For Day 4️⃣ of #12DaysofLW, we're looking back on #AmbitionSkills. 🚀

This programme of work, supported by City & Guilds and NOCN, makes the case for a higher skills ambition.

The final report finds achieving world-class skills could boost the economy by £22bn: learningandwork.org.uk/resources/re...

Creating opportunity for people through skills can push the UK forward | Public Finance Skills are vital to almost all of our ambitions as a country, yet we’re stuck in the slow lane, writes Stephen Evans, chief executive at the Learning and Work Institute.

📰 In Public Finance, L&W chief exec @stephenevans.bsky.social calls for skills to be a golden thread running through all our growth efforts.

www.publicfinance.co.uk/2025/11/uk-s... ✍️

Stephen reflects on #AmbitionSkills, supported by City & Guilds and NOCN: learningandwork.org.uk/resources/re... 🔍

10-year adult ed rescue plan would boost economy by £22bn New report calls for tripling level 2 and 3 achievements and expanded lifelong loan entitlement

Have you read our new #AmbitionSkills report?

The report, supported by City & Guilds and NOCN, shows achieving world-class skills could boost the economy by £22bn and save taxpayers £8bn a year. 💷

Explore the report: learningandwork.org.uk/resources/re...

And read @feweek.bsky.social coverage. ⬇️

How Do We Meet The Missing Middle Skills Needs? | FE Soundbite Edition 818 | FE News | How Do We Meet The Missing Middle Skills Needs? | FE Soundbite Edition 818

Great to see our new #AmbitionSkills report in the latest @fenews.bsky.social soundbite edition!

This report, supported by City & Guilds and NOCN, finds that restoring adult skills attainment to 2010 levels could boost the economy by £22bn.

📑 Read the report: learningandwork.org.uk/resources/re...

This was a great report by 5 News and fabulous to hear from adult learners about how low literacy was affecting their lives & how changing that was changing their lives. Adult learning is a good investment for people, the economy & society. #AmbitionSkills

Ambition skills: toward a lifelong learning century

Read the full report: learningandwork.org.uk/resources/re...

And find out more about #AmbitionSkills, supported by City & Guilds and NOCN: learningandwork.org.uk/resources/re...

Watch 5 News coverage of our new #AmbitionSkills report featuring @stephenevans.bsky.social! 📺

The report envisions a lifelong learning century where more people learn throughout life, and shows restoring adult skills to 2010 levels could boost the economy by £22bn.

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Ambition skills: toward a lifelong learning century

NEW: Restoring adult skills attainment to 2010 levels could boost the economy by £22 billion and save taxpayers £8 billion per year.

The final report from our #AmbitionSkills programme, supported by City & Guilds and NOCN Group, has now been published. 📑

How to close the UK’s regional tech skills gap  - HR Magazine According to the Learning and Work Institute, the UK faces greater regional disparities in workforce skills than most other European countries. Closing this imbalance is an opportunity, and access to ...

"The UK faces greater regional disparities in workforce skills than most other European countries." 🌍

Great to see our #AmbitionSkills research cited by Darren Bance in HR Magazine. 🗞️

Check out the full report: learningandwork.org.uk/resources/re...

"Divides across the country hold us all back and we need a higher ambition and broad-based skills improvements."

📝 In today's @edgeuk.bsky.social Skills Shortage Bulletin, L&W researcher Sara Treneman reflects on our #AmbitionSkills 'Worlds Apart' report, supported by City and Guilds and NOCN.

Adult learner numbers have bombed to post-war levels - L&W Adult participation in further education has plummeted to levels not seen since the aftermath of the Second World War, research reveals.

'The dramatic fall in learner numbers is unique in adult education history, according to L&W.'

Read coverage in @feweek.bsky.social of our new #AmbitionSkills report showing adult participation in further or adult education is at its lowest levels since World War 2. 🗞️

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Learning the lessons: Understanding the history of adult learning and skills

NEW: L&W’s 3rd #AmbitionSkills report looks at the history of adult learning and skills, going back to the late 19th century, and lessons that can be learned.

#AmbitionSkills, supported by City & Guilds and NOCN, explores the economic and social case for the UK to have a higher ambition for skills.

Worlds apart: Skills and learning inequalities in the UK

Skills inequalities in the UK are larger than other countries and on track to widen further. 🔍🌍

Our latest #AmbitionSkills report, supported by City and Guilds and NOCN, details what these inequalities look like across the country.

Discover the findings: learningandwork.org.uk/resources/re...

What’s Coming in 2025 2024 gave us big headlines – now 2025 is about delivery. As the a year gets underway, the pressure is on the government to turn…

Great to see our #AmbitionSkills research showing a 'skills chasm' between regions in the UK in this article by Alice Gardner @edgeuk.bsky.social.

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Read the report, supported by City and Guilds and NOCN: learningandwork.org.uk/resources/re...

Worlds apart: Skills and learning inequalities in the UK

‘Worlds apart’ is the second report of our #AmbitionSkills programme, supported by City and Guilds and NOCN.

Read the report in full: learningandwork.org.uk/resources/re... 📑

Warning of ‘skills chasm’ amid huge UK regional divide in qualifications Learning and Work Institute says 71% of Londoners and 65% of adults in Scotland will have degree by 2035, compared with 29% in East Yorkshire

27% of adults in the West Midlands have qualifications below GCSE level, compared with 9% in west London. 🔍

Our new #AmbitionSkills report shows the UK has stark skills gaps between different parts of the country.

🗞️ Read about the report in @theguardian.com:

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Warning of ‘skills chasm’ amid huge UK regional divide in qualifications Learning and Work Institute says 71% of Londoners and 65% of adults in Scotland will have degree by 2035, compared with 29% in East Yorkshire

Keen to understand the “skills chasm” between regions in the UK? Check out coverage of our 2nd #AmbitionSkills report, supported by City and Guilds and NOCN, in the news:

theguardian.com/education/20...

peoplemanagement.co.uk/article/1901...

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‘Skills chasm’ between UK regions is self-reinforcing Regional skills gaps are getting worse as graduates feel the 'magnetic pull' of London and other higher-skilled UK cities.

Great to see our new #AmbitionSkills report in @personneltoday.bsky.social. 🗞️

The report finds the UK has larger skills gaps between different parts of the country than most other European countries.

#AmbitionSkills is supported by City and Guilds and NOCN.

www.personneltoday.com/hr/regional-...

For more findings and in-depth analysis, read the full report: learningandwork.org.uk/resources/re...

And find out more about our #AmbitionSkills programme: learningandwork.org.uk/resources/re...

NEW: The UK has larger skills inequalities between different parts of the country than most other European countries.

🌍 ‘Worlds Apart’, our 2nd #AmbitionSkills report, supported by City and Guilds and NOCN, shows these inequalities are set to widen.

learningandwork.org.uk/resources/re...

Worlds apart: Skills and learning inequalities in the UK

NEW: A “skills chasm” between regions is holding back economic growth in the UK, L&W report reveals.

Read the report, part of #AmbitionSkills, supported by
City and Guilds and NOCN: learningandwork.org.uk/resources/re...

Check out @theguardian.com's exclusive: www.theguardian.com/education/20...

For Day 5⃣ of #12daysofLW, we’re reflecting on our 1st #AmbitionSkills report.

This report, supported by City & Guilds and NOCN, revealed a “great skills divide” in the UK caused by skills funding cuts.

learningandwork.org.uk/resources/re...

Stay tuned for more from #AmbitionSkills... 🚀

The great skills divide Discover how learning inequalities risk holding the UK back in this first report from L&W's project Ambition Skills

Corin draws on findings from our most recent #AmbitionSkills report, supported by City and Guilds and NOCN, which showed how cuts to skills funding are creating a “great skills divide” in the UK. ⬇️

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