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24 Feb 2023 Interviews

Rt Hon Lord Blunkett, former Education and Employment Secretary

This month, we spoke with former education secretary Lord Blunkett about his work with the Protect Student Choice campaign and fellow former ministers to force the government to look again...

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27 Jan 2023 Interviews

Anne Longfield, Chair of the Commission on Young Lives

This month, we spoke with former Children's Commissioner and chair of the Commission on Young Lives Anne Longfield about the problems with maths tuition and the challenges with...

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16 Dec 2022 Interviews

Mark Taylor, Eversheds Sutherland partner and FE law specialist

This month, we spoke with Eversheds Sutherland partner and FE law specialist Mark Taylor about the legal ramifications of the ONS reclassification... 

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25 Nov 2022 Interviews

Rt Hon Lord Knight, former Minister of State for Schools

This month, we spoke with former schools minister and edtech advocate Jim Knight about how edtech can be best used by educators and the problems the sector faces in sourcing...

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28 Oct 2022 Interviews

Bernie Savage, National Union of Students Vice President for Further Education

This month we spoke with NUS vice president for FE, Bernie Savage, to find out what students need to see from the two parties' education plans... 

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28 Aug 2022 Interviews

Dr Sue Pember CBE, HOLEX Policy Director

This month, HOLEX policy director Dr Sue Pember CBE discusses how adult education providers have fared under the devolved regime and what parts of the education system could be handed down...

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31 Jul 2022 Interviews

Toby Perkins MP, Shadow Further Education and Skills Minister

We sat down with Labour's shadow FE and skills minister Toby Perkins MP to discuss the Skills Act, how workforce problems are affecting the sector, and what he thinks of T...

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27 Jun 2022 Interviews

Education Select Committee Chair and former Skills Minister Robert Halfon

Education Select Committee Chair and former Skills Minister Robert Halfon gives his expert opinion on the Treasury's levy review and the DfE's reforms to T Levels and...

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16 May 2022 Interviews

Charlotte Bonner, Education and Training Foundation's National Head of Education for Sustainable Development

We spoke with the Education and Training Foundation's national head of education for sustainable development Charlotte Bonner, who says the strategy lays strong foundations but needs...