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Lifelong Learning 2025
The debate on apprenticeships at the Lifelong Education Institute’s Annual Conference brought together four leading voices to assess the state of England’s apprenticeship system. With major…
The Future of HE in England: Rethinking Purpose, Pathways, and Partnerships | FE News
Drawing on insights from a recent panel at the Lifelong Learning Institute’s Annual Conference, we explore some of the key themes discussed. With mounting financial pressures on institutions, shifting labour market demands, and evolving learner expectations, it is time to reimagine and repurpose how universities and further education (FE) colleges deliver and sustain higher-level learning.
Skills and Productivity: Why They Matter for Economic Growth and Prosperity | FE News
This week marks National Productivity Week, an initiative launched by The Productivity Institute to raise awareness of the importance of productivity to the economy. A new paper by the LEI, analysing survey data from a joint City & Guilds report published last year, highlights how employers and employees perceive productivity and the relationship with skills development. The UK’s productivity problem is well documented.
Phillip Blond and Mark Morrin: Stronger devolution must be Sir Howard Bernstein’s legacy
Devolution has been the most important and substantial piece of statecraft over the past 14 years, write the director and principal research consultant at ResPublica. This year marks the 10th anniversary of Greater Manchester’s devolution deal, the first among many that were to follow for England’s largest city regions. The putative architect of this policy was the then chancellor George Osborne.
Mark Morrin: Levelling up must recognise existence of functioning economic geographies
Places that can collaborate across geographies should be rewarded, writes the principal research consultant at ResPublica. As the prime minister stated in his recent ‘levelling up’ speech the UK is one of the most unbalanced economies in the developed world, with stark regional inequalities across just about every measure, and where “for too many people geography turns out to be destiny.” So, what is the solution to the problems of place? Well, more devolution would appear to be part of it.
Mark Morrin: Size doesn’t matter for devolution or reform
Mid-sized cities, towns, districts, and counties have been ignored in the devolution process because of the government’s focus on metro regions, writes the principal research consultant at ResPublica. If you were going to reform local government, you would not start from here. It sounds like an old joke, but it’s no laughing matter. For those seeking to reorganise the two-tier system the prospects might well look as bleak as ever.
Grammar Schools: schools that work for everyone?
Recorded on 17 May 2017 at Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building In response to the Government's May 2017 Schools White Paper, the Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) and Times Educational Supplement (TES) host "The Big General Election Grammar Schools Debate" on whether there is a place for grammar schools in the UK education system. Will they work for everyone, not just the privileged few?
Mark Morrin and Phillip Blond: How to help white working class children in deprived areas to prosper
Mark Morrin is Principal Research Consultant at Respublica. Phillip Blond is the Director of Respublica. There are seemingly few topics in domestic politics as headline-grabbing or divisive as grammar schools. ResPublica’s review of educational attainment in Knowsley, Merseyside, makes over 30 recommendations to help improve performance in the borough.
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