I’ve posted previously on T-levels and published widely on the problems and limitations of a ‘vocational route’ for increasing opportunities for young people. Despite being reinvented and repackaged every few years, vocational qualifications have never achieved ‘parity’ with academic learning and with employment changing and the possibility of swathes of jobs disappearing or being replaced […]
You could be forgiven for not realising last week was ‘Apprenticeship Week’ – an annual event enabling the apprenticeship industry to promote good practice and celebrate the diversity of opportunities available, the government is also launching a £2 million advertising campaign through TV and social media. Make no mistake there are some very good […]
As the chart shows, recent years have seen an increase in the number of children being educated outside of the school system – 48,000 In 2016-17, up from about 34,000 in 2014-15. Section 7 of the Education Act 1996 provides that: “The parent of every child of compulsory school age shall cause him to receive […]
Calling for GCSEs to be scrapped is not new – that this time it comes from the Conservative Chair of the Commons education select committee is. Robert Halfon a Tory ‘moderniser’ who also supports a Norway style Brexit arrangement, is following in the footsteps of a long line of business leaders, think –tank directors and […]
Nissan’s decision to move producing the X-Trail from its Sunderland plant to Japan has undoubtedly been caused by fears over Brexit. In particular, the recently negotiated free-trade deal between Japan and the EU might result in Nissan’s complete departure from the UK with a catastrophic effect on the Sunderland area. Nissan has been there since […]
