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Primary Futures:Northern Ireland dmh associates brokers the first Primary Futures event to be held in Coleraine, Co. Londonderry, N.Ireland. I grew up in the 1970s in Coleraine during ‘the troubles’ and over the years I have recognised an urgent need to find a way of raising children’s aspirations from an early age, particularly in areas……

Teachers lose faith in school curriculum to equip students with skills for jobs, says Edge report A new report by the Edge Foundation highlights today (15 April 2019) – http://www.edge.co.uk/sites/default/files/documents/skills_shortage_bulletin_4_web-1.pdf “Nearly half (47%) of teachers believe there are fewer opportunities to enable their students to develop employability skills and competencies since the introduction of the reformed GCSEs and……

Reported in the i newspaper today “More than 20 universities have been accused by the Education Secretary of using “unethical” admission practices that are “trapping” students into accepting higher education places. Damian Hinds is writing to 23 named institutions warning that applicants are being “backed into a corner” to accept offers.” : https://inews.co.uk/news/education/education-secretary-calls-out-universities-over-unethical-admission-practices/ The Education……

  A newly launched think tank called EDSK has today released its first report  https://www.edsk.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Requires-Improvement.pdf  written by the Director Tom Richmond and is entitled “Requires Improvement” where it concludes “Ofsted occupies an important position in our education landscape and the process of inspecting schools can, if done in an appropriate and proportionate way, have a……

  Consultation on Qualifications: Closing date 10 June 2019 DfE has published its consultation on Level 2 and below qualifications. This is mainly focused on young people but it also has significant longer-term implications for adults. Also, there important issues to be addressed regarding what happens if these qualifications are not made available for young……