Publications
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Education & Arts Publications
Blocking the Best: Obstacles to new, independent state schools
Alex Massey and Anna FazackerleyThis report examines the changes required to make an expanded programme of genuinely independent state schools a reality.
More Fees Please?
Julian Chant and Anna FazackerleyMore Fees Please? warns that with the Government’s student loan debt expected to rocket to £55 billion by 2018, the Treasury will not be able to afford a rise in fees without a radical change to the system of student support.
Changing the Channel: A case for radical reform of the Public Service Broadcasting in the UK
Anna FazackerleyThis report warns that public service broadcasting needs to be radically overhauled if it is to survive in the new digital age.
Simply Learning: Improving the skills system in England
Ralph Hartley, Tom Richmond and Anna FazackerleyThis report looks at the skills system in England in order to understand the problems which beset it and to offer recommendations for reform. It offers a critique of the 2006 Leitch review, which is seen as the major driving force behind recent Government policy on skills.
Innovation and Industry: The Role of Universities
Anna Fazackerley and Alex MasseyInnovation and Industry: The Role of Universities looks at how universities could form a key part of Britain’s economic recovery by acting as incubators of business and providers of expertise.
Science Fiction? Uncovering the real level of science skills at school and university
Anna Fazackerley and Tom RichmondOur report debunks the Government’s claims about the performance and take-up of science subjects at every level – GCSE, A Level and degree. Instead, misleading figures and lowered standards were found to behind many of the apparent ‘improvements’, with the result that British businesses now face a critical skills shortage.
Educating Rita? A model to address inadequate state support for part-time students
Anna Fazackerley and Julian ChantEducating Rita recommends that the government must invest £33 million to begin tackling the chronic underfunding of part-time students who currently receive a fraction of the support given to their younger full-time counterparts.
Building Blocks: An investigation into Building Schools for the Future
Anna Fazackerley and Katherine QuarmbyThe report recommends that Labour’s flagship Building Schools for the Future programme should be radically simplified and the quango who currently delivers this project – Partnerships for Schools – should have its remit curtailed.
Rising Marks, Falling Standards
Tom Richmond and Sam FreedmanThe purpose of this report is to investigate the extent to which literacy, numeracy and science have improved since 1997 with a particular focus on SATs at age 7, 11 and 14.
Sink or Swim? Facing up to failing universities
Julian Chant and Anna FazackerleySink or swim? analyses the history of troubled mergers in British universities and takes a closer look at the accountability framework keeping universities in check. It considers the case for failure in the overcrowded London market and outlines some of the major financial threats for universities on the horizon.
