Functional Skills Qualifications (FSQs) were designed to develop the English & maths skills needed for everyday life & work. The debate around FSQ efficacy has taken centre stage among vocational skills providers. Read about it here 👇
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In March, over 200 educators & sector experts from all corners of the UK gathered Alliance MBS to debate the future of assessment in education, as the sold-out Next Generation Assessment Conference kicked off for its second year. Read about it here 👇
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Our new report - Advancing British Standards? - released this week, uncovers the public’s attitudes towards 16-18 education, qualifications and apprenticeships, and explores ideas for reform through a baccalaureate-style system. Read it here 👇
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Join us on 20th May for our next event: Teacher externships/encounters in England – from a pilot to a national programme. We will be joined by Kerry Senatore from The Careers & Enterprise Company. For more details and to register 👇
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Read our blog post from our event Bacc to the Drawing Board 👇
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You can also read the report linked to the event here 👇
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Meena Wood Rethinking Assessment Professor Bill Lucas Alison Peacock Tom Richmond, EDSK

'We work in collaboration – we collaborate, communicate, persevere, organise, &we are always looking at them, the core skills, & making sure we’re following them. (UTC student)'
Our new Research Report Edge Future Learning: Lessons learned is out now
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Teacher externships in England – from a pilot to a national programme.
Read more from Cherakee Bradley, #RealWorldLearning consultant sharing how we took teacher externships from a pilot to a national programme.
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The Next Generation Assessment Shaping the Future Conference took place in March and welcomed over 200 delegates and speakers from across the UK. Watch the conference highlights including our panel debates and selected breakout sessions. 👇
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In our latest Learning from the Past report, Edge Researcher, Josh Patel explores the rise and fall of General/Liberal Studies in English Further Education. Read the report here 👇
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Read our latest blog post from Olly Newton on Lessons learned from the Edge Future Learning programme here: 👇👇
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Our thirteenth bulletin explores a how a lack of competitiveness, education and training can be overcome in different sectors. Read the bulletin here 👇
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Our brand new report - Advancing British Standards? - is out now!
We unveil findings from our poll of 2,000+ adults with Public First exploring 16-18 education, apprenticeships, and the Gov’s plans to introduce the ABS. Read the report here 👇
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Insightful piece here from Alison Wolf on what needs to change in post-16 education. On her point about the need for more maths skills, the public appears to be behind her - 65% support some kind of maths to 18 according to our new Public First polling tinyurl.com/2s4at8e8