Retraining course: The case for lifelong learning As the General Election race heats up, it was great to see the focus on adult skills and further education among the first announcements to be made by both the Liberal Democrats and the Labour party this week. Given that this area is often an afterthought by policymakers and politicians, long may this renewed focus [...]
We’ve failed generations of young people by sidelining technical education "I hope that technical education will be given in the future a far higher status in educational circles than it has had in the past,” commented an MP during a debate on an education bill. That statement could have come any time in the past century. In fact, it was made by Edward Cobb MP [...]
