part time at university. Cerys Furlong, Director of the Learning and Work Institute said:...Read more »
21st January 2016Consensus builds around the skills challenges facing Wales
Announcements this week from both the Welsh Conservatives and the Welsh Liberal Democrats show that consensus is building around the skills challenges which Wales faces. Those challenges are outlined in NIACE Cymru’s document “The post-16 challenge”...Read more »
10th January 2016Mid-Life Career Review (MLCR) Project
Starting in January the project will offer the opportunity for individuals in Swansea, Neath Port Talbot and Bridgend who are in mid-life (54+) and economically inactive to take stock, review their options and plan for the future....Read more »
Making learning and work count.
A new independent research, development and campaigning organisation, Learning and Work Institute, launches today, with the aim of promoting lifelong learning, full employment and inclusion. The new organisation, which brings together the ‘National Institute of Adult...Read more »
5th November 2015NIACE members green light the Learning and Work Institute
At its Annual General Meeting (AGM) 4 November, NIACE members voted to accept changes that will pave the way for full merger with the Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion (CESI/Inclusion) and to becoming the Learning...Read more »
7th October 2015Supporting Care Leavers to Achieve in Further Education
Yet with the right support in place they can achieve highly in further and higher education, and successfully progress into work. To ensure they get the support they need, NIACE has published a guide for FE...Read more »