Education reform after Covid: let’s go back to first principles

Len Shackleton
24 February 2021
Education

Education reform after Covid: let’s go back to first principles

School closures over the past year have been damaging to the mental health of some of our children and the educational progress of almost all of them. It has also damaged the wellbeing and sometimes the finances of those of us forced to become home-schoolers. Too often, support for locked-down children has been inadequate. Some ... Continue reading
Len Shackleton
24 February 2021
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Covid has exposed “fundamental fault lines” in education

24 February 2021
Education

Covid has exposed “fundamental fault lines” in education

Emily Carver writes for Conservative Home

In her bi-weekly article for Conservative Home, IEA Head of Media Emily Carver has highlighted the disproportionate effects lockdown has had on the education of children of lower socio-economic backgrounds. Emily said that "Far from being a leveller, the pandemic has, inevitably, impacted disproportionately the education of the already disadvantaged". Emily argued that now is ... Continue reading
24 February 2021
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Covid has exposed “longstanding problems” in our education system

22 February 2021
Education

Covid has exposed “longstanding problems” in our education system

Professor Len Shackleton writes for CapX

School closures over the past year have been "damaging to the mental health of some of our children and the educational progress of almost all of them", writes IEA Editorial and Research Fellow Professor Len Shackleton. While some of this damage may be reparable through extra support, the pandemic has exposed "longstanding problems in our ... Continue reading
22 February 2021
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Back to School – and After

J. R. Shackleton
22 February 2021
Research

Back to School – and After

Summary School closure has been damaging to the mental health of some children and to the educational progress of many. The long-term costs to individuals and the economy of this hiatus in schooling can be exaggerated, but are still likely to be substantial. The costs of the damage are likely to have fallen most heavily ... Continue reading
J. R. Shackleton
22 February 2021
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Back to school and beyond: Time to fix longstanding problems in education, says new research

22 February 2021
Education

Back to school and beyond: Time to fix longstanding problems in education, says new research

New briefing paper from the Institute of Economic Affairs warns policy cannot solely focus on short-term recovery The long-term costs to individuals and the economy of school closures are likely to be substantial – and will fall most heavily on poorer or otherwise disadvantaged children. It is vital that children return to school as soon ... Continue reading
22 February 2021
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Teaching unions have failed pupils

5 January 2021
Education

Teaching unions have failed pupils

Annabel Denham writes for City AM

Teaching unions have put the needs of their members above those of pupils by failing to explore all avenues to continuing education, writes the IEA's Director of Communication Annabel Denham. In an article for City AM, Annabel argues that continued school closures will not only damage children's attainment and widen the gap between children from ... Continue reading
5 January 2021
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Prime Minister’s skills speech “not a convincing” response to rising unemployment

29 September 2020
Education

Prime Minister’s skills speech “not a convincing” response to rising unemployment

MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Emily Carver, Media Manager, 07715 942 731 Responding to the Prime Minister's plans to reform the education system post-Covid, IEA Editorial and Research Fellow Professor Len Shackleton, said: "Boris Johnson's speech indicates that the Government is recognising that we can only go so far in supporting existing jobs, and that we must ... Continue reading
29 September 2020
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Covid-19 is bursting the bubble in higher education

Steve Davies
13 August 2020
Education

Covid-19 is bursting the bubble in higher education

In 1999 the Blair government set an official target of having 50 per cent of 18-year-olds attending university and turned the expansion of numbers from an aspiration to an actuality. The reasons for this policy, supported by both parties, were economic rather than educational in the traditional sense. It was thought that expanding student numbers ... Continue reading
Steve Davies
13 August 2020
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To a radical degree

Dr Stephen Davies
13 August 2020
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To a radical degree

Reshaping the UK's Higher Education for the post-pandemic world

Summary Covid-19 is bursting the bubble in universities and higher education (HE), exposing the fundamentally unsound nature of the policy of successive governments and of the entire array of HE institutions. Many institutions were in a weak financial position prior to the pandemic. They are now facing a massive cash-flow crisis. The present difficulties could ... Continue reading
Dr Stephen Davies
13 August 2020
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UK Higher Education has “reached a dead end,” says new IEA research

13 August 2020
Education

UK Higher Education has “reached a dead end,” says new IEA research

A new IEA briefing paper outlines how Covid-19 has burst the university bubble, opening up opportunity for reform

Covid-19 is exposing the fundamentally unsound nature of the policy of successive governments and of the entire array of Higher Education (HE) institutions; Many universities were in a weak financial position prior to the pandemic. They are now facing a "massive cashflow crisis"; The present difficulties could lead to a permanent fall in demand for ... Continue reading
13 August 2020
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