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Investing in Education and the Levelling Up Agenda
Early years provision has suffered during austerity, and is continuing to see cutbacks, as Polly Toynbee pointed out last week. Yet children who fall behind at the outset of their education will find it very difficult to catch up later. … Continue reading
Posted in Education
Tagged Augar Review, Further Education, social mobility
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Reflections on a Mad Week in Higher Education
Readers from the UK can hardly fail to have noticed the confusion across the HE sector caused by last week’s A level ‘results’. I recall how many people had been voicing fears during the past months that the disadvantaged would … Continue reading
Uncertain Times
We live currently in a world of great and sometimes terrifying strangeness, where the rules and customs by which we have lived for so long have been turned upside down. Some people may be focussing on whether they need to … Continue reading
Posted in Communicating Science, Education
Tagged Clarissa Farr, COVID-19, politicians
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Echoes Down the Years of Education in a Pandemic
Recently, the Prime Minister announced an ‘apprentice guarantee’ saying ‘I think it’s going to be vital that we guarantee apprenticeships’. Sounds good. How should that be translated into practice? Certainly, at the moment apprentices are having a tough time of … Continue reading
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Tagged cultural capital, disadvantage, Hashi Mohamed, pandemic
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The Story of a Piano
As working practices are turned upside down, as our whole pattern of live is disrupted in ways that are unlikely to feel pleasant, I am sure turning to music will be the solace of many. I hear – as confirmation … Continue reading
