Priorities for the review of adult education
The new Welsh Government has promised to ‘review adult education to increase the number of adults learning in Wales.’ Read our priorities for the review of adult education.
Citizens’ Curriculum
During 2023 and 2024, Learning and Work Institute is working with Welsh Government and a range of partners on an exciting project to pilot a Citizens’ Curriculum for Wales. This follows a public commitment to a Second Chance Nation made by the Minister for Education Jeremy Miles MS at the 2022 Adult Learning Conference.
Adult Participation in Learning Survey 2022
This year’s survey shows that around two in five (42%) adults have taken part in learning in the last three years. This is a slight drop (-3 percentage points) compared to last year’s survey, but in line with rates seen in the early 2000s after recent years of much lower participation. Recent rises have been driven by more people learning informally including online, after Government cuts had led to falls in participation in courses.
Evaluation of the In Work Support Service
In June 2022, the Welsh Government appointed Learning and Work Institute to evaluate the latest phase of their In-Work Support Service (IWS), a service which aimed to help people manage their health and stay in work.
The objectives were to tackle poverty and social exclusion through sustainable employment in parts of North and South Wales.
Our report sheds light on the recommendations and key findings which tells us how participants and employers valued the service and identifies valuable insight and learnings for similar services.
Life changing opportunities for learners and staff within the adult education sector
Taith is a new programme enabling people in Wales to study, train, volunteer and work all over the world, while allowing organisations in Wales to invite international partners and learners to do the same here in Wales.
It will create opportunities to broaden horizons, experience new ways of life, and bring back lessons to share with people at home. It means that Wales and its international partners can continue to benefit from exchanges in a similar way to the opportunities that flowed from Erasmus+, both in Europe and further afield. We want to maximise the opportunities for the adult learning sector and work with you to provide support to make the most of opportunities within Taith.
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Focus on Wales as Personal Learning Account pilot launched
In Wales a pilot programme, first committed to in the Employability Plan in 2018, has been launched. Run by Coleg Gwent and Grŵp Llandrillio Menai, the pilot will support people already in work to retrain for careers in specific sectors with skills.
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Supporting the Welsh Lifelong Learning System
This review aims to inform policy discussions and support the implementation of the Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill
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Youth Opportunity Index
Our Youth Opportunity Index brings together the key outcomes both in terms of education and employment for young people in Wales.
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Adult Community Learning Impact Report
We have an ambition to create lifelong learners, to see our learners progress but also to see them become role models within their families, to be leaders in their communities, to have the tools to be happier and healthier in their own lives.
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