Author
John Blake
John Blake is the Director of The Post-18 Project and Professor of Social Innovation and Public Policy at the Social Innovation Institute, University of Salford.
He was previously Director for Fair Access and Participation at OfS and before that, he worked across education policy and practice in a variety of school trusts and social reform organisations, including Ark, Now Teach, and the think tank Policy Exchange.
6 pieces
Newest first, since February 2022
· Comment
The sector can be both optimistic and worried about Burnham’s HE agenda
John Blake, Director of the Post-18 Project, argues that Burnham’s revolutionary rhetoric needs to be matched to intelligent implementation
· The Post-18 Project
The Post-18 Project: The silence of the loans
John Blake argues that the student loan book – a £300bn accounting fiction – is the single greatest obstacle to reforming how England funds its universities
· The Post-18 Project
The Post-18 Project: A ministry for Manchesterism
Andy Burnham will need to build the tools he requires to make Manchesterism a mover of government priorities. Director of the Post-18 Project John Blake sets out how he might do that
· The Post-18 Project
The Post-18 Project: Blood, debt, toil, and arrears
Director of The Post-18 Project John Blake sets out why thirty years of policy struggle has left England without the higher education system it deserves
· The Post-18 Project
The Post-18 Project: A review of higher education funding is inevitable
As John Blake is announced as the first Director of The Post-18 Project, he argues that politicians must not ignore the feelings running ever deeper about the student loans system
· Comment
No trade off between access and quality on my watch
John Blake, OfS’ new director for fair access and participation, makes the case for all students to be supported to obtain good outcomes from HE