Good to see more detail on the potential causes of the recent rise in apprenticeship completion rates. It's important that the DfE continues to monitor the impact of its interventions. Thank you to Matt Vickers MP for tabling an important question

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Edge Policy Network 🔍Switching Lenses took a dive into migration policy today. With the Immigration White Paper imminent, we heard insights on education & migration policymaking from John Evans, Migration Advisory Committee, Amreen Qureshi @ippr.bsky.social and Lizzie Etti @webelonguk.bsky.social

Reading the interim report of the Francis Review published yesterday, it is encouraging to recognise elements of Edge’s own response to the consultation. See our full response here: www.edge.co.uk/news-and-eve...

Edge publish a new research report today produced in collaboration with UCL Institute of Education, ‘Building Bridges Between Higher Education and Employment: learning from practically-based higher education’ @ucl.ac.uk www.edge.co.uk/research/pro...

The Government has released the Get Britain Working White Paper.

Their target of getting 80% of 16-64-year-olds into work would be the highest employment rate since records began.

How feasible is this and what contribution can recently announced measures make? THREAD [1/3]

The ONS released new NEETs data today, suggesting that almost a million (946k) 16-24-year-olds are not in education, employment or training.

But I wouldn't put too much weight on these figures, given the ongoing issues with the LFS...

Sir Keir Starmer urged to be “bold” in reforming the curriculum and assessment system and seize a once-in-a-generation “golden chance” to create schools that better prepare children for work and life. www.thetimes.com/uk/education...

As the consultation on the Curriculum and Assessment Review closes today, Edge’s policy team reflect on the key messages of our submission and how the Review could go further. www.edge.co.uk/news-and-eve...