“It’s been a terrible year to graduate and find a job” said a recent headline in the Financial Times.Other newspapers have also chipped in with equally gloomy headlines such as “Where have all the graduate jobs gone”, “It’s a jobs desert...

Welcome back to Inside Your Ed – I hope you’ve all had a great start to 2026.Last year concluded with an action-packed autumn term of education policies, including the Curriculum and Assessment Review, a Post 16 White Paper and a new lev...

In January 2025, I recorded an episode of Inside Your Ed titled ‘Will the debate over vocational and technical qualifications ever end?’.It is therefore rather fitting that my final podcast of 2025 will prove beyond all reasonable doubt ...

For the Higher Education, or HE sector, it may be starting to feel like one step forward is almost immediately followed by one step backward.Last year, the announcement of a rise in tuition fees in line with inflation was accompanied by ...

“Today is a landmark moment in improving the lives of children with SEND and their families. For too long, families have found themselves battling against a complex and fragmented system.”Those words from then Children and Families Minis...