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Becci Newton considers if after the 'lock down' should policymakers get behind an education 'lock in'? And what can be done to help young people in the labour market?
Joy Williams and Helena Takala highlight the importance of careers education in schools and colleges in helping to secure the economic future of this generation of young people.
Helena Takala and Anneka Dawson provide an overview of early years funding, highlighting the need for policymakers to prioritise children's outcomes and bridging the disadvantage gap.
Guest blog author Professor Tristram Hooley considers why career guidance needs to be at the heart of a post Covid-19 labour market response.
In her latest blog, Becci Newton considers the career prospects for graduates entering the labour market in a Covid-19 recession.
With the government announcing that every young person will be given the chance of an apprenticeship or work placement, Becci Newton takes a closer look at the evolving apprenticeship system and questions if it is enough to offer young people a route out of recession.
The first three T Levels launch this September but are we doing enough to link young people at risk in the recession to these new high quality Level 3 qualifications? Becci Newton considers the implications for the programme as well as the role it should play in supporting young people’s employment.
Becci Newton argues that this year's controversial A Level scoring system is running counter to the long standing policy aims of the qualification.
Emma Pollard considers what the higher education sector could do to help mitigate the fallout from the emergency A level awarding system and proposes a transfer system for students at risk of falling through the cracks.
With as many as one third of nurseries in disadvantaged areas facing closure, Anneka Dawson and Helena Takala highlight the long lasting impact this will have on widening social inequalities and urge the government to deliver targeted support to save the early years sector.
In a guest-authored blog, Dr Lesley Crane looks at the possible skills chasm between employers looking for employees skilled in remote working and students still learning in physical classroom settings.
Anneka Dawson details how IES has managed to continue research evaluations for nurseries and schools during the unprecedented disruption of Covid-19.
In light of their recent report into Educational Inequality in the Early Years, Georgie Akehurst and Anneka Dawson highlight the need for urgent and immediate action, in order to tackle the digital divide exacerbated by Covid 19.
The ongoing pandemic has created many challenges for nurseries and speech and language therapy teams. With their research, Anneka Dawson & Clare Huxley are working to highlight which interventions are having the greatest impact in helping children learn how to communicate and interact with their peers and adults.
With the onset of a new academic year, Anneka Dawson reflects on the progress made with early years research projects undertaken during a succession of lockdowns, and details how the adaptation of evaluation methods can help research be more resilient in the future.
This blog details the findings from IES' implementation and process evaluation (IPE) into the Coaching Early Conversation Interaction and Language (CECIL) project, which explored approaches designed to help early years practitioners support speech and language outcomes for 2- to 3-year-olds.
