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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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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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The Imperative of Skills
Whereas academic scientists too often only think in terms of producing the next generation of academic scientists like them, the reality is many would-be PIs would be lost without the technicians who keep the equipment running, train newcomers and generally … Continue reading
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Tagged BEIS, Chatteris, Further Education, technicians, training
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