…the fragility of the apprenticeship infrastructure, significantly affecting both current and future apprentices. The unique position of apprenticeships – which combine education, training and employment – has made the sector…
10 top tips for school leaders and governing boards
Ten top tips on how to become an evidence-informed school leader or governor from Stephen Tall, Director of Development and Communications at the Education Endowment Foundation. Last week, the Education…
Parents still prefer university to apprenticeships
…university than take a degree-level apprenticeship, with middle-class parents more likely than poorer parents to offer this advice, according to the results of a survey published by the Sutton Trust…
Pathways to Law graduates celebrate
19 students from 13 state schools and colleges from across the South West region graduated from the Pathways to Law programme, a national project which aims to inspire and support…
BBC launches new apprenticeship opportunities
Two new initiatives are being launched to help young people from low income families compete for future apprenticeships at the BBC. The first programme, based in London and Salford, is…
Sense of place
…word in the Department for Education is currently ‘place’, with the Secretary of State focusing on place based initiatives like Opportunity Areas and Research School networks as a mechanism for…