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Diversity in A level subjects taken by students has fallen significantly over last decade, impeding career opportunities – new study by EPI finds

Students’ subject choices at A level have become “exceedingly narrow”, with young people less likely than ever to take up a variety of subjects, a new report warns...

Tuesday, 14 September 2021 00:01

NEU responds to EPI report on Narrowing Diversity in A Levels

Commenting on ‘A narrowing path to success’, a study by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) of A Levels and a narrowing of curriculum breadth, Dr Mary Bousted, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union, said...

Tuesday, 14 September 2021 00:01

ASCL proposes overhaul of school admissions to prioritise disadvantaged pupils

The Association of School and College Leaders today proposes a potential change to school admissions in England to give priority to places for children from disadvantaged backgrounds...

Tuesday, 14 September 2021 00:01

ASCL responds to EPI warning of declining diversity in A-level choices

Commenting on the report from the Education Policy Institute (EPI) and Royal Society on declining diversity in post-16 subject choices, Geoff Barton, General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said...

Tuesday, 14 September 2021 00:01

LGA: Pandemic recovery could bring £51 billion a year boost to rural and coastal economy

The pandemic could help to ‘redefine’ rural and coastal communities in England, a report commissioned by the Local Government Association (LGA) and produced by Pragmatix Advisory has found...

Tuesday, 14 September 2021 00:01

NAHT comments on EPI report into narrowing of A Levels

Commenting on a new report by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) today (Tues 14th Sept), Sarah Hannafin, senior policy advisor for school leaders' union NAHT, said...

Tuesday, 14 September 2021 00:01

Government backs entrepreneurs across the UK with £600 million of Start Up Loans outside London

The government’s Start Up Loans scheme has provided £600 million in loans to businesses outside London, delivering extensive support for entrepreneurship across the UK’s home nations and regions...

Tuesday, 14 September 2021 00:01

Labour pledges ‘new deal for workers’ with full rights and protections from day one in a job

Keir Starmer MP, Leader of the Labour Party, will announce that the next Labour Government will enforce full rights and protections for all workers from day one in a job...

Tuesday, 14 September 2021 00:01

"Covid winter plan: PM must guarantee schools will stay open" say Lib Dems

The Liberal Democrats are calling on Boris Johnson to give a “cast-iron guarantee” to parents that schools will not be shut again as part of the Government’s Covid winter plan...

Tuesday, 14 September 2021 00:01

Embrace free trade to drive the levelling-up agenda, says Truss

International Trade Secretary will tomorrow give a keynote speech setting out the next phase of the UK's trade strategy that will help level up every region...

Monday, 13 September 2021 23:12