2019 annual report on education spending in England published by IFS
18 September 2019 The extra £4.3 billion just committed for schools in England by 2022 will just about reverse the cuts of 8% in spending…
Nuffield Foundation
Quarter of teachers in England report 60-hour working week
One in four teachers work more than 60 hours a week and many work in the evenings, despite successive government promises to reduce their hours,…
Quarter of teachers report 60-hour working week – Sector response
Teachers in England work on average eight hours more a week than in other OECD countries One in four teachers work more than 60 hours…
British public want restrictions on the use of facial recognition technology
Published by the Ada Lovelace Institute, the survey shows that the British public are prepared to accept use of facial recognition technology in some instances,…
Reversing cuts to further education and sixth form colleges for students 18 or under would cost about £640m that year
The IFS has published the schools chapter of its 2019 Annual Report on Education Spending in England, funded by the Nuffield Foundation. Main findings Total…
Millennials in the East Midlands are earning less than people born 15 years earlier
29 August 2019 Millennials in the North East have experienced the UK’s biggest pay growth compared to the generation before them, but those in the…
New book introduces the power and excitement of economics to a wider audience
27 August 2019 The CORE project has launched an updated version of their Economy, Society and Public Policy ebook in time for the new academic…
Reform special guardianship to protect and support children and their carers
02 August 2019 A call for significant changes to Special Guardianship Orders (SGOs) includes ensuring family members who might become carers have direct experience of…
What else do we need to know to effectively support the development of numeracy?
Supporting children with difficulties A large proportion of children have persistent mathematics difficulties(e.g. dyscalculia) and yet these difficulties are less recognised than difficulties with reading…
New £15 million fund for ambitious research projects to change society
We are calling for applications to our new £15m Strategic Fund for ambitious, interdisciplinary research projects that will address some of the most important challenges…