Skills for jobs
Can the ‘levelling up’ agenda finally address the skills shortage? Lisa Vernon writes, on behalf of the Policy Consortium, about skills and the local context. Levelling up’ is the new buzz word in UK politics, but could this agenda …
Author: Andrew Morris
Does the FE sector need its own chartered college?
This article was published by TES on 17th February 2021 A chartered college for FE could give the sector a unified voice as it steps into the spotlight, writes Andrew Morris A rapidly changing economy is going to mean a changing …
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No more Gradgrind: opening up physics for all
The Policy Consortium’s Andrew Morris, a former physics teacher, and currently President of the Education Section of the British Science Association, responds to recent media coverage of gender and physics by exploring the shortcomings of physics education more broadly. Women …
Learning & Skills Research Network (LSRN) at BELMAS conference
Policy Consortium member Colin Forrest presented a paper at the July 2018 Windsor conference of BELMAS (British Educational Leadership, Management and Administration Society). Entitled: The evolution of the Learning and Skills Research Network it explored LSRN’s 20 years of fostering …
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FE & Skills System
The FE & Skills System: a study by the Policy Consortium In 2017, The Policy Consortium set out to study one fundamental question: Are the Further Education and Skills policy makers and stakeholders creating the conditions for success or failure? …
Telling stories at college
In a recent piece for FE News, the Policy Consortium’s Nick Warren draws on his experience, in numerous colleges, of the amazing stories told by the amazing people who staff them. “Powerful stories can have a big impact on prospective …
Research Networking: looking to the future.
Andrew Morris, a member of the Policy Consortium and co-organiser of the Learning & Skills Research Network, celebrates the 20th anniversary of LSRN. He reports on plans for an overarching structure to link together the various networks involved with research …
Another ‘T’ level teaser
The Policy Consortium’s Mick Fletcher puzzles over an odd feature of T-Levels: it seems that some of Sainsbury’s technical routes are more equal than others. There are many mysteries about the governments approach to developing ‘T’ levels, the most fundamental …
How not to manage a market
The Policy Consortium’s Mick Fletcher casts his eye over the current Government’s skills policy. The core problem with government skills policy is that it is ultimately founded on a deceit. The claim is that employers are in the driving seat. …