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  • LEARNING ABOUT CAREERS: OPEN DATA AND LABOUR MARKET INTELLIGENCE

    LEARNING ABOUT CAREERS: OPEN DATA AND LABOUR MARKET INTELLIGENCE

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      Graham Attwell and Deirdre Hughes have co-authored a new article on career learning and labour market intelligence/information (LMI). This features in ‘Revista Iboeroamericana de Educación a Distancia (The Iberoamerican Review of Digital Education). Pontydysgu, Wales; DMH Associates, Exeter, England https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326740611_Learning_about_Careers_Open_data_and_Labour_Market_Intelligence/download   Decisions about learning and work have to be placed in a particular spatial,…

  • CAREER CHOICES: YOUNG PEOPLE IN NORTHERN IRELAND

    CAREER CHOICES: YOUNG PEOPLE IN NORTHERN IRELAND

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    NEW RESEARCH REPORT GOES LIVE! This research piloted for the first time an approach designed to find out more about young people’s perceptions of careers, choices and their future prospects in Northern Ireland. DMH report skills 061118 FINAL REPORT The aim was to connect with young people in schools and colleges between the age of…

  • TRENDS IN SCHOOL FUNDING: PRESSURES IN ENGLAND

    TRENDS IN SCHOOL FUNDING: PRESSURES IN ENGLAND

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    A new report by the Education Policy Institute examines the latest trends in local authority maintained school balances, and assesses whether all schools will be able to meet cost pressures over the next two years, following recent government funding reforms. This new analysis, School funding pressures in England, builds on EPI research last year on the implications…

  • PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE WARNS OF POTENTIAL BREXIT IMPACT: CALLS FOR ACTION ON GENDER IMBALANCES

    PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE WARNS OF POTENTIAL BREXIT IMPACT: CALLS FOR ACTION ON GENDER IMBALANCES

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    There remains a need to address marked gender imbalances in several areas of STEM learning and work—demonstrated, for example, by the fact that only 8% of STEM apprenticeship starts are undertaken by women. Yet another report highlighting the quality of careers advice in schools is patchy at best, perpetuating misconceptions about STEM careers. The notion…

  • REVIEW OF PRISON EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN ENGLAND – NEW REPORT!

    REVIEW OF PRISON EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN ENGLAND – NEW REPORT!

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    This newly published report presents inspection findings on the quality of education, training and work in prisons in England. It draws upon relevant government policy documents and research reports linked to evidence-based policies and practices. To access the full report : Prisons FINAL report website 210618 Key findings incorporate evidence drawn from: a review of 45…

  • NEW INTERNATIONAL LITERATURE REVIEW: EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN PRISONS

    NEW INTERNATIONAL LITERATURE REVIEW: EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN PRISONS

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    In July 2017, Prospects commissioned us undertake an international literature review of education and training in prisons. This report draws upon key findings from the UK, Europe and internationally. The work is set within the context of a recommissioning of education and skills in England’s prisons in 2018. The aim of the review is to…

  • THE DEVELOPMENT OF EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE IN GUIDANCE SERVICES IN SCHOOLS

    THE DEVELOPMENT OF EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE IN GUIDANCE SERVICES IN SCHOOLS

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    To access the full report visit: https://www.ncge.ie/sites/default/files/Final%20Dublin%20TCA%20Report%20-%20May%202018pdf The National Centre for Guidance in Education (NCGE)  commissioned Dr. Deirdre Hughes OBE (Director) and Trevor Carson (Senior Associate) to co-facilitate two thematic Transnational Co-operation Activity (TCA) seminars and to prepare a report on the process and outcomes. This brought together 47 participants from thirteen countries across Europe – Austria,…

  • GLOBAL REPORT on ADULT LEARNING and EDUCATION (GRALE)

    GLOBAL REPORT on ADULT LEARNING and EDUCATION (GRALE)

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    The Global Report on Adult Learning and Education (GRALE) provides a clear and comprehensive picture of the state of adult learning and education (ALE) around the world. Three reports have been published since 2009. The next GRALE will be published in 2019. About GRALE GRALE monitors whether UNESCO Member States are putting their international ALE commitments into practice. The…

  • Adult Education: Important for Health and Well Being by Dr Deirdre Hughes OBE and Karen Adriaanse

    Adult Education: Important for Health and Well Being by Dr Deirdre Hughes OBE and Karen Adriaanse

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      A report commissioned by the Institute for Adult Learning in England, published in January 2018 This 2018 research study focuses on Adult Education: Health and Well-Being. It aims to increase awareness of the benefits that adult education can bring to the nation’s health and well-being. It also as designed to stimulate further dialogue on…

  • Adult Education : Too important to be left to chance

    Adult Education : Too important to be left to chance

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    Adult Education Too important to be left to chance Dr Deirdre Hughes OBE, Karen Adriaanse and Dr Sally-Anne Barnes (2016) Research Report for the All Party Parliamentary Group for Adult Education (APPG) – Inquiry into Adult Education. The APPG for Adult Education commissioned the Warwick Institute for Employment Research at the University of Warwick (April…