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Category Archives: Education
Science Education, Disadvantage and Teacher Burn-out
While we wait for the Schools White Paper and the report of the Curriculum and Assessment Review, other bodies have been busy, reporting specifically on the state of science education in (predominantly) English schools. Over the last few months, both … Continue reading
Posted in Careers, Education
Tagged Combined Science, Combined Science GCSE, Institute of Physics, teacher retention
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Upping the Engineering Talent Pipeline
The Government’s recently published Modern Industrial Strategy has a lot to say about skills. For instance, it commits to ‘enhance skills and increase access to talent by reforming the skills and employment support system to create a strong pipeline into … Continue reading
Posted in Careers, Education
Tagged Lifelong learning entitlement, Skills England, stereotyping, T Levels
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Skills, What Skills?
The answer to many of today’s problems seems to lie in the magic word ‘skills’, but this word can be used to mean so many different things, depending on audience and context, that in itself it is far from sufficient … Continue reading
Posted in Careers, Education
Tagged Alison Wolf, apprenticeships, FE Colleges, Growth and Skills Levy
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What do ‘Skills’ Mean to You?
We frequently hear the word ‘skills’ tossed about, as in ‘there’s a skills shortage’ or ‘a skills mismatch’, but put a bunch of people in a room, and ask them to discuss skills, and – with no additional qualifying words … Continue reading
Posted in Careers, Education
Tagged absorptive capacity, apprenticeships, Technician Committment, technicians
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International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2025
It is ten years since UNESCO declared today, February 11th, as the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Less well-known, I suspect, than International Women’s Day, it has a more specific focus. Sadly, in its ten years of … Continue reading
Posted in Education, natural history, People, Uncategorized, Women in Science
Tagged ASPIRES2, Michaela, pipeline, schoolteachers
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