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5. Older People and Lifelong Learning: choices and experiences (research brief)
In spite of the ageing of the population, little is known about older people’s experiences of learning over the course of their lives, the factors that might influence ...

6. Putting Knowledge to Work: Integrating work-based and subject-based knowledge in intermediate-level qualifications and workforce upskilling (Research Brief)
The aim has been to improve practice in work-based learning by researching how the subject-based and work-based aspects of a curriculum or learning programme can articulate ...

7. An evaluation of post-18 offender learning in Wales
This remit report identifies for example how effective assessment methods and systems are for the diagnosis of individual learning difficulties and disabilities; the quality ...

8. Global Productivity Report
Companies in the UK are spending less time training their staff than those in any other country. This is a finding of Proudfoot Consulting's latest survey on global productivity ...