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Employment and Skills
London Local Skills Report and Annexes – February 2022
GLA - Skills for Londoners Board
Added over 4 years ago
The Skills for Londoners Board – London’s Skills Advisory Panel - has published a refresh of its first Local Skills Report. The report presents an overview of London’s skills landscape in light of the impact of Covid-19, and sets out our progress with our main skills programmes as well as the work now underway as part of London Recovery Board’s...
Work Experience and Contextual Admissions at London's Higher Education Institutions
Greater London Authority (GLA)
Added over 4 years ago
The GLA commissioned CFE Research to carry out qualitative research into: the provision of work experience and employability support for students at London’s Higher Education Institutions, particularly for those from under-represented groups. the use of contextual admissions to support the access and participation of Londoners from under-represented groups The research aims to identify good practice, to explore challenges and how...
Skills Roadmap Consultation Results
Greater London Authority (GLA)
Updated over 4 years ago
In January 2022 the Mayor published his Skills Roadmap for London. The Roadmap sets the direction of travel for adult education in London over the Mayoral term and beyond, including future plans for the approximately £320 million per year Adult Education Budget (AEB).The Roadmap was developed based on extensive consultation with stakeholders, communities and businesses. The GLA engaged over 100...
Skills for Londoners Strategy Local Skills Report and Annexes
Greater London Authority (GLA)
Updated over 4 years ago
The Skills for Londoners Board has published its first Local Skills Report. The report presents an overview of London’s skills landscape and an assessment of progress with the Skills for Londoners Strategy, before concluding with a forward look. We expect the November iteration of the report to have more comprehensive coverage of the work of the London Recovery Board in...
Skills for Londoners Framework Consultation
Greater London Authority (GLA)
Added over 4 years ago
Alongside the Skills for Londoners Strategy, in 2018 the Mayor published his Skills for Londoners Framework. The Framework outlines how the objectives of the Strategy will be delivered in the context of the devolution of the Adult Education Budget (AEB) in London to the Mayor from the academic year 2019-20, transferring responsibility from the Department for Education for the delivery...
Digital Talent Programme research and resources
Greater London Authority (GLA)
Updated over 4 years ago
A range of reports that helped shape the development and direction of the Mayor's Digital Talent programme .
London Adult Community Learning Review Report
Greater London Authority (GLA)
Updated over 4 years ago
A 2017 report making recommendations for developing a long-term plan for Adult Community Learning in London.
Mapping ESOL Provision in Greater London
Greater London Authority (GLA)
Updated over 4 years ago
In February 2017, Learning and Work was commissioned by the Greater London Authority to undertake a mapping exercise of formal and informal provision of English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) in London, and undertake work to identify the language learning needs of resettled Syrian refugees in London. This work aims to support London boroughs participating in the resettlement of...
Skills for Londoners Strategy London Post-16 SEND Review
Greater London Authority (GLA)
Updated over 4 years ago
In 2019 the GLA commissioned education specialists Mime to provide an up-to-date picture of supply and demand of Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) provision for 16-25 year olds in London. The Area Reviews of London’s Further Education provision and the London Adult Community Learning (ACL) Review recommended that more work should be done to determine future SEND demand to...
Building on success: increasing higher education retention in London
Greater London Authority (GLA)
Updated over 4 years ago
The GLA commissioned the Social Market Foundation to look at the reasons behind the non-continuation (drop-out) rate of undergraduates studying at London’s higher education institutions. This report seeks to understand the factors affecting non-continuation and transfers at London universities. London’s non-continuation rate is 7.7%, which is much higher than the English average of 6.3%, and students in London are the...