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The Observer view on the cost of university education
Policy Exchange’s ‘Higher, Further, Faster, More’ report on higher education is discussed in the observer.
Every school to become an academy, ministers to announce
The BBC credits Policy Exchange’s ‘Primary Focus’ report as a key contributor to the Government’s academies policy.
Teachers need flexible working to stop women leaving profession, says thinktank
The Guardian cites Jonathan Simons’, Policy Exchange’s Head of Education, recommendations that flexible working and greater benefits are needed to improve teacher retention and stop women from leaving teaching after maternity leave.
Give teachers career breaks to stop them quitting, say heads
The Times covers Policy Exchange’s launch of The Importance of Teachers: A collection of essays on teacher recruitment and retention, and highlights the need to improve teacher retention and recruitment especially among women.
Open super-selective schools to extend elite education into state sector, says former Gove adviser
Schools Week cites comments by James Frayne, Policy Exchange’s Director of Policy and Strategy, calling for the creation of super selective schools that will extend elite education into the state sector.
Increase pay for new teachers but extend probation to 3 years, social mobility commission demands
Schools Week covers the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission’s report based on ways to improve teacher recruitment, and includes a Policy Exchange recommendation on teacher relocation packages.
“Taking Education Back to the 1950s – A Classic Mistake”
Read Article “Nick Gibb, the education minister, used his foreword for a Policy Exchange report Knowledge and the Curriculum, to put some flesh on the bones of his Government’s rationale for educational reform.” See the full article on The Telegraph...
Grammar school ‘annexe’ in Kent is a dangerous moment
Writing in The Guardian, education journalist Fiona Millar cites a Policy Exchange blog post by Jonathan Simons and Natasha Porter which highlighted evidence against the social mobility case made in favour of grammar schools.
English university finances on ‘unsustainable trajectory’
Policy Exchange’s Higher, Further, Faster, More report is covered by Times Higher Education in an article on university funding. The report called for some university funding to be transferred to the imperilled further education sector.
Hand it over, higher ed: why colleges deserve universities’ funding
Writing in The Guardian, managing director of City & Guilds Kirstie Donnelly, supports calls from Policy Exchange’s Higher, Further, Faster, More report for £532m of university funding to be redirected to the further education sector. She describes such a move as “absolutely invaluable”.
