by Chris Rogers | 18 Aug 2016 | Education & Children's Services, Employment
In the midst of summer holidays, the Olympics and the Labour Party’s seemingly never-ending leadership contest, there are still civil servants in the depths of Whitehall churning out policy papers. For many departments these will be focusing on what on earth to...
by Chris Rogers | 13 Jul 2016 | Education & Children's Services
For a generation, expectations for education after secondary school have been geared towards higher (achieving a university degree of some form) rather than vocational education (covering skills courses). Young people are now far more likely to go to university than...
by Chris Rogers | 25 Feb 2016 | Education & Children's Services, Politics
For all of the controversy triggered by the schools component of the Education and Adoption Bill when it was first tabled in June last year, its passage through Parliament has seen many of its most contentious elements neutered. Most notably, the plan to exclude...
by Sam | 1 Sep 2014 | Children and Families, Education & Children's Services, General Election 2015, Politics
The Independent has reported that the Liberal Democrats plan to include a pledge to roll out free school meals to all primary school children as part of the party’s election manifesto. The scheme is currently only available to five- to seven-year-olds, and...
by Sam | 28 Aug 2014 | Education & Children's Services, Employment, Whitehouse News
A new poll has found that around half of Britons (48%) believe the main reason for high levels of youth unemployment in the UK is due to employers not being willing to take a chance on candidates without work experience, while 40% of Britons believe the school system...
