The off-rolling issue is about more than just league tables
As the annual furore of GCSEs died down last week (28 Aug), the Times led with a front page splash on an increasingly concerning and…
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600,000 tech job vacancies costing UK economy £63 billion a year
An estimated 600,000 vacancies in digital technology are costing the country £63 billion a year, according to a report on skills shortages published today (1…
Exam results: teenage anxiety and the rise of the BTEC
Reading BBC Education correspondent Sean Coughlan’s hilarious, but perceptive article What parents really mean to say about exam results gave me pause for thoughts amidst…
Global Apprenticeships models, what can we learn from Scotland?
We talk to David Harbourne, director of policy and research at the Edge Foundation, about the different global Apprenticeship systems and model few that few…
David Harbourne discusses FE policy
We catch up with David Harbourne, director of policy and research at the Edge Foundation, at the Apprenticeships 4 England conference to discuss FE policy.…
Edge Annual lecture with Nicholas Wyman
Video summary of the Edge Annual lecture with Nicholas Wyman, author of JOB U. David Harbourne acting CEO of Edge, introduces Wyman’s book, and discusses…
A fond farewell
On my first day at school, as a slightly shy but eager five year old, I would never have guessed just how much of my…
In with the new
Spring is on the horizon, the sun is threatening to break through these grey skies once and for all and while it’s not so much…
Raising awareness – the need for VQ Day
With January behind us it seems a little late to wish you a Happy New Year but with an election under 100 days away we…
A look back over 2014
2014 seems to have been a particularly busy year for the Edge Foundation. With our 10 Year Anniversary, 7th annual VQ Day, University Technical Colleges…