Image: Shutterstock Local skills demand data may be more noise than signal by David Kernohan Data 6/11/24 1
Image: Shutterstock Whether degree apprenticeships support widening participation depends on who we’re talking about by Charlynne Pullen Analysis 23/10/24 4
Image: Shutterstock The role of universities in growing the economy – Labour’s industrial strategy explained by James Coe Policy Watch 21/10/24
Image: Shutterstock What data do we need to formulate local skills policies? by David Kernohan Data 21/10/24 3
Image: Shutterstock Apprenticeships work best when they work for everyone by Dan Lally Comment 30/09/24 1
Productivity and skills doesn't always mean vocational and intermediate Productivity and skills doesn’t always mean vocational and intermediate by David Kernohan Wonk Corner 23/09/24
wonkhe-stem-plants-cuts The future of higher and degree apprenticeships under Labour by Mandy Crawford-Lee Comment 12/09/24
Image: Shutterstock The government should prioritise flexible learning to close the skills gap by Sidharth Oberoi Comment 14/08/24 2
Image: Shutterstock There’s more to the future of skills than Higher Technical Qualifications by Joy Elliott-Bowman Comment 16/06/24
National service isn't a thing. Or is it? National service isn’t a thing. Or is it? by Jim Dickinson Wonk Corner 26/05/24
DfE suggests we may need more graduates DfE suggests we may need more graduates by David Kernohan Wonk Corner 9/05/24 4
Image: Shutterstock Whoever the next Chancellor is, a comprehensive skills policy is a must by Mandy Crawford-Lee Comment 4/05/24
Image: Shutterstock Collaboration, not top-down direction, is the key to unlocking the potential of Scotland’s graduate apprenticeships by Hilary Collins Comment 1/05/24 1
Why all the fuss about an estate agents course? Why all the fuss about an estate agents course? by David Kernohan Wonk Corner 18/02/24
Image: Shutterstock Universities shouldn’t stand still on employing apprentices by Ben Rogers Comment 12/02/24 2
We need more graduates, just not that sort and not there We need more graduates, just not that sort and not there by Jim Dickinson Wonk Corner 6/12/23
Podcast: Minimum service levels, PTES, graduates and politics, apprenticeships by Team Wonkhe Podcasts 1/12/23
a_wrecking_ball_smashing_up Why is the government wrecking its own reforms to technical education? by Johnny Rich Comment 23/10/23 2
Image: Shutterstock Precarity and the new deal for postgraduate research by James Coe Policy Watch 27/09/23
Image: Shutterstock All kinds of universities can provide skills for growth by Jamie Roberts Comment 25/04/23
Image: Shutterstock The Treasury needs to get serious about skills by Anthony Painter Comment 16/03/23 1
Image: Shutterstock Government priorities are everything, everywhere, all at once by Annabel Kiernan Comment 27/02/23 3
Image: Ikon Why Labour should prioritise tertiary reform over tuition fees by Andy Westwood Comment 23/01/23 5
Apparently we are not talking about degree apprenticeships Apparently we are not talking about degree apprenticeships by Sunday Blake Wonk Corner 30/11/22 1
Image: Shutterstock Universities were built for academia, not training by Elisabeth Barrett Comment 6/09/22 3
Fifty new university campuses and a British bacc Fifty new university campuses and a British bacc by Jim Dickinson Wonk Corner 15/06/22
Image: Shutterstock Less jargon and more evidence is needed on skills by David Kernohan Policy Watch 8/06/22 5
Image: Shutterstock The skills problem may be harder and more complex than we thought by David Kernohan Policy Watch 26/05/22 6
Image: Shutterstock The government should get over its university hang-up – our future prosperity depends on it by James Scales Comment 27/04/22 1
Image: Shutterstock Targeting Blair: we ignore calls to address inequality and improve productivity at our peril by Andy Westwood Comment 25/04/22 6
Image: Shutterstock Sorry, but we probably do need more graduates by David Kernohan Analysis 21/04/22 3
Image: Shutterstock What’s in the levelling up white paper for universities? by David Kernohan Policy Watch 3/02/22 2
Image: Shutterstock Why we must protect student choice and retain BTEC qualifications by James Kewin Comment 28/01/22
Image: Shutterstock Even if BTECs disappear, the students taking them won’t by Emily Dixon Comment 25/01/22
Image: Shutterstock The high-skill high-pay economy is already on the way by David Kernohan Comment 6/01/22 1
Image: Shutterstock Students need to be taught the skills of tomorrow, not the skills of today by Alison Watson Comment 17/08/21 3
Image: Shutterstock Students will build back community better – if we support them to do so by Richard Brabner Comment 11/06/21 1
OfS briefing on mature learners OfS briefing on mature learners by David Kernohan Wonk Corner 27/05/21
Image: Shutterstock Is the HE sector looking in the wrong place for the government’s Augar response? by Edward Peck Comment 24/05/21 1
Image: Shutterstock Does Neil O’Brien have the answer to the levelling up question? by Jim Dickinson Analysis 6/05/21 2
Image: Shutterstock Defunding BTECs could set the widening access agenda back by decades by Graeme Atherton Comment 11/02/21
The Education Committee announces a lifelong learning revolution on a Saturday morning The Education Committee announces a lifelong learning revolution on a Saturday morning by Jim Dickinson Wonk Corner 21/12/20
Image: Shutterstock Seven things the HE sector learned in 2020 – and what universities should prepare for in 2021 by Debbie McVitty Long read 21/12/20 1
Image: Shutterstock Agile critical-reflexive students? Start them early! by Julian Crockford Comment 9/12/20
Image: Ikon The College of the Future points the way forward for HE-FE collaboration by Dave Phoenix Comment 2/11/20 1
Image: Ikon Modern universities – beware of the higher technical trap by Debbie McVitty Comment 5/10/20 1
Image: Shutterstock The Prime Minister’s big speech on skills signals some major policy shifts by Josie Cluer Comment 5/10/20
Image: Shutterstock If industry-oriented degrees are the answer, what are some of the questions? by Richard Wallis Analysis 19/05/20 3
Image: Shutterstock ScreenSkills is ready to help educate the next generation of film professionals by Tim Weiss Comment 29/01/20 1
Image: Steve Franck “Other countries are astonished by the complexity of our tertiary education system” by Sofia Ropek Comment 5/11/19
Image: Shutterstock Can higher education single-handedly solve skills shortages? by Tristram Hooley Comment 10/09/19 1
Image: Shutterstock Everything you think you know about universities and technology is wrong by Debbie Holley Comment 21/02/19
Image: Shutterstock Are we on the right track with degree apprenticeships? by Minto Felix Policy Watch 29/01/19
Image: Shutterstock Let’s go fly a kite: The higher education landscape by Marian Hilditch Analysis 8/01/19
Image: Shutterstock Let’s go fly a kite: Teaching and learning by Camille Kandiko Howson Analysis 8/01/19 8
Image: Shutterstock Other people’s children – Hinds on technical education by David Kernohan Policy Watch 7/12/18
Image: Shutterstock Creating a new post-18 education system that works for everybody by David Hughes Comment 4/09/18 7
Image: Shutterstock Widening participation and unblocking the skills pipeline by Dave Phoenix Analysis 23/08/18 6
Image: Shutterstock More than a vote of confidence – making the industrial strategy work by John Latham Comment 4/12/17
2017-11-27_2155 (2) Europeans want more vocational (not higher) education… by Julian Garritzmann Comment 28/11/17
Image: Shutterstock The industrial strategy white paper digested by David Kernohan Policy Watch 27/11/17 2
Image: Shutterstock Talkin' bout intercalation – the new four year degrees by Colin Johnson Comment 24/11/17
Image: Shutterstock From ladders to climbing frames: Institutes of Technology could help by Stephen Martin Analysis 3/10/17
Image: Shutterstock Whatever your view of TEF, it’s time to stop bashing HE in FE by Ben Verinder Comment 13/07/17 5
Image: Shutterstock TEF and colleges: damned if you do, damned if you don’t by Catherine Boyd Analysis 13/07/17 2
Image: Shutterstock Surprisingly similar – a sweep across the election manifestos by Ant Bagshaw Analysis 5/06/17 2
Image: IKON Forward together in the next major wave of technical education policy by Andy Westwood Analysis 22/05/17 2
Image: IKON Degrees of autonomy: universities and apprenticeship standards by Catherine Boyd Analysis 6/04/17
Image: Shutterstock Education for a career must take precedence over training for a job by David Phoenix Comment 30/03/17
Image: IKON Sainsbury’s Delivery: Technical education, employer leadership and careers guidance by Ant Bagshaw Policy Watch 6/03/17 3
Image: IKON Double standards, social mobility and the degree apprenticeships maze by Catherine Boyd Policy Watch 20/02/17 6
Image: IKON Vocational education should not be removed from other pathways by Tony Strike Comment 30/01/17
Image: IKON What are Institutes of Technology and how could they work? by Andy Westwood Analysis 23/01/17 1
Image: Shutterstock College mergers matter more to universities than you think by Julian Gravatt Analysis 10/10/16 2
