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Government's Apprenticeship Plans 'Lacking Ambition' Says Industry Body
Government's Apprenticeship Plans "Lacking Ambition" Says Industry Body
Education
The British Retail Consortium, which represents major businesses across the UK, has criticised the government's latest plans for apprenticeships, which they say have failed to reform existing schemes in line with industry requests.
Childcare Sector Insists Workforce 'Has To Grow' To Cope With Free Hours Expansion
Education
Childcare Sector Insists Workforce "Has To Grow" To Cope With Free Hours Expansion
Childcare Sector Warns Of 'Postcode Lottery' For Availability Of Free Hours
Education
Childcare Sector Warns Of "Postcode Lottery" For Availability Of Free Hours
Schools Funding Plummets Into Deficit Risking A “Bleak” Future Of Staff Cuts
Education
Schools Funding Plummets Into Deficit Risking A “Bleak” Future Of Staff Cuts
Former Schools Minister Insists Teachers Must Be Paid More To Avert Staffing Crisis
Education
Former Schools Minister Insists Teachers Must Be Paid More To Avert Staffing Crisis
Tory MPs Want Tax Relief And Top Up Payments To Help Nurseries Fund Free Hours
Education
Tory MPs Want Tax Relief And Top Up Payments To Help Nurseries Fund Free Hours
Hundreds Of Children's Homes Deemed Substandard By Ofsted
Education
Hundreds Of Children's Homes Deemed Substandard By Ofsted
The House Live
The winner of the next election must deal with the costs of botched and delayed projects
Education
By Meg Hillier MP
The winner of the next election must deal with the costs of botched and delayed projects
Truancy trials – meet the parents hit by the single justice procedure
Education
By Andrew Kersley
Truancy trials – meet the parents hit by the single justice procedure
Raising attainment and alleviating challenges in schools Partner content
Education
By Policy@Manchester
Raising attainment and alleviating challenges in schools
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Everything You Need To Know About The 2024 Local Elections
Everything You Need To Know About The 2024 Local Elections
Communities
Local Elections Live: Grim Results For Sunak, But Houchen Wins
Local Elections Live: Grim Results For Sunak, But Houchen Wins
Political parties
GB Energy: What role will Labour's state-owned energy company really play?
GB Energy: What role will Labour's state-owned energy company really play?
By Sienna Rodgers
Energy
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Supply teacher: How schools became the last outpost of the welfare state
Education
By Sophie Church
Supply teacher: How schools became the last outpost of the welfare state
Britain’s welfare state is in retreat – but should schools plug the gap? Sophie Church visits one outpost to see if the model is sustainable
'The Home Office shouldn’t have anything to do with children': The Children's Commissioner interview
Education
By Sophie Church
'The Home Office shouldn’t have anything to do with children': The Children's Commissioner interview
Children’s commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza tells Sophie Church why Elon Musk needs to take his fatherhood more seriously and why she thinks the Home Office ‘shouldn’t have anything to do with children’
Schools Funding Plummets Into Deficit Risking A “Bleak” Future Of Staff Cuts
Education
Schools Funding Plummets Into Deficit Risking A “Bleak” Future Of Staff Cuts
English state schools plunged into a financial deficit last year, new figures have shown, with teachers’ leaders warning of a “bleak” future.
Education news
GCSE Inequality Between State, Selective And Private Schools Is 'Baked In', Keir Starmer Says
Education
GCSE Inequality Between State, Selective And Private Schools Is "Baked In", Keir Starmer Says
Enduring inequality between pupils at state, selective and private schools, and those on free school meals, has been brutally exposed in this year’s GCSE results, Labour has claimed.
Top GCSE Grades Have Risen For A Second Year Despite Pandemic Exam Disruption
Education
Top GCSE Grades Have Risen For A Second Year Despite Pandemic Exam Disruption
The number of GCSE students getting the top grades has risen across the country. It is the second year that teacher assessed marks have been used in place of exams as a result of pandemic disruption.
‘Levelling up’ must include reducing health inequalities Partner content
Environment
By Microsoft
‘Levelling up’ must include reducing health inequalities
The Prime Minister has begun to set out in earnest his plans for levelling up the UK. Not only does he want to bridge long-standing divides in economic performance between the regions, but also the great disparities there are regionally in healthy life expectancy.
Widening attainment gap shows we need an education system that is fair to pupils from all backgrounds
Education
By Lee Elliot Major
Widening attainment gap shows we need an education system that is fair to pupils from all backgrounds
Ministers need to outline plans for national exams from next year onwards. Confidence needs to be restored in a system that many believe is irreparably broken.
'Unconscious Bias' Could Have Widened A-Level Attainment Gap Between Black and White Pupils
Education
"Unconscious Bias" Could Have Widened A-Level Attainment Gap Between Black and White Pupils
A widening gap between top A-level grades for Black students and those of their white peers could be because of unconscious bias during this year's teacher assessed system, an education policy expert has told PoliticsHome.
Gavin Williamson Wants Student Fees Cut At Universities Not Returning To Face-To-Face Teaching
Coronavirus
Gavin Williamson Wants Student Fees Cut At Universities Not Returning To Face-To-Face Teaching
The Education Secretary has claimed universities that do not offer face-to-face teaching should not charge students full fees.
New Covid isolation rules will continue to cause disruption when schools return
Coronavirus
By Simon Kidwell
New Covid isolation rules will continue to cause disruption when schools return
As schools will no longer have to enforce “bubbles” from September, it will make the identification of close contacts amongst pupils almost impossible.
The animal health industry: part of the development of the UK as a scientific superpower Partner content
Environment
By NOAH
The animal health industry: part of the development of the UK as a scientific superpower
Dawn Howard, NOAH Chief Executive, calls on the government to back the animal health and medicines industry as a core part of the UK’s fast-developing life sciences sector.
Gavin Williamson Accused Of Downplaying His Pledge For A Level Students To Repeat A Year Amid Covid Disruption
Coronavirus
Gavin Williamson Accused Of Downplaying His Pledge For A Level Students To Repeat A Year Amid Covid Disruption
Students receiving their A-level results next week can request to repeat the school year if they feel they were adversely affected by Covid-19, an opportunity critics say has barely been advertised by the Department for Education.
Fears Grade Inflation Could See Disadvantaged A Level Students 'Fall Through Cracks' In Scramble For Uni Places
Education
Fears Grade Inflation Could See Disadvantaged A Level Students "Fall Through Cracks" In Scramble For Uni Places
The scramble for higher education places next week due to anticipated A-level grade inflation could see the most disadvantaged pupils left behind, Labour has warned.
After the Global Education Summit, UK aid needs a smarter strategy
Education
By David Mundell MP
After the Global Education Summit, UK aid needs a smarter strategy
To build on the contributions made last week at the Global Education Summit, we must also deliver the conditions children need to thrive, including good health and nutrition, political stability and economic opportunity, by delivering development programmes in parallel.
A Second Teaching Union Has Called On The Government To Pay For Ventilation In Schools
Coronavirus
A Second Teaching Union Has Called On The Government To Pay For Ventilation In Schools
Pressure is mounting on the government to provide a cash fund for schools that need to buy CO2 monitors and ventilation units for classrooms to avoid another spike in coronavirus cases in the autumn term.
Teachers' Union Calls For Government To Follow US and Fund Ventilation Units For Classrooms
Coronavirus
Teachers' Union Calls For Government To Follow US and Fund Ventilation Units For Classrooms
Classrooms should be fitted with ventilation units in time for the return to school in September, a leading education union has said today.
Partner content
Education
By Advertising Association
UK ADSPEND TO GROW 18.2% THIS YEAR AS RECOVERY GATHERS PACE
Skills and Post-16 Education Bill is a golden opportunity for the UK to lead the way on road to net zero
Environment
By Baroness Hayman, Lord Knight and Baroness Sheehan
Skills and Post-16 Education Bill is a golden opportunity for the UK to lead the way on road to net zero
The Prime Minister has said that the government’s new skills and education bill will be the “rocket fuel” for job creation and economic recovery, but it won’t succeed in its mission unless it recognises the challenges and opportunities of climate change.
Children’s Minister Won't Rule Out Students Needing Full Vaccination To Attend Lectures
Coronavirus
Children’s Minister Won't Rule Out Students Needing Full Vaccination To Attend Lectures
Education minister Vicky Ford did not rule out suggestions that the government plans to require university students to be double-vaccinated to attend lectures this autumn.
From past glories to new hopefuls, MPs share what the Olympics mean to them Partner content
Education
By UK Sport
From past glories to new hopefuls, MPs share what the Olympics mean to them
As a new generation of athletes prepare to take to the sporting stage in Tokyo, backed by sustained support from the Government and the National Lottery’, Westminster is looking ahead to the Games with high hopes that Team GB will again provide extraordinary moments to unite and inspire the nation
This World Youth Skills Day, we must reaffirm our commitment to deliver the skills young people need for employment
Coronavirus
By Gillian Keegan MP
This World Youth Skills Day, we must reaffirm our commitment to deliver the skills young people need for employment
Earlier this summer at a Sotheby’s auction, Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, sold its original source code for $5.4 million.
School Bubbles Will Be Scrapped Just Days Before The End Of Term
Education
School Bubbles Will Be Scrapped Just Days Before The End Of Term
Gavin Williamson has confirmed that the system of “school bubbles” will be scrapped alongside other Covid restrictions on 19 July. Children will also soon be exempt from some self-isolation rules.
Partner content
Coronavirus
By Policy@Manchester
Building a sustainable wildlife trade sector to avoid future pandemics
Since early reports linked the emergence of COVID-19 to the wild meat trade, the pandemic has thrown the wildlife trade into the global spotlight for its role in spreading zoonotic disease pathogens.
Armed Forces drugs policy is leaving legacy of distress Partner content
Education
By Veterans Aid
Armed Forces drugs policy is leaving legacy of distress

A recent research paper into the  discharge process for men and women dismissed from the Armed Forces for drug use found it ‘inconsistent and damaging’. Pledges to explore and redress this are welcome, but in the interim frontline charities like Veterans Aid are dealing with its devastating impact on individuals and families. Dr Hugh Milroy, CEO of the charity, explains why a review of the policy is needed.

Without a proper education recovery plan, we risk creating a generation of ghost children
Education
By Rob Halfon MP
Without a proper education recovery plan, we risk creating a generation of ghost children
We often talk about limiting the damage to the economy – but there can be nothing more important than acting to protect the lives and future prosperity of our young people.
Education Recovery Advisor Quit After Asking Boris Johnson For £15bn But Was Offered 'Feeble' £1.4bn
Coronavirus
Education Recovery Advisor Quit After Asking Boris Johnson For £15bn But Was Offered "Feeble" £1.4bn
Sir Kevan Collins, who was tasked by Boris Johnson to devise an education recovery plan, has confirmed he quit after asking for £15billion so pupils could catch up on lost learning from the pandemic, but was offered just £1.4billion.
Partner content
Coronavirus
By Policy@Manchester
Managing changes in the general practice workforce



Last year, Dr Imelda McDermott and Dr Sharon Spooner published an article in On Primary Care highlighting policy-driven organisational changes in how general practice is delivered.

In this blog, Dr McDermott and Dr Spooner are joined by Professor Kath Checkland and they argue that the future face of general practice is about more than innovative consulting formats that became more prevalent during the COVID-19 pandemic. 


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Practical AI: Closing the gap between possibility and reality
2024
Online
Practical AI: Closing the gap between possibility and reality
Net Zero Week 2024
2024
Online
Net Zero Week 2024