LATEST REPORT FROM EDSK
MAY 2019
This report sets out a new system for funding post-18 education that can deliver better outcomes and significant savings for both students and taxpayers. It recommends that all 18-year-olds are given an ‘individual education budget’ into which the government places up to £20,000, and this money can be spent on either a university degree, college course or apprenticeship. The report also proposes that each learner is given a ‘lifetime loan limit’ of £75,000, which they can use at any time to invest in education and training throughout their career.
APRIL 2019
Ofsted occupies an important position in our education landscape, but inspecting over 20,000 state schools is still a considerable undertaking. This inaugural report from EDSK therefore seeks to answer four questions: first, can parents trust the grades given to schools by Ofsted; second, is Ofsted measuring the right things; third, what impact does Ofsted have on teachers and school leaders; and fourth, do Ofsted inspections lead to better schools?
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The Scottish Government has scrapped its flagship Education Bill, arguing recent school improvements mean it is no longer necessary.
The Bill was intended to give school leaders the power to set the curriculum, hire staff and control their own finances.
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Philip Augar has said his review’s decision to recommend a £7,500 fee cap in England partly reflected its view that universities had escaped austerity, and that universities in financial trouble were guilty of “bad management”.
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According to a new report from the @SMCommission, the better off are nearly 80% more likely to get professional jobs than those from a working-class background.
Even when people from disadv backgrounds get a professional job, they still earn 17% less.
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