Projects

    Through the European Agenda for Adult Learning, the Learning & Work Institute (L&WI) and its partners across the UK have been researching and discussing the impact of adult learning. They have done this through Impact Forums established in 2014 which met in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales every quarter. For these meetings……

  A report commissioned by the Institute for Adult Learning in England, published in January 2018 This 2018 research study focuses on Adult Education: Health and Well-Being. It aims to increase awareness of the benefits that adult education can bring to the nation’s health and well-being. It also as designed to stimulate further dialogue on……

Adult Education Too important to be left to chance Dr Deirdre Hughes OBE, Karen Adriaanse and Dr Sally-Anne Barnes (2016) Research Report for the All Party Parliamentary Group for Adult Education (APPG) – Inquiry into Adult Education. The APPG for Adult Education commissioned the Warwick Institute for Employment Research at the University of Warwick (April……

  The Department of Education and Skills in Ireland has committed in the National Skills Strategy 2025 and the Action Plan for Education 2016-2019, to commence an independent review of existing career guidance tools and career information for students and adults and recommend changes to improve the existing tools and information currently in place across the education and……

Recent developments in robotics, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning have put us on the cusp of a new automation age – the fourth Industrial Revolution. I’m delivering a keynote on this topic today at Aston University talking about innovative ICT developments in labour market intelligence/information (LMI) and careers work. Around half the activities people……