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Skills and Post-16 Education
In his Anniversary Day address to the Royal Society’s Fellowship last week, the President, Adrian Smith, drew attention to the state of our education system, recognizing that the Prime Minister’s intent to “reform the education system to include some form … Continue reading
Posted in Education
Tagged Augar Review, Dave Phoenix, Further Education, Kelly Vere, T Levels
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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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Skills, FE and Levelling Up
As we await various key Government papers – specifically the long-awaited response to the Augar Report and the Levelling Up White paper – the news is full of labour shortages. Whereas delivering some of Augar’s recommendations about funding for FE … Continue reading
Posted in Careers, Education, Science Funding
Tagged Augar Review, BTECs, productivity, T Levels, technicians
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DfE Deluge
As has been noted by many this week, there has been a deluge of output from the Department for Education (DfE), covering many matters that have been in the offing for months if not years. That the response to the … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Equality
Tagged Augar Review, BEIS, Further Education, Level 4/5
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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
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Tagged Augar Review, Further Education, social mobility
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