Parliament failed to monitor pandemic preparation in runup to COVID, says think tank
Call for new Civil Contingencies Select Committee Department for Education had no plan for exams in the event of a national emergency such as a…
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Inconsistent preparation, secrecy, and groupthink impeded pandemic planning and response, says think tank
@EducationGovUK had no plan for #exams in the event of a national emergency such as a pandemic, say @ReformThinkTank The Government is being urged to establish…
Reform backs Labour call for NAO Job Retention Bonus probe
Bridget Phillipson MP, Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, has today called for the National Audit Office (NAO) to launch an inquiry into the Job…
Progress on improving access to university for the poorest is woefully inadequate
Degree classification On Thursday 16 January, the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) published student statistics for 2018/19 which covers a wide range of topics. One…
More than one in four local authority funded secondary schools in the red
More money, fewer problems? The case for targeted education spending Drastic variation in finances mean the Government’s plans to ‘level up’ school funding will not…
Boosting access to top universities for poor students must be a priority for PMs plan to ‘level up’
New figures published today (17 Dec) by the Department for Education show that the most advantaged pupils were five times more likely to progress to…
Government needs private firms and charities to deliver public services but should improve their rules for outsourcing
Government needs private firms and charities to deliver public services but should improve the rules for outsourcing, says the Reform think tank. A new report, ‘Please…
Roll out personal budgets for allocating spend of public money, says new report
Proceed but with care on personal budgets, says think tank Over a million people will spend public funds on their own behalf through a personal…
Three Steps to Better Measures: Increasing the participation of disadvantaged students
The higher education sector has received considerable attention this week. The Institute of Fiscal Studies’ (IfS) report on the impact of undergraduate degrees on early-career…
Improving access to elite universities remains slow
Progress on improving access to elite universities remains slow. Elite universities are all but failing to increase access for disadvantaged students, according to the study “Gaining Access: Increasing the participation of disadvantaged students at elite…