Policy Connect
Policy Connect publishes its Education & Skills Manifesto for the General Election 2017. Produced by the organisation's Education & Skills team, and comprising the expertise of five different independent policy research groups, our groups consist of cross-party parliamentarians and cross-sectoral industry experts.
Based on our work, these should be the priorities in Education & Skills for the new Government:
Review the post-16 GCSE retakes structure - In light of increasing numbers of young people failing to achieve desired basic subject GCSE grades, the system needs to be changed to account for these young people and ensure they have the opportunity to gain qualifications to demonstrate their ability.
Ensure greater alignment between devolution and the Industrial Strategy - The Skills Commission's Going Place: Innovation in Further Education & Skills inquiry report calls for devolution funding to be based on an area's ambition and need.
Lifelong learning - join minister, mid-life career reviews and pilots for older workers - Create a joint minister for lifelong learning between the Department for Work and Pensions and the Department for Education to help promote strategic ways of developing lifelong learning.
You can read Policy Connect's full manifesto asks here
