Alun Francis, Author at Policy Exchange

Rethinking social mobility for the levelling up era

by Alun Francis | Oct 14, 2021

Related Content Social mobility should not just be about ladders up into the elite for a few, but a broadly based advance for the many It is time for a new approach to social mobility. For the past 20 years it has focused too much on the “long” mobility of sending...

The skills White Paper will make Further Education more resilient

by Alun Francis | Jan 21, 2021

Related Content Education has recently been at the centre of so many Covid-related controversies that it is easy to forget the Government’s commitment to radical reform. So the publication of the Skills for Jobs White Paper is to be warmly welcomed. It focusses...

Waiting for the FE White Paper – Skills Reform and “Levelling Up”

by Alun Francis | Jan 18, 2021

Related Content The promised ‘radical’ White Paper for Further Education (FE) is due imminently. How will it balance the need to respond quickly to improve employment without losing focus on the more complex, and slower process of transforming post-school learning? ...

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Principal and Chief Executive, Oldham College

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Rethinking social mobility for the levelling up era

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