Category: Education Policy
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Lowering the student loan repayment salary threshold….
The government is proposing to reduce the salary threshold at which students start to repay their tuition and maintenance loans. Presently, graduates only start repaying their loans when the start earning £27 000 a year, but this could be cut to £23 000. Students pay back 9% of their salary above the threshold – so…
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Covid Catch-Up Policies: Are they Sufficient?
Most students in England and Wales missed around 20 weeks of regular in-school contact time due to lock down measures in 2020 and 2021. The government has introduced a number of policies to try and help students catch up with lost learning, funded with £1.4 billion. The main official government document outlines several different initiatives…
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The 2011 Wolfe Report on Vocational Education
The 2011 Review of Vocational Education, also known as the 2011 Wolf Report noted a number of strengths and limitations of Vocational Education in England and Wales in 2011, before going on to make almost 30 recommendations. This is an important report because it set the scene for a possible major (if very gradual) restructuring…
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Vocational Education in Britain Today
Vocational eduacation in Britain today is complex – involving a range or qualifications from GCSEs, BTECs, City and Guids, T levels and higher degree level qualifications and a range of providers – from schools to apprenticeships provided mainly by employers
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Inside the school’s cuts crisis
This 2019 Panorama documentary is a case study in the effects of education funding cuts on one primary school in a deprived area of the U.K. in 2019. Summary This 30 minute documentary follows one primary school in a deprived area exploring the impact of cuts to education funding since 2010, and investigating the…
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The academy trusts failing their schools
The schools census information for October 2018 showed that more pupils now study in academies than in maintained LEA schools (50.1% to 49.9%). Academies were first introduced under New Labour and are something the Conservatives expanded massively in the last decade. Most of these schools are part of a ‘multi academy trust’, and once a school…
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Compensatory Education
Compensatory Education aims to tackle cultural deprivation by providing extra funds and resources – examples include Operation Head Start, Education Action Zones and Sure Start