At the start of 2020, Big Change and IPPR set out together to understand and shape the public conversation about where education should go next.
We led an ambitious national listening exercise to...
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Young people
IPPR
Further education (FE) and skills are vital to delivering the government’s levelling up agenda. Low skill levels are a key factor in explaining the prevalence of low pay and progression in England....
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Public services
IPPR
Coronavirus response
The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in an unprecedented disruption to schools and learners in England.
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Young people
Equality
Coronavirus response
IPPR
Covid-19 has been the biggest disruption in education since the Second World War. Without action to address a widening ‘vulnerability gap’ we will fail to improve attainment for those furthest behind.
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Young people
Coronavirus response
IPPR
Tackling preventative illness must remain a top priority for the government in the 2020s. Over half of the disease burden in England is deemed preventable, with one in five deaths attributed to...
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Science & technology
Better Health and Care
IPPR
In this collection of essays, leading thinkers from the education sector and beyond have set out their views on the future of education in light of widespread technological, cultural and socio-politi...
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Young people
IPPR
Many of us have some form of learning disability. If you are one of these people, you are less likely to live an independent life, and you are significantly less likely to have a job. This short...
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Jobs & skills
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Families
Young people
IPPR North
The tuition fee debate often feels like it has dominated to the exclusion of almost everything else when it comes to adult education in England. Every government knows the power of tuition fees as a...
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Public services
What is democracy? What does a healthy democracy look and feel like? And what is the role of education in making it possible? Jeremy Gilbert, professor of cultural and political theory at the...
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Public services
Young people
IPPR
Supporters of England's growing range of institutions for 14–19-year-olds – mainly university technical colleges (UTCs) and studio schools – are increasingly being challenged by those who argue that,...
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Public services
Young people
IPPR