September marks the three-year anniversary of the Green Changemakers programme and we have learned so much in that time. On this quiet morning in my...
It has been nine months since the House of Lords Social Mobility Policy Committee, which I chaired, published its report ‘Social mobility: Local roots, lasting...
As budgets tighten and campus capacity shrinks, hybrid models offer a practical way to deliver exams at scale. As higher and further education institutions across...
After my ADHD diagnosis, the research, and that conversation with a former employer, I noted in my last article that I'd launched something that I...
At the start of his second week as Prime Minister, Andy Burnham has announced what amounts to a revolution in education policy. We have heard...
Kerry Boffey of FIN identifies changes in the Ofsted operating guide and toolkit which require provider attention before September. Providers preparing for inspection should pay...
Today's announcement from the Prime Minister is significant structural reform. Technical education pathways from age 14, combining core academic subjects with employer contact and workplace...
By mid-July, most Further Education leadership teams have shifted their attention to enrolment, exam boards and the slow scramble to close out the academic year....
This year’s World Youth Skills Day theme, 'Skills for a shared future', is timely. Young people are entering a labour market being reshaped by artificial intelligence, automation and changing employer expectations. Yet too often we describe...
Economic inactivity linked to long-term health conditions has now reached 2.8 million people in the UK, costing the country an estimated £212 billion per year...
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Across both enterprise and education, conversations around AI are becoming more grounded – less about the promise of the future and more about the actions…
Cassandra MacDonald discusses whether the UK currently has the capacity and ability to embrace technological advancement. As AI becomes more prominent across the economy and…
The Realities of Transitioning to Work The growing numbers of young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) and rising economic inactivity have focused…
The latest Office for National Statistics figures confirmed that one in eight young people aged between 16-24 were not in education, employment or training (NEET).…
ASRG’s inaugural whitepaper, ‘State of the Nation: Assessment Security at the Start of 2025’, explores the most urgent threats to assessment security, including contract cheating,…
In my previous article, I explained the New Zealand vocational education system prior to 2019, and the Reform of Vocational Education (RoVE) which took place…
The UK is facing a growing skills crisis, not due to a lack of ambition or talent, but because too few young people are leaving…
To build a stronger, fairer economy, we must start with people—by giving learners access to high-quality technical education that’s rooted in local opportunity. Institutes of…
The panel discussion I chaired on Growth, Skills and Place at the Lifelong Education Institute’s Annual Conference in April brought together a prominent Labour politician…
In January 2024, then Opposition leader Sir Keir Starmer, pledged that a Labour government would end the scandal of worsening child health. There would be…
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