Tag Archive: Education

Policy Tracker – Keeping track of what happened in the world of education in January 2013

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To download the PDF please click here Main talking points Little sign of a thaw here with 24 top education measures listed as still outstanding in the Government’s mid-term review launched at the start of this month. Evidence of momentum this month includes for schools, announcements on A level reform and a report on EBCs,…

Pocket Watch – HE Funding and Priorities for 2013/14

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To download the PDF please click here 2013/7 Introduction Nine priority areas and a budget now clearly showing the shift to the fee loan model make up this year’s Grant Letter to HEFCE released this week. HEFCE’s final assessment of the impact of the new fee regime introduced last year will not be complete for…

Pocket Watch: Top 10 education messages from the Party Conference season

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To download the report please click here Introduction The Conference season for the major Parties is over for another year with a number of education announcements made over the last few weeks. Here, in chronological order, is a top 10 listing       More money for disadvantaged pupils under the pupil premium. Announced early…

First termly research digest from eedNET out

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The Pearson  Centre for Policy and Learning is proud to be working in partnership with the Expansive Education  Network. The Network, which is based at the University of Winchester, provides a national and international forum for the development and exchange of ideas and development in teaching and learning.  As such it’s involved in a range…

Pocket Watch – Improving Alternative Provision for young people

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Introduction Last week, Charlie Taylor, the Government’s Expert Adviser on Behaviour, published his report on provision for young people outside mainstream education. Alternative provision comes in many forms including Pupil Referral Units PRUs,) college programmes and specialist provision but has generally been an unsung area in the past. It has featured as a weakness in…

Policy Watch – ‘Sweating it out.’ Education faces up to a difficult year

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7 January 2011 [2011/01] Policy Watch – Sweating it out. Education faces a difficult year. Introduction There didn’t seem to be much good news in the New Year messages this year. David Cameron suggested it was going to be “a difficult year,” Sir Richard Lambert of the CBI went for “a rocky year,” the Economist…