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Improving social mobility through education

By Andrew Gladstone-Heighton, Policy Leader, Monday 18 April 2016

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Last week the House of Lords Select Committee on Social Mobility released its Overlooked and left behind: improving the transition from school to work for the majority of young people report. The report follows a 9 month inquiry in the senior chamber, and makes a series of conclusions and recommendations for the government. The committee feels that “Non-academic routes to employment are complex, confusing and incoherent. The qualifications system is similarly confused and has been subjected to continual change”. It also notes that non-academic routes don’t guarantee entry into quality employment and are poorly understood by employers.

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Academy success: Fact or fiction?

By Andrew Gladstone-Heighton, Policy Leader, Wednesday 13 April 2016

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In April, the Department for Education published a list of facts that we need to know about academies. There’s been a good deal of lighted hearted analysis and conversation about this on Twitter, but my chief concern is that not a single source of the purported evidence is referenced (beyond the Schools White Paper itself). Whilst the social media dust was settling on the above publication, the Number 10 Press Office (possibly to anticipate the Labour-led opposition day debate on the schools White Paper in Parliament), sent out the following tweet:

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Understanding autism

By , Friday 01 April 2016

It’s World Autism Awareness Week (WAAW) 2016, a week dedicated to promoting understanding of autism and improving the lives of autistic people around the world. The awareness week, running from 2-8 April, is run by The National Autistic Society and was set up last year. Over 5000 people took part in last year’s inaugural event, participating in fundraising activities that raised an amazing £235,395! After huge success last year, the Night Walks for Autism are happening again in London and Manchester on Saturday 2 April.

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Budget 2016 - Employer outcomes

By , Thursday 24 March 2016

Having previously focused on the news for the education sector following the Budget 2016, here’s our update on the main outcomes for employers. It looked to be a positive Budget for employers and businesses, both big and small, as a number of tax cuts were announced.

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The changing perceptions of Apprenticeships

By , Wednesday 23 March 2016

We’ve recently celebrated National Apprenticeship Week and saw the Annual Apprenticeship Conference 2016 take place. Apprenticeships are still at the forefront of the education sector, but are perceptions of the programmes improving outside of the sector? Apprenticeships have long been perceived as a secondary route for young people to take in their education, particularly in comparison to A Levels or university. One of the key Ofsted Annual Report 2014-15 findings was that some schools and colleges weren’t promoting Apprenticeships equally, with many still pushing university as the default route. We’ve also seen anecdotal evidence to suggest that parents have been inclined to think the same way, and it’s often down to a lack of information on Apprenticeships.

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