Apprentices #BlazeATrail, but the government scheme is off track
There is definitely an air of pyromania in the National Apprenticeship Service’s latest campaigns to promote apprenticeships. After exhorting young people to ‘#FireIt Up’, they…
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Santa’s workshop hit by the skills shortage
With the festive season in mind, I recently read that for each of the world’s two billion children to receive one toy at Christmas, Santa’s…
Educators need to be ‘more pirate’
Henri Matisse said, ‘Creativity takes courage.’ As teachers are increasingly burdened with the demands of the EBacc, Progress 8 and a whole host of measures…
BTEC snobbery and class prejudice is alive in our moribund HE sector
In Camilla Turner’s Telegraph article last week, Nick Hillman, HEPI Director is quoted: “It is a good thing that these people [BTEC students] are going into higher…
Not making the grade – why we should scrap GCSEs
Former skills minster and current chair of the Education Select Committee, Rob Halfon MP, has called for GCSEs to be scrapped. The exams regulator Ofqual reports…
EBacc belongs in the past, not post-Brexit Britain
As any charity Chief Exec will tell you, a large part of the job is looking ahead and planning. Budgets, investments, campaigns, events, staffing –…
Scrapping GCSEs at 16 isn’t headline news
Last week, headlines ran ‘Corbyn and Greening clash on skills gap’ after Labour Party leader, Jeremy Corbyn, and Education Secretary, Justine Greening, each addressed the…
Why Edge are backing apprenticeships: #MeetDexter
Edge is a huge advocate of apprenticeships. We believe they can offer exciting learning and career opportunities for young people. When we came to recruit…
Nashville’s Career Academies – Music City’s Greatest Export?
Music City’s Greatest Export? – Nashville’s Career Academies You may be forgiven for thinking that the best thing to come out of the wonderful city…
Building Our Industrial Strategy – more bricks needed
As we near the end of January and many of us are lamenting our failed New Year resolutions to drink less/eat more healthily/visit the gym…