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One week to go until nominations close for our #GetTheNationLearning Awards! ⏰
Everything you need including more information on our award categories and nomination guidance is available on our website: getthenationlearning.org.uk/…
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Keen to get inspired?
🏆 Discover our wonderful 2025 award winners: getthenationlearning.org.uk/…
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Take a look at our analysis on the longer-term picture of young people not in education, employment or training over time. 🔍⬇️
#youngpeople #employment #milburn
“We must act urgently with greater scale and pace. It’s time to move from analysis to action.”
✍️ L&W chief exec @Stephen_EvansUK responds to the interim report from the Milburn review and ONS data on young people not in education, employment or training.
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“We must act urgently with greater scale and pace. It’s time to move from analysis to action.”
✍️ L&W chief exec @Stephen_EvansUK responds to the interim report from the Milburn review and ONS data on young people not in education, employment or training.
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📚 Some further L&W resources on young people and employment:
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“My experience is personal, but the wider lesson is clear. Supporting learning and skills for adults is essential.”
✍️ In @FEWeek #GetTheNationLearning Lifelong Learning Ambassador @edballs says widening access to adult education is vital for the country.
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“That is why I was proud to become a lifelong learning ambassador and to support L&W’s Get the Nation Learning campaign.”
✨ Nominations for this year’s #GetTheNationLearning Awards are open! Let us know your lifelong learning hero by 4 June: getthenationlearning.org.uk/… 🔗
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“If the crisis persists, this risks being the calm before the storm.”
✍️ L&W chief exec @Stephen_EvansUK responds to May’s labour market data from @ONS.
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“This month’s labour market statistics are a tale of two sectors.”
💬 Dr Helen Gray, L&W chief economist, responds to today’s ONS labour market data.
Read the full comment: learningandwork.org.uk/labou… 🔗
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It’s your time to shine... ✨
Nominate for the #GetTheNationLearning Awards! 🏆
We have awards available for learners, employers, community organisations, learning providers and local or regional governments.
➡️ Find out more and nominate by 4 June: getthenationlearning.org.uk/… 🔗
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We are hugely grateful to our sponsors this year – @NOCNGroup, @UfiTrust, @citylit, @BritishArmy, @KaplanUK, @UVAC1 and @HOLEXPolicy – for making these awards possible.
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“Worryingly, the number of young people not in employment or full-time education remains stubbornly stuck at 1.25 million.”
✍️ L&W chief exec @Stephen_EvansUK responds to today’s labour market statistics from @ONS.
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We’re supporting the expansion of the Youth Guarantee.
“We are pleased to see the Government take up our call for an expanded wage subsidy programme for young people.
If we all work together so every young person is able to make the most of their talents, we will all benefit.”
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Find out more: gov.uk/government/news/major… 🔗
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“The Government is right to extend help like the Job Guarantee to those aged 22-24, as this group is more likely to be NEET than the 18-21 year olds the policy was previously focused on.”
💬 @Stephen_EvansUK responds to DWP’s Youth Guarantee announcement.
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Our new report for @NuffieldFound identifies an overreliance on mandatory and compliance training in UK workplaces at the expense of more in-depth upskilling.
🗞️ Check out coverage of the report in @FEWeek: feweek.co.uk/workplace-train… 🔗
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NEW: UK’s training and skills ‘tick-box culture’ puts at risk job mobility and future growth ⚠️
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Our latest report funded by @NuffieldFound warns of overreliance on mandatory and compliance training in UK workplaces compared to other countries.
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Shifts in the UK economy, including advances in technology and the transition to net zero, are impacting job types and skills demand.
So 'tick-box' training comes at the expense of more in-depth upskilling required for the jobs of the future.
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Discover more ⤵️
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