New EDSK report on employer investment in skills and the apprenticeship levy
With the looming prospect of a recession adding to the cost-of-living crisis, a new report from the education think tank EDSK finds that staff shortages…
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150 years before no more young people will end up NEET
On the day that the Office for National Statistics releases its latest unemployment figures, a new report from the education think tank EDSK, supported by…
Are T-levels the right answer, and if so, what was the question?
In terms of name recognition in our education system, two brands are hard to beat: A-levels, which were created back in 1951, and apprenticeships, which…
Why are the government’s plans to reform teacher training so controversial?
@EDSKthinktank’s #insideyoured podcast #3 The government does not often find itself in a war of words with the likes of Oxford University and Cambridge University,…
Think tank report finds primary school tests are not fair or accurate
Primary school tests in England are not producing fair and accurate results for pupils or schools Following the government’s decision to reintroduce national tests into…
How will the Augar Review affect the future of Higher Education?
@EDSKthinktank’s #insideyoured podcast #2 It is often said that a week is a long time in politics, and yet it is now almost four years…
What did the 2021 Spending Review mean for education? Brand new ‘Inside Your Ed’ podcast from the EDSK think tank
The first episode from @EDSKthinktank’s new #insideyoured podcast is now available In this inaugural episode, policy experts Jonathan Simons and Andy Westwood talk through all the…
New think tank report on the future of universities
The government should split the Higher Education sector into ‘local’ and ‘national’ universities With ministers expected to outline major reforms to the Higher Education…
EDSK calls for major changes to university admissions
On the day that the Government closes its consultation on the future of university admissions, education think tank @EDSKthinktank calls on the Government to create…
EDSK: A-levels, BTECs and T-levels should be replaced by a ‘Baccalaureate’
@EDSKthinktank – A-levels, BTECs and T-levels should be replaced by a ‘Baccalaureate’ The dominance of A-levels has relegated applied and technical education to second-class status,…