Jane Lethbridge and Patrick Ainley Business Faculty, University of Greenwich This Green paper is an indicative draft for discussion, a think-piece for staff and students at a university confronting the crisis of Tertiary Education with proposals presenting Green policy solutions. Introduction Tertiary Education (TE) is in crisis due to the Covid-19 pandemic impacting upon […]
Martin Allen & Patrick Ainley (presentation to Socialist Education Association 26/06/20) Download in Word format Losing out most from the financial crash of 2008 but already referred to as a ‘Lost Generation’ today’s youth, whether they are students or looking for employment will constitute a ‘Covid Generation’ and continue to suffer prolonged disadvantages. Yet the […]
As a previous post has indicated, the Covid crisis has given new impetus to working from home. https://education-economy-society.com/2020/04/02/theres-no-place-like-home-working-practices-after-the-crisis/ Subsequent findings confirm its increasing popularity. According to UGov (13/05) more than 4 in 10 of the pre-crisis workforce are exclusively working from home (38%), with another 8% now doing so some of the time. Prior to […]
Although there are plenty of pointers, yesterday’s employment statistics didn’t tell us very much about the real effects of the covid crisis on the labour market – and particularly the fate of young people, a new ‘Covid Generation’ It’s been predicted youth unemployment will rise by 600,000. As with figures for unemployment across the population, […]
In some respects, Boris Johnson’s promise of an apprenticeship to every young person is reminiscent of David Cameron’s pledge to create three million new apprenticeships over 5 years. In other respects the circumstances are quite different. Cameron apprenticeship promise was made in the run up to the 2015 election; but now the government is bracing […]
