Publications
LSN produce a large number of research reports and publications each year. Listed below are the most recent. For a full catalogue of all LSN’s publications, please visit www.lsnlearning.org.uk/publications
Technology for Learning – Keeping up the pace
This report examines the current impact and future potential of digital learning. It contains a series of in-depth interviews with sector experts and roundtable discussions with key players in technology and learning and skills including Google, ALT, e-skills, LearnDirect, BIS, colleges and Local Authorities.
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How to shift power to learners- Encouraging FE dynamism, replacing centralised procurement
This monograph discusses how to make England's further education (FE) system genuinely responsive to learner demand, as well as stable, affordable, and of high quality. It looks at how a demand-driven system can be organised and funded, at what is required of governments, and what can be left to learners themselves and to the education and training institutions they choose to patronise.
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Beyond Leitch: Skills policy for the upturn
By the Centre for Innovation in Learning, 2009
This report by LSN's think tank, the Centre for Innovation in Learning, examines the impact of the recession on training and skills needs and considered the likely future implications for skills policy. It analyses how the skills system has coped with the changing needs and pressures brought about by the recession, what lessons can be learned and whether the system can be more flexible and effective in driving the economic upturn.
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Tackling the NEETS Problem: Supporting Local Authorities in reducing young people not in employment, education and training
By LSN and IoE, 2009
The number of young people not in employment, education or training (NEET) has risen by almost 2% year-on-year. New results for the second quarter of 2009 show that 24,000 more 16-24 year olds were NEET compared to the same period last year. The figure now stands at 959,000. Reducing the amount of 16-18 year old NEETs is the most popular national indicator among local authorities' Local Area Agreement targets. Despite this, the percentage of 16-18 year old NEETs rose from 10.6% last year to 11.9%. The picture is likely to get worse during the third quarter when the end of the school year traditionally sees a peak in the figures.
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The 14-19 Shake-up: Ensuring everyone can flourish
By LSN, 2009
The survey was commissioned to support LSN's 2009 Big Debate, which was entitled 'Winners and Losers in the 14-19 Shake-up'. Like the Big Debate, it puts learners at the centre of the discussion in an attempt ti understand how we can ensure that the new system works for them.
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The Impact of Mobile Learning
By LSN, 2009
Phase one of MoLeNET (2007/2008) involved 75 colleges and 18 schools, approximately 10,000 learners and 2,000 staff in 32 mobile learning projects. LSN supported practioner led action research and explored the impact of introducing mnobile learning on learner retention and achievement, teaching and learning, learner experiences and participating institutions. The findings of this research are described in this publication.
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UK Employment and Skills in Global Recession
By Tom Bewick, 2009
As the United Kingdom enters its most serious recession for decades, the main policy focus has been on measures that can contain the situation. This paper presents a call to look ahead - beyond the immediate piecemeal measures - proposing more comprehensive labour market reforms that aim to protect and develop the UK skills base. It presents practical solutions that can be delivered immediately on a sectoral basis, seeking to build-in competitiveness as we emerge from recession.
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