Latest Uk education Podcast Episodes

To Baccalaureate or not to Baccalaureate? That is the question

Inside Your Ed - February 10, 2022 07:00 - 43 minutes
It is not just Prime Minister Boris Johnson who has been imploring us to BUILD BACK BETTER. Even US President Joe Biden has used this same phrase to describe his own plans to reshape America in response to the pandemic.  So what would BUILDING BACK BETTER look like in the context of our educati...

What could and should go into the 2022 schools 'White Paper'?

Inside Your Ed - January 26, 2022 08:00 - 46 minutes
A new Education Secretary was appointed a few months ago, and the government feels that now is the time to reshape the schools system by publishing a White Paper, which describes their proposals for future policies and the legal changes needed to deliver them.  The year, of course, is 2010 and ...

What problems does the goverment's upcoming SEND review need to solve?

Inside Your Ed - January 13, 2022 07:00 - 45 minutes
Special educational needs and disabilities, or SEND for short, covers a wide range of difficulties that can affect a child or young person’s ability to learn. This could relate to their behaviour, reading and writing skills, physical abilities, social skills and much more besides.  Well before ...

What problems does the government's upcoming SEND review need to solve?

Inside Your Ed - January 13, 2022 07:00 - 45 minutes
Special educational needs and disabilities, or SEND for short, covers a wide range of difficulties that can affect a child or young person’s ability to learn. This could relate to their behaviour, reading and writing skills, physical abilities, social skills and much more besides.  Well before ...

What problems does the government's upcoming SEND review need to solve?

Inside Your Ed - January 13, 2022 07:00 - 45 minutes
Special educational needs and disabilities, or SEND for short, covers a wide range of difficulties that can affect a child or young person’s ability to learn. This could relate to their behaviour, reading and writing skills, physical abilities, social skills and much more besides.  Well before ...

Has the government done enough to support young people during the pandemic?

Inside Your Ed - December 21, 2021 09:00 - 45 minutes
Looking for your first ever job can be a daunting experience at the best of times. Looking for your first ever job in the middle of a global pandemic will only make things harder.  In recessions, unemployment among young people is normally one of the most visible casualties. In the economic dow...

Are T-levels the right answer, and if so, what was the question?

Inside Your Ed - December 07, 2021 14:00 - 45 minutes
In terms of name recognition in our education system, two brands are hard to beat: A-levels, which were created back in 1951, and apprenticeships, which have been around for quite literally hundreds of years.  However, the question of what should sit between A-levels and apprenticeships has bee...

Why are the government's plans to reform teacher training so controversial?

Inside Your Ed - November 24, 2021 07:00 - 46 minutes
The government does not often find itself in a war of words with the likes of Oxford University and Cambridge University, yet that is precisely what has transpired over the past few months.   But their public disagreements have nothing to do with tuition fees, student loans or university fundin...

How will the Augar Review affect the future of Higher Education?

Inside Your Ed - November 09, 2021 16:00 - 40 minutes
It is often said that a week is a long time in politics, and yet it is now almost four years since the former Prime Minister Theresa May announced a review of Post-18 Education and Funding to be led by Philip Augar.  The Review, which was completed in May 2019, provided a detailed analysis of t...

What did the 2021 Spending Review mean for education?

Inside Your Ed - October 28, 2021 16:00 - 45 minutes
On Wednesday this week, the Chancellor Rishi Sunak unveiled the government’s Autumn Budget and the outcome of their 2021 Spending Review. The Budget described the upcoming changes to taxation while the Spending Review set out how much money each government department will get over the next three...