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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
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Tagged A levels, Core Maths, Michael Gove, qualifications, technicians
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Graduation into Uncertainty
Graduation. That rite of passage that indicates the student moves on into the wider world. This past week has seen many hundreds of Cambridge undergraduates pass through the Senate House and emerge with their BA’s (or other appropriate degree(s)). So … Continue reading
Shuffling Forward in Education
This week has been full of surprises in Whitehall. The departure of David Willetts was foreseen. Indeed, it has been predicted just about every time there has been a ministerial reshuffle in the recent past. He will be missed by … Continue reading
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Tagged Michael Gove, ministers, Nick Gibb, reshuffle, Royal Society, Vision for STEM education
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An Education in Education (and Policy)
For the last three and a half years I have been chairing the Royal Society’s Education Committee. Under Secretary of State Michael Gove, education in England has been going through a tumultuous time (other parts of the UK have been … Continue reading
