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Direct linkClayton, Naomi; Evans, Stephen – Learning and Work Institute, 2021
The UK entered the deepest recession in history in 2020, following a decade of sluggish growth. Coronavirus restrictions led to a sharp rise in unemployment, vacancies plummeted, and millions were furloughed. The pandemic has also accelerated technological change, with increased digitalisation and firms discovering new ways to harness emerging…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Employers, Employees, Investment
Peer reviewedMutereko, Sybert; Wedekind, Volker – Journal of Education and Work, 2016
Work-integrated learning (WIL) has been identified as a way of equipping graduates with attributes that make them work-ready. Many higher education institutions (HEIs) require their students to go through a compulsory work place learning form (WPL) of WIL. The complications of WPL can affect HEIs' student throughput. To address this challenge, a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Work Experience Programs, Workplace Learning, Career Readiness
Paccagnella, Marco – OECD Publishing, 2016
This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the link between age and proficiency in information-processing skills, based on information drawn from the Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC). The data reveal significant age-related differences in proficiencies, strongly suggesting that proficiency tends to "naturally" decline with age. Age…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Surveys, Adults, Age Differences
Download full textMullin, Christopher M.; Phillippe, Kent – American Association of Community Colleges, 2013
America's community colleges are the brokers of opportunity for a stronger middle class and more prosperous nation. The value of community colleges has repeatedly been detailed in broad brushstrokes. While these broad-brush pictures of the community college contribution are important, the community college is an intricate institution offering…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Labor Force Development, Job Skills, Wages
Mullin, Christopher M.; Phillippe, Kent – American Association of Community Colleges, 2013
This executive summary provides background information on unemployment rates, the need for new jobs, and the role community colleges have in securing opportunities for a stronger middle class and more prosperous nation. The summary is the introduction to the "Community College Contributions. Policy Brief 2013-01PB." [For the full report,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Labor Force Development, Job Skills, Wages
Merrifield, Juliet – Centre for Literacy of Quebec, 2012
Learning always takes place in a particular context and culture, yet educators have tended to focus their attention mainly on the form of learning, its methodology, content and teaching approach. While these can and do affect learning and its results, this paper looks beyond the particulars of the program to explore how the context and culture of…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Workplace Literacy, Basic Skills, Context Effect
