Department for Education announce £200 million of funding pledge to address the disadvantage gap – a review

The Department for Education has announced a start to education trials and interventions as they seek to improve attainment across schools, colleges and early years settings. Such action has been backed by a new multi-million government grant. The Department for Education is set to continue funding the Education Endowment Foundation with a new grant £137 million, thereby cementing the independent charity’s role as a central part of the education landscape for the next decade.

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Policy Job Alert. We are recruiting a new Policy and Research Analyst

New Policy Job: Can you help people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)? The UK’s first “Do-Tank” is recruiting for a Policy and Research

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Further strike action by Unite The Union

Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council wants to advise residents that further industrial action is planned by Unite the Union.

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A tale of two issues: Reading Inequality and Health Inequality Crisis

On the 12th of July 2022, the Dyslexia Commission heard expert testimony from some of the leading thinkers, including Dr Ruth Bromley Debbie Hicks on the strategies Integrated Care Systems can use to co-ordinate their care.

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Unleashing the potential of coastal communities

Can levelling up unleash the potential of coastal communities? Chief Executive of policy institute Curia talks levelling up with the Chair of the Coastal Communities All Party Parliamentary Group.

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Will AQA’s latest poll be the final push towards digital exams?

The largest provider of GCSEs and A-Levels board, AQA polled 3,000 school staff via Teacher Tapp revealing that three out of four teachers believe that introducing digital exams in England would be successful dependent on school resources.

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Opinion – Levelling Up: Where do we go from here?

As the face of Levelling Up fades into the shadows of Conservative Party grandee-ism, we look at what is next for his signature policy programme

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Department for Work and Pensions claw back thousands in alleged wrongful pandemic payments.

In an apparent attempt to reclaim “wrongful payments”, DWP have launched a controversial scheme to reclaim £500m that was handed out in pandemic benefit payments.

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The NHS Staffing Emergency: A Call to Arms

The problem: under-staffing and burn-out In April this year, Miriam Deakin, Director of Policy and Strategy at the NHS, wrote an article for the

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Founder of Sir Linkalot Andy Salmon’s reflections on the Dyslexia Inquiry Session Two: Co-ordination of Care

Following the deeply insightful second edition to Our Dyslexia Commission Inquiry sessions which focused on the co-ordination of care. We asked panellist and Founder of Sir Linkalot app, Andy Salmon for his reflections on second session.

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BTEC’s set to be scrapped – Is this Levelling Up Education?

The Government announced in July of 2021 an educational proposal to scrap BTEC qualifications with an alternative technical alternative T Levels. This announcement came after a government funding review.

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TFL bosses on £100,000 a year while fishing for a bailout from taxpayers

An exclusive report by the Evening Standard has confirmed that almost 600 executives at Transport for London earned more than £100,000 a year.

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Department for Education announce £200 million of funding pledge to address the disadvantage gap – a review

Policy Job Alert. We are recruiting a new Policy and Research Analyst

Further strike action by Unite The Union

A tale of two issues: Reading Inequality and Health Inequality Crisis

Unleashing the potential of coastal communities

Will AQA’s latest poll be the final push towards digital exams?

Opinion – Levelling Up: Where do we go from here?

Department for Work and Pensions claw back thousands in alleged wrongful pandemic payments.

The NHS Staffing Emergency: A Call to Arms

Founder of Sir Linkalot Andy Salmon’s reflections on the Dyslexia Inquiry Session Two: Co-ordination of Care

BTEC’s set to be scrapped – Is this Levelling Up Education?

TFL bosses on £100,000 a year while fishing for a bailout from taxpayers

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