Tuesday, 23 November 2021

The Effects of College Capital Projects on Student Outcomes

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 Stephen Gibbons, Claudia Hupkau, Sandra McNally, Henry Overman About half of school leavers in England attend colleges of Further Education...
Wednesday, 14 April 2021

Apprenticeships, the Levy and COVID-19

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Gavan Conlon, Andy Dickerson, Steven McIntosh and Pietro Patrignani  Recent policy developments in the apprenticeship system In the 2015 Q...
Thursday, 29 October 2020

STARK CONTRAST BETWEEN PRE- AND POST-16 PROVISION IN UTCs

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson has put the government’s skills policy agenda in the spotlight.  In a recent speech denouncing skills shortage...
Thursday, 25 June 2020

What you study vs where you study: how FE choices affect earnings and academic achievement

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By Esteban Aucejo, Claudia Hupkau and Jenifer Ruiz-Valenzuela Following the unprecedented number of job losses and the bleak economic ...
Friday, 13 March 2020

Training grants: a useful policy to address skills and productivity gaps?

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As work changes, firm-provided training may become more relevant for good economic and social outcomes. However, so far there is little or ...
Wednesday, 11 December 2019

Can the manifesto pledges plug the skills gap?

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The parties are offering plenty of promises on improving technical and vocational skills, but, says Sandra McNally (CVER Director), there a...
Friday, 27 September 2019

Is there a socio-economic gap in students’ academic match?

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Young people from less well-off backgrounds are more likely to pursue lower ranked upper-secondary qualifications than their prior attainm...