What does a General Election year mean for FE and skills?
With the opinion polls indicating a return to power for the Labour Party – in what is an expected general election year – the skills…
Running to Stand Still
On the afternoon of the 12th of September 2023, representatives from across the education and skills sector attended the Federation of Awarding Bodies’ event to launch their major new report, ‘Running to Stand Still: Why decades of skills reform have failed to shift the dial on UK productivity & investment in training’, co-authored by Professor Tom Bewick and independent researcher, Matilda Gosling.
The independent research, commissioned by the Federation of Awarding Bodies, reflects on 10 years of externally commissioned government skills policy reviews.
Their resulting report consists of the analysis of this review, the progress of policy recommendations to date, and key findings from research interviews with 25 experts across the sector.
The report shares lessons for future skills policy that can be learned to achieve high impact skills policy reform that minimises burden on the sector.
Running to Stand Still: Kirstie Donnelly
The Federation’s co-chair, Kirstie Donnelly MBE, launched the event on Tuesday 12 September alongside the report’s co-authors Professor Tom Bewick and independent researcher, Matilda Gosling.…
Running to Stand Still: John McNamara
Interim CEO of the Federation of Awarding Bodies, John McNamara, shares the three main issues he believes were highlighted well in the newly published report…
Running to Stand Still: Tom Bewick
In this extended interview with co-author of the new report “Running to Stand Still: Why decades of skills reform have failed to shift the dial…
Inside Story: What we learnt about two decades of Whitehall policy that has failed to shift the dial on improving UK productivity and skills
Professor Tom Bewick talks to FE News about a recent major UK skills review he co-authored with the independent researcher, Matilda Gosling, called Running to…
‘Running to Stand Still: Why decades of skills reform have failed to shift the dial on UK productivity & investment in training’
Federation of Awarding Bodies launch independent research report ‘Running to Stand Still: Why decades of skills reform have failed to shift the dial on UK…
New Report: Running to Stand Still: Why Decades of Skills Reform Have Failed to Shift the Dial on UK Productivity & Investment in Training
On 12 September, representatives from across the education and skills sector attended an event to launch a report analysing skills policy and its impact on…