Our Research

A collaboration with SSG’s SDG & ESG, this multi-agency project seeks to understand how enterprises should be better supported in terms of their talent and skills needs when they engage in business transformation. It uses a mixed dataset drawn from ESG’s grant recipients, as well as BPSS2 establishments.

The Institute for Adult Learning conducted the TAE Landscape Study 2 (2021–2023) to examine changes in the TAE sector. As the second iteration of the TAE Landscape series, it explores shifts in the profile of TAE organisations and professionals, TAE jobs and skills, as well as developments in TAE business and practice.

This is a mixed methods study conducted from September 2020 to February 2021. It aims to investigate Singapore adult learners’ experiences with transitioning to full online learning as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Our intent in undertaking this research is to develop and uncover how the TAE sector can move towards teaching, and learning enables our learners to thrive in changing circumstances. Our objectives are to: • Develop a framework for future-oriented pedagogical practices • Develop change processes for individual Adult Educators and systems (training providers, institutions, and policy)

This project aims to investigate the demand side of the skills market in Singapore by surveying commercial establishments on their business strategies, skills utilisation and performance. Understanding the links between strategy, skills and performance will aid Singaporean policy makers in building an effective skills strategy for the future. Importantly, as the second wave of the Business, Performance and Skills Survey, this study will provide a sense of the changing landscape in Singapore regarding skills utilisation and the demand for skills.

Skills and Learning Study (SLS) is the third iteration of the Skill Utilisation series which aims to track skills utilisation in Singapore. Lifelong learning is a new area added into this iteration. This study will provide a set of continued skills utilisation measures in Singapore as well as a baseline measure of Singapore’s level of lifelong learning.

IAL and the University of Bristol (UoB) jointly conducted the COVID-19 Educator Online Survey in Singapore during May and June 2020. The project aims to capture educators’ perspectives to understand the impact of online learning on adult educators, learners and learning, current and long-term impact on education institutions/training providers, higher education/TAE sector, and potential changes to the future of education due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The project aims to capture educators’ perspectives to understand the impact of online learning on adult educators, learners and learning, current and long-term impact on education institutions/training providers, higher education/TAE sector, and potential changes to the future of education due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This is an international survey designed to measure a range of skills that adults use in their work and daily lives – such as reading, finding information and using computers - as well as their education and work experience. It is the second cycle of the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC), an initiative of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The first cycle was conducted from 2011 to 2018.

This Critical Core Skills (CCS) profiling and development project is commissioned by SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) to seek an understanding of how CCS are distributed and developed in different occupations. This study adopts a mixed method approach, that is, it uses both quantitative and qualitative methods to achieve the research aims.