Through our #VocTechChallenge with Ufi VocTech Trust, we’re exploring local barriers to adult participation in learning and how to address them.

✍️ In this blog, Zarin Mahmud, L&W researcher, reflects on findings from a workshop with key stakeholders in Belfast.
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“Without data, it’s quite hard to know how many of those people are getting into jobs.”

L&W deputy director Sam Avanzo Windett discusses sector-based work academy programmes (SWAPs) and the need for data on their outcomes with Josh Mellor 👇
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Three million disabled people face losing monthly benefits payments, under plans set to be unveiled by the government. Last week, David Aaronovitch Torsten Bell Tony Wilson Sam Avanzo Windett talked about PIP payments (and lots more) in The Briefing Room - bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Are Britain's missing workers really a problem?

David Aaronovitch explores the reasons why millions of people in the UK are neither working nor looking for work - and what we can do about it.

🎧 The Briefing Room on BBC Sounds.

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Could you be one of two new additions to the L&W team?

If so, check out our new Head of Programme and Jobs Plus Programme Manager roles and apply before 13 May. ⤵️
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What can the FE sector, government and businesses do about persistent inequalities in adult education and skills training?

Listen to Naomi Clayton and Sam Tuckett in the latest ep of the #LetsGoFurtherPod to find more.

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Good to see Mark Bearn cite our findings on falls in employer investment in skills in The MJ, discussing how to create a sustainable workforce. 📰

Find out more about how the UK is ‘sleepwalking to stagnation in skills’:
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Tune in to David Aaronovitch BBC Radio 4 at 4pm to hear Sam Avanzo Windett on The Briefing Room discussing economic inactivity alongside Tony Wilson and Torsten Bell. 📻

Don’t miss out:
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Spot the country heading in the wrong direction... “the UK is the only G7 country where employment remains lower than pre-pandemic levels.”

Great to see Stephen Evans in The Guardian Graeme Wearden coverage of Office for National Statistics (ONS) #labourmarket data. 🔍
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📢We've introduced a special Lifetime Achievement Inspire! Award to recognise individuals who have made a significant and lasting impact on lifelong learning in #Wales .

📥If you know someone who deserves this honour please contact [email protected] to nominate them.