Fostering radical thinking on #education and #skills policy, for people at all ages and stages of their careers. Chaired by @AnnLimb.

United Kingdom
Joined June 2021
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ICYMI: A New Youth Jobs Crisis Demands System Change | Here is a great article from Mark Morrin @Lifelong_Ed FE News fenews.co.uk/exclusive/a-new… #Milburn #NEETs
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The real test of post-16 reform is not just whether it helps young people make a first transition. It is whether it helps create a lifelong learning mindset — one in which entering work is the beginning of a learning journey, not the end of one. lifelongeducation.uk/post/th…
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AI and Uncertainty Are Gnawing at the Edges of the Job Market | This is a fantastic article by Andy Forbes @Lifelong_Ed ... and very timely with today's ONS Labour market data FE News fenews.co.uk/exclusive/ai-an… #AI #LabourMarket
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Where Are Apprenticeships Going Under The DWP? | This is a cracking article from Andy Forbes, Executive Director of the Lifelong Education Institute @Lifelong_Ed FE News fenews.co.uk/exclusive/where…
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Introducing some of the speakers for this year’s EAN Access & Admissions Forum 2025: Andy Forbes: Executive Director of the @Lifelong_Ed #STEM #Engineering #Learning #HigherEducation #Teaching epc.ac.uk/event/access-admis…
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Great @Lifelong_Ed panel at #Lab25 with @MaryCurnockCook, @AoCDavidH, Philip Augar, Andy Forbes and Malcolm Press (from @UniversitiesUK):
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Timely report launch panel today on the role of place in advancing skills development; @janeerobinson97: "We're at a pivotal point, we need to make these skills pathways & opportunities more visible, but we have to adopt a more collaborative approach" @UniofNewcastle @Lifelong_Ed – at Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
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New @Lifelong_Ed report: England needs Regional Education Partnerships. 130+ skills bodies in 50 years have created fragmentation. Check out the full report here: fenews.co.uk/skills/new-poli…
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Kicking off our annual Summer Lecture with guest speaker Paul Johnson @PJTheEconomist Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies @TheIFS. We will be discussing the past, present, and future of Education and Skills policy, and the relation with productivity and the economy.
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.@PJTheEconomist “The data tells us that getting a Level 4 qualification is incredibly valuable, more so than other kind of qualifications.”
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.@PJTheEconomist “Issues shaping FE and Skills policy: 1) Long term decline in funding 2) Teacher pay and retention 3) T-levels and qualification reform 4) Role of Skills England 5) Devolution v centralisation 6) Apprenticeship levy reform 7) Lifelong Learning Entitlement”
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Online Event | 1 week to go for our 'In conversation with Prof. Dame Sally Mapstone' event, discussing the future role of Universities, through the prism of the Government's upcoming announcements. @UniversitiesUK @univofstandrews lifelongeducation.uk/event-d…
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After the Demise of Level 7 Apprenticeships, What Next? | This is a cracking article from Andy Forbes @Lifelong_Ed looking at Level 7, pressures on the #Apprenticeship Budget, to #LLE to Adult Skills Accounts. Check it out: FE News fenews.co.uk/exclusive/after…
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Skills Strategy: Three Crucial Balances Need to Be Struck | This is a really interesting article by @AnnLimb @Lifelong_Ed FE News fenews.co.uk/exclusive/skill… #LifelongLearning #SkillsStrategy
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