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Nadhim Zahawi Admits Government Must 'Do Better' In Secondary School Catch-Up Learning
Nadhim Zahawi Admits Government Must "Do Better" In Secondary School Catch-Up Learning
Education
Education secretary Nadhim Zahawi has said he believes the government needs to “do better” with post-pandemic catch-up learning in secondary schools.
Education Secretary Pledges To Do 'Everything In My Power' To Keep Schools Open As Covid Cases Rise
Coronavirus
Education Secretary Pledges To Do "Everything In My Power" To Keep Schools Open As Covid Cases Rise
Government Says It's Up To Universities To Investigate Academics Accused Of Spreading Pro-Putin Propaganda
Education
Government Says It's Up To Universities To Investigate Academics Accused Of Spreading Pro-Putin Propaganda
Minister Urges Schools To Drop Mask Wearing After Headteachers Defy Rule Changes
Coronavirus
Minister Urges Schools To Drop Mask Wearing After Headteachers Defy Rule Changes
Ministers Accused Of Hiding 'Woeful' Lack Of Ex-Teachers Returning To Classrooms To Fill Covid Gaps
Coronavirus
Ministers Accused Of Hiding "Woeful" Lack Of Ex-Teachers Returning To Classrooms To Fill Covid Gaps
Teachers Have Told Pupils To Wear Thermals And Coats To Lessons To Cope With 'Freezing Classrooms'
Education
Teachers Have Told Pupils To Wear Thermals And Coats To Lessons To Cope With "Freezing Classrooms"
Teachers Feeling The Strain Of Covid Staff Absences Are Sceptical About Volunteer Scheme
Coronavirus
Teachers Feeling The Strain Of Covid Staff Absences Are Sceptical About Volunteer Scheme
The House Live
Around the world, it’s time to get childcare right
Education
By Bridget Phillipson MP
Around the world, it’s time to get childcare right
We need an ambitious Queen's Speech to deliver the high-quality education students deserve
Education
By Dr Tim Bradshaw
We need an ambitious Queen's Speech to deliver the high-quality education students deserve
The Government must take action to stop data gaps from putting our children at risk
Health
By Lord Watson
The Government must take action to stop data gaps from putting our children at risk
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MPs Left Puzzled At “Abba Party” Being Abandoned By Sue Gray Investigation
MPs Left Puzzled At “Abba Party” Being Abandoned By Sue Gray Investigation
Political parties
Tory MPs Expect Boris Johnson To Survive Gray Report But Warn That Next Election Will Be Lost
Tory MPs Expect Boris Johnson To Survive Gray Report But Warn That Next Election Will Be Lost
Political parties
Sue Gray Blames 'Failure Of Leadership' For Partygate Scandal As Full Report Is Published
Sue Gray Blames "Failure Of Leadership" For Partygate Scandal As Full Report Is Published
Political parties
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With an ethos of ‘learning by doing,’ UTCs bridge the gap between education and work
Education
By Lord Kenneth Baker of Dorking
With an ethos of ‘learning by doing,’ UTCs bridge the gap between education and work
The first University Technical College (UTC) opened in 2010. Today there are 48 across England, with more than 17,500 students. UTCs were not dreamt up by the Department for Education (DfE) because, since 1870, the DfE has never created a technical curriculum or a technical qualification; instead it has focused on academic subjects.
The right kind of investment for Africa must be a collaborative effort
Education
By Lord St John
The right kind of investment for Africa must be a collaborative effort
The private, public and third sector must share their expertise to deliver much needed solutions to Africa’s most pressing problems.
We need better systems to stop marginalised teenagers falling into the hands of criminal gangs
Education
By Anne Longfield
We need better systems to stop marginalised teenagers falling into the hands of criminal gangs
There is an ongoing epidemic of gangs, drug-running, grooming and serious youth violence in England. Harmful criminal exploitation is now an ever-present reality of some childhoods. It involves tens of thousands of marginalised and vulnerable young people, brings misery, and destroys lives and prospects.
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Levelling-up can turn the UK’s life sciences sector in to a ‘superpower’ Partner content
Health
By Future Health
Levelling-up can turn the UK’s life sciences sector in to a ‘superpower’
The urgency of the pandemic showed the potential of a supercharged life sciences sector. As the government begins to move forward with its 'levelling up' programme, it is crucial that we build on that momentum for other conditions.
We must celebrate the apprentices who are helping build our future
Education
By Jack Lopresti MP
We must celebrate the apprentices who are helping build our future
National Apprenticeships Week enables us to spotlight some of the remarkable work being done up and down the country, by apprentices, employers and educators, to equip people of all ages for the workplace of tomorrow.
LISTEN: Delivering the skills required to make net zero happen Partner content
Environment
By Institution of Engineering and Technology
LISTEN: Delivering the skills required to make net zero happen

To celebrate National Apprenticeship Week, this episode of Engineering a Better World explores how we can lead the way in delivering the skills required to make net zero happen. 


Host Jonn Elledge talks to Siobhan Baillie MP, and Yvonne Baker and Dr Graham Herries, Co-Chairs of the Institution of Engineering and Technology's Education and Skills Policy Panel, and interviews Dr Alex Burghart MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Skills.
National Apprenticeship Week: How we can build skills for the future Partner content
Education
By Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
National Apprenticeship Week: How we can build skills for the future
It’s that time of year again - National Apprenticeship Week is upon us, meaning it’s time to sit up and take stock.
How the apprenticeships levy has helped deliver new drivers for London’s buses Partner content
Education
By Go-Ahead
How the apprenticeships levy has helped deliver new drivers for London’s buses
A lot of people assume driving a bus is straightforward. But in London, one of the world’s busiest and most crowded cities, it takes skill, determination, patience and concentration to keep a double-decker bus on the move.
Government must seize this golden opportunity to level up opportunity for all children across Britain
Education
By Mark Russell
Government must seize this golden opportunity to level up opportunity for all children across Britain
Through working directly with children and young people and seeing the inequalities and hardships they endure; we have been eagerly awaiting the white paper on levelling up.
Poor provision of relationships and sex education in schools is failing young people
Education
By Sarah Champion MP and Maria Miller MP
Poor provision of relationships and sex education in schools is failing young people
In March 2017, Parliament made it law for all secondary schools in England to teach relationships and sex education, and relationships education in primary schools.
Partner content
Health
By Save the Children
UK’s major children’s charities respond to Levelling Up White Paper
Save the Children, The Children’s Society, Barnardo’s, Action for Children and the National Children’s Bureau have released a joint statement in response to the Government's Levelling Up White Paper released today:
We need to overhaul student finance – not burden graduates with a stealth tax
Education
By Paul Blomfield MP
We need to overhaul student finance – not burden graduates with a stealth tax
Last week ministers found a new way to shift a financial burden – this time from the Treasury’s balance sheet to graduates’ pockets.
How can we ensure patients are put at the heart of the NHS Recovery? Partner content
Coronavirus
By AbbVie
How can we ensure patients are put at the heart of the NHS Recovery?
With the pandemic absorbing health resources, patients with Long-Term Conditions are continuing to suffer delays in diagnoses and treatment. So how can we make sure the needs of these patients are put at the heart of the NHS Recovery? We speak to two MPs with personal experience
Prisoners should be offered apprenticeships while incarcerated to help them gain skills for jobs upon release
Education
By Rob Halfon MP
Prisoners should be offered apprenticeships while incarcerated to help them gain skills for jobs upon release
It is little wonder that reoffending rates are so high in this country – at around 42 per cent – when the odds of finding a job are stacked against prison leavers.
How Brexit gives us the opportunity to put public services first Partner content
Health
By Unum
How Brexit gives us the opportunity to put public services first
Brexit gives us greater freedom over how the British economy works. But current insurance rules on investment, a legacy from our membership of the EU, are a hindrance to ‘Levelling Up’. We need to remove this roadblock and put public services first
We need a plan to better support children if schools have to close again
Coronavirus
By Mark Russell
We need a plan to better support children if schools have to close again
Just weeks ago, families may have been thinking their children would be returning to school in 2022 with the worst of the pandemic behind them.
But by the time schools broke up for Christmas, parents and children were facing huge uncertainty due to the Omicron variant.
LISTEN: Net Zero starts at home Partner content
Environment
By Institution of Engineering and Technology
LISTEN: Net Zero starts at home
In episode two of the brand new series of Engineering a Better World, from The House and The Institution of Engineering and Technology, we speak to Anthony Browne MP, Chair of the Environment APPG, Rick Hartwig and Stephanie Baxter.
LISTEN: Strengthening our climate resilience Partner content
Environment
By Institution of Engineering and Technology
LISTEN: Strengthening our climate resilience
Kicking off a brand new series of Engineering a Better World, from The House and The Institution of Engineering and Technology, we speak to Rt Hon Philip Dunne MP, Wera Hobhouse MP, Olivia Blake MP, and Dr Simon Harrison.
Commitment to child protection shows the betting and gaming industry’s determination to raise standards Partner content
Education
By Betting And Gaming Council
Commitment to child protection shows the betting and gaming industry’s determination to raise standards
A year on from the launch of the Government’s Gambling Review, we are now just weeks away from the resulting white paper.
How can we implement effective strategies to alleviate and support long-COVID? Partner content
Health
By British Association for Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine (BANT)
How can we implement effective strategies to alleviate and support long-COVID?
With the so-called curse of “Long-COVID” estimated to affect a third of people post-infection, the legacy of this virus is set to disrupt populations for years to come. It is still unclear as to why some people experience the virus more, or less, severely, and why prolonged symptoms linger in some but not in others.
Transforming care for long-term conditions must be at the heart of the NHS recovery Partner content
Coronavirus
By AbbVie
Transforming care for long-term conditions must be at the heart of the NHS recovery
When the history of 2020 and 2021 is written, there will be pictures of empty streets and people wearing masks. There will also be photographs of rainbows painted in windows and ordinary people applauding on their doorsteps.
'I was quite naughty when I was much younger': A Q&A With Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi
Education
By The House Staff
"I was quite naughty when I was much younger": A Q&A With Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi
Two months into the job, Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi is battling continuing outbreaks of Covid in schools, while figuring out how to help children catch up on lost learning following lockdown. He tells The House what it’s like to be a parent and a politician – and how schooling in his home town of Baghdad compared to education in the UK
Children are facing a ‘double hit’ from pandemic Partner content
Coronavirus
By University of Essex
Children are facing a ‘double hit’ from pandemic
Children are experiencing a 'double hit' from the pandemic, as school disruption affects learning and impacts mental health, according to new research.
Government must match rhetoric on skills with action to tackle persistent youth unemployment
Education
By Lord Shipley
Government must match rhetoric on skills with action to tackle persistent youth unemployment
Youth unemployment has been a persistent and longstanding problem in the UK. The most recent figures suggest nearly half a million young people are looking for work, with the overall 16-24 rate standing at nearly 12 per cent.
Diagnostic discovery and preparing for the next pandemic Partner content
Coronavirus
By Hologic
Diagnostic discovery and preparing for the next pandemic
In 2019 the world faced the uncertainty of a new viral disease with COVID-19 outbreak. The complexity and spread of SARS CoV-2 meant that those working in the diagnostics industry had to overcome scientific and operational challenges at speeds never seen before.
Tech Entrepreneur Martha Lane-Fox Warns Digital Divide Forcing Families To Choose Between Data Or Food
Education
By John Johnston
Tech Entrepreneur Martha Lane-Fox Warns Digital Divide Forcing Families To Choose Between Data Or Food
Tech entrepreneur and former UK digital champion Baroness Lane-Fox says the country must work harder than ever to tackle its deepening digital divide as we emerge from the pandemic.
Championing progress on inclusion in advertising: a view from government and industry Partner content
Education
By Advertising Association
Championing progress on inclusion in advertising: a view from government and industry
Sharon Lloyd Barnes, Commercial Director and Inclusion Lead, at the Advertising Association, and Caroline Dinenage MP, former Minister for Digital and Culture reflect on the importance of inclusion in advertising, and how we can nurture talent in our workforce.
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Building a better future – Preparing for biodiversity net gain
2022
Building a better future – Preparing for biodiversity net gain
Revitalising High Streets
2022
Revitalising High Streets