Find out more about the projects that cut across our areas of work

• Projects 31 03 2020

  Future of the minimum wage

  Learning and Work Institute has partnered with Carnegie Trust to explore the impact of increasing the UK-wide minimum wage on workers, employers and the economy. We will be producing a series of reports from different perspectives.

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• Projects 28 02 2019

  Best practice in delivering pre-apprenticeship programmes

  Learning and Work Institute worked in partnership with J P Morgan to explore best practice in the design and delivery of pre-apprenticeship programmes across Europe

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• Projects 28 04 2020

  Driving Change – supporting young adult carers in further education

  Learning and Work Institute is working in partnership with The Carers Federation to improve the support that young adult carers receive in further education.

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• Projects 12 09 2019

  Improving Language, Improving Lives

  This project was designed to support prisoners with ESOL needs, and practitioners working in the secure estate. It was developed in partnership with De Montfort University and funded by the Bell Foundation.

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• Projects 21 04 2019

  New to ESOL

  This project addressed a key challenge in Learning and Work Institute’s research into ESOL provision: how to work with learners that are just starting out.

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• Projects 26 05 2020

  Longitudinal education outcomes (LEO) pilot

  Learning and Work Institute has been selected as one of eight organisations to participate in the Department for Education’s longitudinal education outcomes (LEO) pilot programme.

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• Projects 04 07 2016

  Tackling the disability employment gap

  Learning and Work Institute has helped shape the Work and Health Programme – the main national employment support service for people with disabilities – and we have extensive expertise around disability employment.

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• Projects 04 07 2016

  The Step Up Pilot

  An innovative pilot in London to trial new approaches to help low-paid workers progress in their careers and move into better work. Learning and Work Institute worked with Trust for London and the Walcott Foundation.

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• Projects 16 06 2020

  Specialist adult learning support to the British Army

  Learning and Work Institute – and its predecessor organisations the Basic Skills Agency and NIACE – has worked with the British Army since 2001.

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