#ResearchOfTheMonth
Thank you to @workfoundation.bsky.social for making our report funded by @nuffieldfoundation.org #ResearchOfTheMonth!

This report explores the level of estimated skills needs in UK businesses alongside the level and type of training that employers provide.

➡️ learningandwork.org.uk/training-and...
🏆 Our #ResearchOfTheMonth for March 2026 goes to the @learnworkuk.bsky.social exploring training& skills needs across key UK growth sectors.

It highlights a concerning long-term trend that employer investment in training has fallen by 29% per employee in real terms since 2011. (1/5)
April 10, 2026 at 1:33 PM
🏆 Our #ResearchOfTheMonth goes to @timewise.bsky.social for their research paper 'Healthy By Design?' which shows that just 60,000 of the 2.4 million people economically inactive due to long-term ill health find a job each year. (1/5)

Read here: timewise.co.uk/article/why-...
October 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Our #ResearchOfTheMonth goes to @niesrorg.bsky.social for their research exploring the barriers that Pakistani and Bangladeshi women in London face in accessing “good work”. (1/6)
niesr.ac.uk/projects/ban...
August 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Our #ResearchOfTheMonth goes to the @womensbudgetgrp.bsky.social for their research on young women and multiple jobholding. (1/6)

www.wbg.org.uk/publication/...
When one job isn't enough: Young women and multiple jobholding
Our latest research with the universities of Birmingham and Nottingham examines multiple jobholding among young women
www.wbg.org.uk
May 1, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Our #ResearchOfTheMonth goes to @learnworkuk.bsky.social for their research exploring the impact of skills training on career progression prospects. (1/5)

learningandwork.org.uk/resources/re...

Authors: Sravanthi Vempalli, Lovedeep Vaid, Aaron Revel,
@stephenevans.bsky.social.
November 28, 2025 at 3:32 PM
🏆Our #ResearchoftheMonth goes to @resfoundation.bsky.social for their research by @louisemurphy.bsky.social and @benbgeiger.bsky.social on how to boost employer incentives to hire more disabled people. (1/5)

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July 29, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Our #ResearchOfTheMonth goes to @jrf-uk.bsky.social for their annual UK Poverty report.

They find that since 2010/2011, the poverty rate has remained stable at 21%. In fact, since 2005 there has been no progress in reducing poverty. (1/5)

www.jrf.org.uk/uk-poverty-2...
February 2, 2026 at 10:57 AM
🏆 Our #ResearchOfTheMonth for March 2026 goes to the @learnworkuk.bsky.social exploring training& skills needs across key UK growth sectors.

It highlights a concerning long-term trend that employer investment in training has fallen by 29% per employee in real terms since 2011. (1/5)
April 10, 2026 at 8:55 AM
🏆️ This month’s #ResearchoftheMonth goes to @resolutionfoundation.org for their report on what policies can incentivise employers to hire more young people.

It looks at whether Government policy has made it too expensive to hire young people.

Read: www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
July 31, 2026 at 12:30 PM
This month’s #ResearchoftheMonth goes to the Milburn review into young people and work. It is a comprehensive investigation into the drivers of the rising number of young people (16-24) who are not in education, employment or training (NEETs). (1/5)

www.gov.uk/government/p...
Young people and work: interim report
The young people and work report is an independent review of the increase in the number of young people who are not in education, employment or training (NEET).
www.gov.uk
May 29, 2026 at 12:45 PM
🏆Our #ResearchOfTheMonth goes to @city-redi.bsky.social at @unibirmingham.bsky.social for 'Understanding the UK’s Rise in Economic Inactivity Since 2020'.

It explores the uneven rise, with rural areas & peripheral towns recording largest increases. (1/5)

Read: www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/cen...
October 31, 2025 at 2:02 PM