What clues does the letter from Pat McFadden to Skills England contain about any difference in approach the move of skills policy from the DfE to the DWP might bring?
Is qualification reform the answer to boosting vocational education? Only partly, if at all. Better funding, better paid lecturers, better careers advice and guidance, and a complete re-design of a school accountability framework that focuses primarily on academic exam performance are also needed.
Why Manchester’s proposals could lead straight MBacc to square one
Greater Manchester’s reforms are a step in the right direction but the journey has much further to go to get our sector Bacc to the future, writes Marius Ostrowski
