Editions

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23 Dec 2022 Editions

Tackling the social care recruitment crisis

Our Christmas edition is focused on the ongoing social care recruitment crisis and, more specifically, the Health and Care Secretary's call for the care sector to plug the gap by recruiting...

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16 Dec 2022 Editions

Will reclassification be a Christmas gift or a sack of coal for colleges?

In this edition, we are reviewing the decision of the Office of National Statistics to reclassify colleges as part of the public sector. To take stock of this decision, we interviewed Mark...

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25 Nov 2022 Editions

The Future of EdTech

In this edition, we are diving into the future of education technology to understand how it can help learners and staff, even after a pandemic where learning was forced online. As part of this...

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11 Nov 2022 Editions

Behold the dawn of the CareTech revolution

In this edition, we train our sights on CareTech. With the social care sector facing unprecedented funding and workforce constraints, technological developments offer hope of respite from these...

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28 Oct 2022 Editions

Conservatives and Labour Outline Education Plans

In this edition, we are reviewing FE and skills policies announced by the Conservatives and Labour during the recent leadership elections and party conferences. Sizing up the parties'...

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17 Oct 2022 Editions

New Prime Minister, new chapter for social care?

This edition was originally intended to examine the implications of incoming PM, Liz Truss, and her administration for the social care sector. However, rapidly unfolding events in Westminster...

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30 Sep 2022 Editions

Norwich Provider Roundtable with Peter Aldous MP

This month, we are examining Britain's skills needs in a post-Brexit, post-pandemic world and building off the findings of a roundtable discussion which Grade Communications held in Norwich...

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31 Aug 2022 Editions

The Health and Social Care Committe: Solutions for a workforce in crisis

This month, we examine the House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee’s report into the state of the health and social care workforce. The Committee’s report has been published at a time...

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28 Aug 2022 Editions

Three Years of Adult Education Budget Devolution

In this edition, we are reviewing the last three years of adult education devolution. This includes how devolved authorities have found commissioning skills programmes and how providers have...

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31 Jul 2022 Editions

What’s on the new Education Secretary’s Desk

In this edition, we look at the challenges facing the Department for Education once a new Prime Minister has been chosen. This includes implementing the Skills Act and dealing with the labour...

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31 Jul 2022 Editions

The Census and the Future of Adult Social Care

This month, we assess what the adult social care sector can take from the 2021 census data which was released on the 28th of June. The data revealed that the total number of people aged 65 and...

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30 Jun 2022 Editions

Will the Health and Care Act Help Solve the Care Crisis?

This month’s edition focuses on the government’s Health and Care Act, which received royal assent on the 28th of April. We examined the Health and Care Bill back in September...

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30 Jun 2022 Editions

How is the cost of living crisis impacting social care?

In this edition we look at the impact the cost of living crisis has had on social care, both in terms of people able to pay for provision and the ability of providers to continue their...

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27 Jun 2022 Editions

Colleges and apprenticeships changing track

In this edition, we look at the changes in government policy and direction regarding further education. This includes implementing the Skills and Post-16 Education Act of 2022 and Higher...

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16 May 2022 Editions

DfE releases new sustainability and climate change strategy

In this edition, we look at the challenges facing the Department for Education once a new Prime Minister has been chosen. This includes implementing the Skills Act and dealing with the labour...

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29 Apr 2022 Editions

Assessing the Health and Social Care Levy

This month’s edition examines the newly introduced Health and Social Care Levy, the Government’s flagship revenue-raising method for the NHS and the adult social care sector. The Levy came into...

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11 Apr 2022 Editions

SEND Review: Right support, right place, right time

In this edition, we look at the review of provision for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). To understand these issues and those associated with...

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31 Mar 2022 Editions

The Integration of Health and Social Care

For this month’s edition, we take a closer look at efforts to set in motion greater integration of NHS and adult social care services. The Government published its White Paper on integration...