Local authorities are at the forefront of providing eduction services for their communities and supporting some of the most vulnerable children in society.
‘Unleashing talent: Levelling up opportunity for young people’ is the sixth report of the Learning and Work Institute’s Youth Commission. The report sets out a blueprint for change in England and makes recommendations for: sustained long-term investment on education, reductions in youth unemployment, a greater role for local government, a reform to the benefits system…
How teachers enter, and are inducted into, the teaching profession matters not just because of the need to have sufficient well-trained teachers in schools but because of the role teachers have in society and in developing the character, minds and personalities of future generations of citizens. In England, the Government is pursuing reforms on initial…
Local government has been financially under resourced and the policy agenda has underserved in key areas of service, democracy and community. This latest pillar in our Post-Covid Councils project sets out a blueprint for the thinking we need to generate some vital momentum around these pieces of Unfinished Business.
How can we engage children in placemaking? Alex Robinson from New Union describes a fun activity for civic-minded primary school kids and tells us about a placemaking policy hack-a-thon for the grown ups, too.
There is much to be learnt about how other countries organise public services. This briefing is based on two reports looking at how other countries organise aspects of their school systems.
The Skills for Jobs White Paper contains the UK Government’s long-awaited proposals for England to develop the further education sector. This briefing looks at the proposals and comments on the role for local government.
To mark Children’s Mental Health Week 2021, we have gathered some of our most recent and relevant content on the issue.
The need to promote the wellbeing of children and young people during the pandemic and tacking mental health problems has grown during the Covid-19 pandemic. This briefing looks at recent reports on the issue.
Clare County Library was awarded the Chambers Ireland 2020 Excellence in Local Government Award for Best Library Service for the project, Connections: Stories by Syrian Families in County Clare.
A look at what is in store for Early years, education, skills and children’s services in 2021 in England.
