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Back when I was a kid, everyone wanted to learn karate.
The 3Rs- Reading, writing, and research to be interested in #86
It is my penultimate 3Rs newsletter of the academic year. As term end approaches, the baking heat continues, you may want to lay down with a cold drink to read this one!
The flow of ideas on the road to sustained, nuanced impact: A predictable pattern when ideas get spread at scale – and why we should embrace it
I asked ChatGPT to make this image with the prompt: Can you produce an illustration suggesting process moving from being weak or done well only in small pockets, then a mass implementation phase where things improve but nuance and subtlety are lost and then a final phase where...
Children facing mental health 'crisis' as referrals reach over one million
The number of young people being referred for mental health treatment in England has risen to more than a million, according to analysis of NHS data by the children's commissioner.
The LLE has its legal framework. Now it needs a readiness test
In most UK universities, a student who successfully finishes a module and leaves a programme is considered a non-completer.
Rebuilding trust in education for white working class communities
Today we publish the report of the independent Inquiry into White Working Class Educational Outcomes.
Parents – not the State – should raise children, say most Brits
New polling for the Centre for Social Justice reveals growing concern that the boundary between family responsibility and state responsibility is being eroded, with taxpayers increasingly picking up the bill.
Half a million extra out of work benefit claimants for each PM losing job since 2019, analysis reveals
Britain has added more than half a million people to the out of work benefit caseload for every Prime Minister to occupy No10 since 2019, according to new analysis published today by the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ).
Targeted subsidies, rather than wasteful tax breaks, are needed for firms to tackle Britain’s NEETs crisis
Firms have a critical role to play in hiring Britain out of its NEETs crisis – but targeted subsidies, rather than expensive tax breaks, are the most cost-effective way of supporting employers to get young people into work, according to new Resolution Foundation analysis,...
Reversing UK employment tax rises ‘would do little to help young people find jobs’
Ministers should reject calls to reverse employment tax increases as a way to boost jobs for young people in favour of extra funding for apprenticeships and increasing the number of youth support grants, according to a leading thinktank.
Statutory guidance: Mobile phones in schools
This publication provides statutory guidance to individual schools and trusts on how to implement a policy that prohibits the use of mobile phones throughout the school day, including during lessons, the time between lessons, breaktimes and lunchtime.
Lords considers affordability and quality of higher education
On Thursday 2 July, members of the House of Lords will debate the future affordability and quality of higher education.
Over a million children referred to mental health services, with highest annual referrals as demand rises faster than systems can respond
Demand for children’s mental health services is rising – and rising faster than in previous years – the Children’s Commissioner has warned, as for the first time more than a million children in England had active referrals to mental health services in England last year –...
The need to protect the rights of every child, regardless of their asylum status
As Children’s Commissioner, I have a statutory duty to protect and promote the rights of children – no matter how they get here or what their asylum status is.
Truant schoolchildren cost parents thousands of pounds in lost income
Children not going to school are costing parents thousands of pounds in lost income, a study has revealed.
DfE urged to correct ‘misleading’ energy claims
Schools will be pushed into unsuitable contracts after DfE encourages them to sign up to its Maximising Value for Pupils programme, say energy experts.
‘New chapter’ for Teach First as training scheme renamed
A government-funded flagship teacher training programme is to be renamed after 24 years amid a “shift in strategic direction”.
Minimum entry standards ‘blunt tool’ to tackle franchise abuse
Introducing language requirements for whole sector undermines government’s widening access mission, universities say.
A Ministry for Manchesterism: Rewiring Whitehall for locally-driven prosperity and change
With Andy Burnham on the road to Downing Street, John Blake proposes a new Department for Skills, Research, and Prosperity to deliver his agenda by empowering communities to build the further and higher education and training they need to thrive.
Is sector data still good enough?
Public data, statutory collections, regulatory releases, student surveys - is the data the sector has the data the sector really needs?