My first job in the civil service was working on the team delivering plans for 14-19 Diplomas in response to the Tomlinson Review. It was a...
Analysis of gender attainment gaps in T levels and other Level 3 technical qualifications shows that boys are worryingly behind at all levels in exactly...
Recent announcements relating to Breaking Barriers to Youth Employment, Local First, and new technical education pathways from age 14 will require apprenticeship leaders to make...
The publication of Skills England's Sector Skills Needs Assessment for Professional and Business Services (PBS) should be a clarion call to policymakers, employers and the...
Andy Burnham's call to put technical education at the heart of the national conversation is a welcome one. His proposal to expand technical pathways and...
Today, thousands of our learners across the country will open their Level 3 and T Level results and take another important step on their career...
Results day is the starting point – not the finish line: how parents and carers can support young people this summer For many families, results...
There are very few moments in a career when you quietly sit back and think, "We've finally got there." Last week was one of those...
Andy Burnham means business. Two weeks into the job, the new Prime Minister has promised to end rough sleeping, fix social care, cap energy bills...
It seems everyone in Greater Manchester has an Andy Burnham Story. Mine starts backstage at Parklife festival in 2017. I was fortunate enough to be...
“ The Learning Skills Council (LSC) and the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) are again working together to hold a conference themed on “Design…
“ NATFHE, the University & College Lecturers” Union, has expressed concern at the implications for staff and the local community of plans to merge Keighley…
“ “And in this regard I believe that you are the most successful movement for change in this country.” (Gordon Brown, Unionlearn launch, 2nd May).…
“ The Learning and Skills Development Agency (LSDA) has recently published a report that shows the positive impact that further education can have on those…
“ “Education, Education, Education”. Three words marking the definitive intention of New Labour to reshape the state of British learning. Yet in the recent controversy…
“ The British Learning Association (BLA) has recently appointed five new members to its Quality Forum. The forum is an independent body which strives to…
“ Proposals to increase equality and fairness are like “trying to nail jelly to the wall.” No, we are not in school anymore. And neither,…
“ Ruth Kelly MP, the Secretary of State for Education, recently gave a speech at the TUC Union Academy Conference. She spoke of the Government’s…
“ Time and technology wait for no man. No sooner has one range of software or brand of mobile phone come out then another has…
“ The Strategic Forum for Construction (SFfC) releases its fourth report on Health and Safety Performance in the Construction Industry for 2004-2005. Since the Safety…
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