My article in @HEPI_news on the publication today of a new @bridge_group and @UPP_Foundation report that argues for recas…
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Conservative anti-poverty month
ResPublica, with the support of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, are organising a Conservative anti-poverty month, with five online panels spread over four weeks in June, welcoming Conservative MPs and prominent academics. The seminars will aim...
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Lifelong Education Commission
The Commission has its own dedicated website, where all research and updates can be found: www.lifelongeducation.uk Former Universities Minister Rt Hon Chris Skidmore MP has launched a new Lifelong Education Commission under his Chairmanship...
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Airtight on Asbestos
On the 24th of November 1999, the United Kingdom banned the use of asbestos. Twenty years later and this toxic mineral still plagues public health, being linked to multiple diseases including mesothelioma. But why...
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All politics is local
Underlying the recent rejection of past decades’ political certainties is the belief among many communities that they have been cut off from the wider country. The UK’s economic divisions are widely acknowledged, but inequalities of...
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Recognising and revitalising cultural identity
Culture, the arts and creative industries are vital to economic prosperity and social reform. Too often, culture is overlooked by policy-makers as they seek, wrongly, to achieve short-term fixes to long-term challenges. We believe that...
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Towards a new housing settlement
An affordable, secure, and comfortable home is a foundational block of any good life. But we have an increasing deficit in housing supply, caused by decades of undersupply. Private rents at record highs; home ownership...
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A new devolved future for Britain’s mid-size cities
The challenge: An unequal and diverging Brexit Britain Britain’s cities and regions face real and growing challenges post-Brexit. It is vital that growth is delivered across the country. However, the UK’s inter-regional inequality is the...
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Regional manufacturing and the Industrial Strategy
ResPublica is developing a vision for a place-based industrial strategy that addresses the UK’s regional productivity problem, and responds to competitiveness challenges post-Brexit. Working in partnership with Nestlé UK, the British arm of the world’s...
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Britain’s Diplomatic Strength: Harnessing soft power in a post-Brexit world
ResPublica, in partnership with the British Council, is undertaking a project on soft power and the vital role of institutions in British foreign policy. Institutions are uniquely effective at stabilising nations. When properly configured and...
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Making social reform work for vulnerable young people
Since taking office, the new Prime Minister’s rhetoric has made clear her determination to help young people from all backgrounds to go as far as their talent will take them and to tackle what she...
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.@Mesouk co-funded a study (GEMS) to explore gender differences in patients with Mesothelioma. The full report can be…
Read an excerpt from our exclusive interview with Dr. @Phillip_Blond of @res_publica on the great opportunity facing Boris J…
'Levelling up must recognise existence of functioning economic geographies'. Read Mark Morrin's take on recent… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Exactly this. I raised the removal of the ELQ rule with Philip Augar at the first @res_publica #lifelonglearning commissio…
An excellent session with @LucasLearn, @KitchenWilly, Prof. John Butcher, and @UCEM_Principal Ashley Wheaton. How c… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
The Chief Executive of @MyDoncaster, @DoncasterDamian presented to the Lifelong Education Commission how #Education… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
ICYMI | Watch the recording of the Lifelong Education Commission's Evidence Session on 'Pathways to lifelong learni… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
.@CSkidmoreUK Thanks to everyone for their contributions today. This has been an excellent discussion. #lifelonglearning
.@UCEM_Principal How can regulation improve diversity? You need to guard against the de-standardisation of models.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
.@UCEM_Principal The key to our success, as an institution, is flexibility. We give every student a maximum of 12 y… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
.@UCEM_Principal Lifelong learning can be linked to industrial strength. So yes, aligning industrial policy to that… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
.@UCEM_Principal There is a vested interest in monolithic undergraduate education. This, I believe, is a direct thr… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
.@UCEM_Principal Turning to the student, how do you measure satisfaction in a student population that may have atte… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
.@UCEM_Principal Our assessment methodology is out-of-date. It is also pointless to increase the supply of skills w… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
.@UCEM_Principal Credit transfer needs a lot of careful thought and planning. My view: we need a centralised networ… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
.@UCEM_Principal Third, the funding regime needs greater integration and greater liberalisation - e.g., the apprent… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
.@UCEM_Principal Second, this system must be supported by the certification regime and represented in the baseline:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
.@UCEM_Principal The big theme is interoperability. First, government. Without government support, this agenda will… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
.@UCEM_Principal I am 100% supportive of this agenda. My institution has been plowing this furrow for 102 years. Ou… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
.@KitchenWilly Personally, I'd be very hesitant to go to a Chief Executive and say "let's uproot a model that has w… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
.@CSkidmoreUK Can Universities give up their addiction to the three-year degree? Or would the financial situation n… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
.@KitchenWilly At Sheffield, adult learners do better, on average, than 18-year old undergraduate students with ABB… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
.@KitchenWilly This isn't a zero-sum game: you need similar investments in different areas, rather than trading off… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
.@KitchenWilly Second, there are unforeseen consequences to systemic change. Not all of these changes are negative.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
.@KitchenWilly There is a pitfall in seeking to be all things to all people. We may lose the 'essence' of the trans… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Professor John Butcher: Is it better to encourage partnership? Yes. At the Open University, we have been able to c… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Professor John Butcher: In terms of behavioural economic research, the biggest impact on adult learner behaviour ha… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Professor John Butcher: For adult learners, current pathways, and financial arrangements for those pathways, are ov… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Professor John Butcher: Are we making enough of the FE sector? No. It's a perceived 'dumping ground' for NEETS. Tha… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…