Centre for Learning and Life Chances

学习和生活机会中心对终身学习在促进经济竞争力和社会凝聚力以及协调这两个领域的政策之间的互动方面的作用进行研究。这项研究使用跨学科、混合方法和比较方法，以应对当前和正在出现的关键政策辩论，并提高在制定超国家、国家和区域/部门层面的联合政策时使用研究证据的能力。年轻研究人员的能力建设将通过与LLAKES中心的联系以及通过指导PATHAYS项目中的博士后研究员来进行。LLAKES中心将继续利用其现有研究的影响，并开发这项研究的新途径，将产生新的影响。影响产生活动将战略性地集中在三个主要领域：1技能获取，技能成果和劳动力市场；2青年转型与代际不平等的比较分析；3社会态度、社会融合与社会凝聚力。我们的主要目标是利用一系列的沟通和传播活动来吸引媒体的兴趣和影响公众辩论，并以各种不同的方式直接与不同层面的利益相关者和政策制定者接触，以影响政策和实践。沟通活动将包括：-维护和更新我们的外部网站；-发布关于新研究发现的定期博客和新闻稿；-在我们的LLAKES研究论文和政策简报系列中保持出版物；-通过会议演示、主题演讲和特邀讲座传播我们的研究；以及举办LLAKES公开研讨会和与学者、政策制定者和媒体代表举行的年度会议。政策影响将产生于以下方面：-通过我们的网络，并在我们的国际咨询委员会及其利益攸关方代表的协助下，确定新的利益攸关方和政策制定者，并与之接触；-向超国家、国家和社会伙伴政策机构介绍我们的工作，包括在经合组织、欧洲工作基金会、BEIS、DFE和TUC；-回应政府政策咨询和ESRC关于介绍与当前政策问题有关的研究证据的要求；-通过加入主要委员会并与有影响力的智库合作来影响政策。

Summary The Centre for Learning and Life Chances (LLAKES) conducts research into the role of lifelong learning in promoting economic competitiveness and social cohesion and in mediating the interactions between policies in the two domains. The research uses interdisciplinary, mixed-method and comparative approaches to address key current and emerging policy debates and to enhance capacity in the use of research evidence in the development of joined-up policy at supra-national, national and regional/sectoral levels.Capacity-building among younger researchers will be pursued through the attachment to the LLAKES Centre of doctoral students supervised by Centre academics and through the mentoring of post-doctoral fellows in the PATHWAYS programme.The continuing LLAKES Centre will build on the impact of its existing research and develops this research is new ways which will deliver new impacts.Impact generation activities will be strategically targeted to focus on three primary areas:1 Skills Acquisition, Skills Outcomes and Labour Markets;2 Comparative Analysis of Youth Transitions and Intergenerational Inequalities; 3 Social Attitudes, Social Integration and Social Cohesion. Our primary aims are to use a range of communications and dissemination activities to attract media interest and to influence public debate, and to engage directly with stakeholders and policy makers at different levels, and in a variety ways, to influence policy and practice.Communications activities will include: -maintaining and updating our external website; -issuing regular blogs and press releases on new research findings; -maintaining publications in our LLAKES Research Paper and Policy Briefing series; -disseminating our research through conference presentations, keynotes and invited lectures; -and hosting LLAKES public seminars and annual conferences with academics, policy-makers and media representatives. Policy impact will be generated by: -identifying and engaging with new stakeholders and policy-makers through our networks, and with assistance from our International Advisory Board and its stakeholder representatives;-presenting our work to supra-national, national and social partner policy bodies, including at OECD, European Work Foundation, BEIS, DFE and the TUC; - responding to government policy consultations and ESRC requests for briefings on research evidence related to current policy issues; -influencing policy through membership of key commissions and working with influential think tanks.