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Emily Carver, IEA Media Manager, has written her column for Conservative Home on the government's decision to introduce a mask mandate in schools. While Emily accepts that the government has acted appropriately in not adopting the stricter policies of the devolved administrations, she argues that this latest mandate amounts to an empty political gesture which ... Continue reading

The government has implemented a return to school PR drive, reassuring parents, pupils and teachers that returning to school is safe. Although most will welcome a return to normalcy, some teaching unions have urged caution and suggested the government should maintain Covid restrictions despite students being behind in their education. In an op-ed for Conservative ... Continue reading

In her latest column for Conservative Home, IEA Head of Media, Emily Carver, sympathised with the plight of students and teachers during the pandemic but argued plans to make examinations easier is the not the answer to helping pupils catch-up with their education. Emily said: "Making it easier for students to pass their exams won’t ... Continue reading

In an op-ed for The Telegraph, IEA Editorial & Research Fellow Prof. Len Shackleton argued that the best way to level-up education by helping the most disadvantaged pupils is to focus on the needs of parents and stop top-down policies which can hinder improvements to education. Len picked apart a new report from the House ... Continue reading

IEA Editorial & Research Fellow, Prof. Len Shackleton, argued that the apprenticeship levy should be scrapped after it was disclosed that £1 bn of apprenticeship levy funds went unused in the nine months following last May. In an article for 1828, Len said: "There is plenty of room for improvement in preparing young people for ... Continue reading