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Joining the Dots Around Skills
You don’t have to read beyond the first few lines of the summary of last week’s House of Lords’ Science and Technology Select Committee Report to recognize they are sceptical about the Government’s direction of travel when it comes to … Continue reading
Posted in Careers, Education, Science Funding
Tagged absorptive capacity, diffusion, Felixstowe, green economy, House of Lords
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Brilliance and Diversity
A couple of weeks ago I attended the annual conference of the Bennett Institute for Public Policy, and a fascinating day it was. Everyone in the hall seemed delighted to be back to meeting in person, but there were several … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Equality
Tagged conferences, Diane Coyle, manels, stereotypes
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A University Education and a Lifetime of Debt
Finally, the response to the Augar Review, for which we have been waiting for the rather splendid number of 1001 days, has been released. I will not accuse the Government of choosing a good day to bury bad news, because … Continue reading
Posted in Careers, Education
Tagged Augar Review, Further Education, Levelling Up, lifetime loan entitlement
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Getting the Skills Right for Successful Levelling Up
We await the Levelling Up White Paper. It is not easy to read the tealeaves of this turbulent political time to work out when the delay is likely to be terminated, although the last rumour I heard has it down … Continue reading
Posted in Education
Tagged A levels, Core Maths, Michael Gove, qualifications, technicians
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Level Up and Multiply
As we await the delayed Levelling Up White paper, to my mind it is encouraging that Michael Gove (Secretary of State for Levelling up, Housing and Communities) is drawing together a cabinet committee to focus on these matters, drawing membership … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Science Funding
Tagged Levelling Up, UKSPF, upskilling
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