Spotlight Policy Series

The Pearson “Spotlight” series takes a look at current policy issues across education and skills. Each report is informed by a range of evidence from policy roundtables, independent polling, interviews, and desk research.

This series considers issues in the context of historic and recent devleopments and stated, or potential, future reform. Further publications in the series include Online Schooling and Exam Standards.

We welcome ideas for future Spotlight papers as we develop our programme.

For further information on this series, please contact: daniel.pedley@pearson.com

Spotlight on Onscreen Assessment

The global pandemic accelerated innovation in many areas of education – and increased further the ambition for the use of technology in high stakes teaching assessment in our schools.

Our Spotlight on Onscreen Assessment explores some of the big questions ahead for the sector: how do we facilitate change? What are the big opportunities? And what are the barriers? 

Spotlight on Onscreen Assessment

Spotlight on Workforce Skills

Post-16 education is at the heart of the current government’s plans for economic recovery and its wider “levelling up” agenda. Significant change is on the way, highlighted by the Skills for Jobs White Paper and the Skills and Post-16 Education Bill.

Our Spotlight on Workforce Skills papers focusses four key areas of policy: 16-19 qualifications, Higher Technical Education, Lifetime Skills Guarantee, and the Lifelong Loan Entitlement. 

Spotlight on Workforce Skills

Future papers in the series

The pandemic has had, and continues to have, a significant impact on the world of education. The necessary shift to online learning during lockdown accelerated the conversation around the use of technology in the delivery of learning. Our Spotlight on Online Schooling will investigate further. 

 

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