Investing in Skills for Life

Central London Location

PROGRAMME AND REGISTRATION The Lifelong Education Commission is transforming into the Lifelong Education Institute. Attend the Conference to learn about our vision for the future. Speakers The Rt Hon Chris Skidmore MP Dame Ann Limb Margaret Greenwood MP, Chair, Adult Education APPG Tom Bewick, CEO, Federation of Awarding Bodies Iestyn Davies, Pro Vice-Chancellor, University of Wales Trinity […]

The REUL Bill and its potential impact on Asbestos Policy

Online Event

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWk3fYm9zqE The Bill includes the potential to revoke over 140 regulations relating to a wide range of health and safety including the Control of Asbestos Regulations. This online event will discuss the implications of the REUL Bill for the management of asbestos in the UK and what needs to be done to ensure the optimum […]

The Right Response; Conservative ideas to tackle perennial poverty

Committee Room 10, Houses of Parliament

REGISTER The Joseph Rowntree Foundation and ResPublica have worked together to publish an essay collection by 12 Conservative MPs, putting forth bold ideas to tackle perennial poverty in the UK. The essay collection will be launched at an event in Parliament, bringing together many of the authors, alongside policy stakeholders, to discuss these ideas, and […]

British Intellectual Conservatism: Past and Present

Churchill College, Cambridge Storey's Way, Cambridge, United Kingdom

DOWNLOAD THE CONFERENCE PROGRAMME This conference seeks to analyse the British conservative intellectual traditions that often go unnoticed in the background of C/conservative politics. There is a strand of thought that posits the Conservative Party and conservative thought as anti-intellectual. Indeed, within the party there used to be a suspicion towards intellectuals, due to the […]

Eastern Powerhouse | Opportunities for Growth in the East

The Alan Hotel Manchester 18 Princess St, Manhester, United Kingdom

Launch of the Eastern Powerhouse annual economic monitor of the region. Speakers: Peter Aldous MP, Co-Chair, East of England APPG Jo Churchill MP Tom Hunt MP James Palmer, Chair, Eastern Powerhouse More speakers TBC REGISTER  

The need for an Inependent Football Regulator

The Alan Hotel Manchester 18 Princess St, Manhester, United Kingdom

Panel to discuss the need for an independent regulator for English football, based on our recently produced report ‘Playing by the Rules’ about Football Governance in England, on behalf of the campaign For Fans Too. Our panel will discuss the progress of the White Paper as we move towards the final year of this Government’s […]

The Future of Conservatism

The Alan Hotel Manchester 18 Princess St, Manhester, United Kingdom

Panel event with Danny Kruger MP, Phillip Blond and more TBC. REGISTER

Report Launch: Lifelong Learning Pathways for the Agri-Food Sector

The Alan Hotel Manchester 18 Princess St, Manhester, United Kingdom

In partnership with Harper-Adams University, and the School of Sustainable Food & Farming Launch event of the latest report by the Lifelong Education Institute, which explores the opportunities and challenges facing skills provision in the agri-food sector. The report outlines a model of Lifelong Learning Pathways designed to open up training and retraining opportunities for […]

In Conversation with Danny Kruger MP; “Covenant”

The Alan Hotel Manchester 18 Princess St, Manhester, United Kingdom

Danny Kruger MP will be discussing his latest book, 'Covenant', with ResPublica Director Phillip Blond.   REGISTER

Higher Skills for Strategic Industries

Tate Liverpool Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Discussing the need for a focus on skills for strategic industries, such as the Agri-food sector Speakers: EFRA Shadow Minister (Confirmed) David Exwood, Vice President, NFU Dr Marius Ostrowski, Executive Director, Lifelong Education Institute (Report Author) Prof. Ken Sloan, Vice-Chancellor, Harper-Adams University REGISTER