Education’s always changing, and it can be hard to keep track. Policy Watch is the easy way to make sure you stay up to date with the latest developments.
Policy Watch is our regular policy update service, covering national and international developments in the world of education. We try to keep things simple, sharing the latest news and information with you through weekly updates, monthly summaries, papers and events.
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As head of UK education policy at Pearson, Steve’s been running the Policy Watch service for almost 20 years. He’ll keep you informed on all things education, along with the rest of his subscribers – there were more than 10,000 at the last count!
It’s been a month which has seen the Office for Students formally take its place in the HE landscape, a wave of critical reports greet the apprenticeship levy’s first birthday, the Education Committee announce important new inquiries on funding and SEND, Ofqual publish its latest annual survey on views of qualifications, and NFER tasked with developing the new reception baseline assessment tool.
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Four reports, two Parliamentary debates, one briefing analysis, and a number of blogs head the news this week and all pitched around a common theme: fitness or otherwise for the future. Ensuring the country is fit for the future is one of the straplines of government policy but when it comes to education, this week’s offerings suggest we have some way to go.
One new strategy, two important reports and three consultations. The latest week in education summarised here.
No policy briefing last week so plenty of education action to catch up on from over the last two weeks.
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