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How cutting red tape in the energy system could accelerate UK’s low-carbon transition
BusinessGreen covers Policy Exchange’s new report Governing Power. The report shows how the level of complexity involved in running the UK’s energy industry is acting as a barrier to growth and innovation in the sector, and has pushed up administrative costs to more than £500m.
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”.
Richard Howard at the Environmental Audit Committee
Richard Howard, Policy Exchange’s Head of Environment & Energy, appears in front of the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee to discuss privatisation of the Green Investment Bank.
Further education and skills sector misses out on £250m in FE loans cash
Jonathan Simons, Policy Exchange’s Head of Education, is quoted by FE Week commenting on figures which show far fewer loans for FE courses have been taken out than were allocated for.
Hinkley Point C nuclear plant deal is deferred pain to renewables’ deferred gain
Comments made by Policy Exchange’s Head of Environment & Energy, Richard Howard, that the Trafford gas power station would require double the current package in order to be viable, are cited in a comment piece in City AM.
There is something of a renaissance underway around the British coast. And London needs to watch out.
In a comment piece for City AM, Jimmy McLoughlin, Head of Policy at the Institute of Directors, cites problems highlighted in Policy Exchange’s Silicon Cities report of the graduate brain drain that London is causing for the rest of the UK.
There is something of a renaissance underway around the British coast. And London needs to watch out.
In a comment piece for City AM, Jimmy McLoughlin, Head of Policy at the Institute of Directors, cites problems highlighted in Policy Exchange’s Silicon Citiesreport of the graduate brain drain that London is causing for the rest of the UK.
Why schools should see the recruitment crisis as an opportunity to innovate
Following Policy Exchange’s event on the future of the teaching workforce, former Minister of State for Schools Lord Knight examines the possibility of technology helping to alleviate the current teaching shortage.
£150m legal bill for troops just doing their duty
The Sunday Telegraph reports that the government is considering proposals from Policy Exchange’s report Clearing the Fog of Law for the UK to derogate from the European Convention on Human Rights during times of conflict.
‘Universities are awash with cash’
The Times covers Policy Exchange’s new report Higher, Further, Faster, More, which calls for government to redirect up to £532m of universities funding to the Further Education system. Universities, the report says, will be able to make up the shortfall by drawing down their £12bn reserves.
