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12 Mawrth 2025
Making a difference for young adult carers in higher education
Young adult carers are 38% less likely to gain a degree qualification than other young people – but recent research from UCAS shows that many young adult carers still aspire to university. As Jackie Woodhouse, Research Manager at Learning and Work Institute writes, this should be a wake-up call for the higher education sector.
10 Mawrth 2025
20 seaside towns and former industrial areas are home to 1 in 10 people who are economically inactive due to poor health
New research from Learning and Work Institute reveals almost ten percent of people who are economically inactive due to poor health live in only 20 of the UK’s 372 local authorities, with these areas representing just 4% of the UK population. Seaside towns and former mining and manufacturing communities fare the worst.
10 Mawrth 2025
Supporting workers’ health and access to better work
A new report from Learning and Work Institute for the Commission for Healthier Working Lives sets out what we know about what works to support disabled people and people with long-term health conditions.
10 Mawrth 2025
An exploration of local variations in health and job outcomes across the UK
The number of people economically inactive due to ill health has risen across all UK nations and regions. But a closer look at variations in health and job outcomes across the country reveals persistent inequalities between local areas.
6 Mawrth 2025
Place-Based Partnerships: Spotlight on Hull
In partnership with Ufi VocTech Trust, we’re identifying key barriers to learning in four areas across the UK and designing targeted solutions to overcome them. This is an update on our place-based collaboration work in Hull.
27 Chwefror 2025
Responding to the latest NEET data, February 2025
L&W's chief executive Stephen Evans responds to the latest ONS figures on young people who are not in education, employment or training.
25 Chwefror 2025
Reforming the ‘benefit trap’ to offer more support to disabled people could help half a million more people into work by 2035
New research finds that the benefit system is trapping 3.5 million people on sickness benefits and that doubling the help available could help an extra 500,000 people into work over 10 years.
25 Chwefror 2025
The benefit trap
This report looks at how the benefit system is trapping 3.5 million people on sickness benefits and how doubling the help available could help an extra 500,000 people into work over ten years.
18 Chwefror 2025
Labour Market Briefing: February 2025
Our analysis of the latest labour market statistics from ONS, released on 18 February 2025.
18 Chwefror 2025
Labour market stats response, February 2025
L&W's chief executive Stephen Evans and chief economist Dr Helen Gray respond to the latest labour market data from ONS.
