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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

Wakefield Conservative MP Imran Ahmad Khan has referenced Professor Len Shackleton's latest IEA report, Back to School- and After, in a question to the Education Secretary Gavin Williamson. The Yorkshire MP said the report “outlines a number of policies that would help resolve critical issues facing our schools” and urged Williamson to  look into Len's ... Continue reading

Some damage resulting from missed schooling is reparable, argues IEA Editorial and Research Fellow Professor Len Shackleton, but "sticking plasters" are not enough to fix the deeper problems in our education system, exposed by the pandemic. Writing for The Telegraph, Len argues the government should  firmly rebuff objections from the teaching unions and radically reform ... Continue reading

England's education system has "a hill to climb" to bring children up to speed, following the disruption of the past year. Writing for The Times Red Box, Annabel argues that it will take more than temporary measures to fix the system's failings. This could include reforms to the length of the school day, the structure ... Continue reading

In her bi-weekly column for Conservative Home, IEA Head of Media Emily Carver highlighted the disproportionate effects lockdown has had on the education of children of lower socio-economic backgrounds. Emily argued that "far from being a leveller, the pandemic has, inevitably, impacted disproportionately the education of the already disadvantaged".  Citing a new paper by the ... Continue reading

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