NEETs are one of the great dilemmas of the German economy: on the one hand, it needs more specialists; but on the other, it is witnessing the increase of a population that has little or no training.

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I really enjoyed my new EDSK podcast with Dr Sally Burtonshaw and MsEmilyHunt about pupil absence rates in England, but it's worth noting that this problem is being felt all around the world.

Listen to Sally and Emily's insights here:
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As we explained in our EDSK report last month, a future government trying to retrospectively add VAT to school fees that were pre-paid before the next election could face numerous legal obstacles.

Read our report here:
edsk.org/publications/o…

📽️RECORDING📽️

Jess Staufenberg quizzes Institute for Fiscal Studies's Luke Sibieta & EDSK 's Tom Richmond on their respective reports on Labour's plan to add VAT to private school fees, and the policy in general

Watch on the link below👇and let us know your thoughts!
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Loic Menzies Amanda Moorghen Voice 21 Oracy AQi Agreed - very interesting.

We described something akin to a comparative judgement exercise for the compulsory oral exams for Year 12 students that we proposed in our EDSK report last year (pages 57-59).

TL:DR - teachers would rank all students in a subject based on a

🗣️Our Associate Director for Social Mobility and Vulnerable Learners, MsEmilyHunt, joined EDSK for their latest #insideyoured podcast on school absence.

🔊Listen to the full podcast below:

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Food for thought: EDSK’s Inside Your Ed latest podcast: Why are so many pupils still absent from school?
Dr Sally Burtonshaw & MsEmilyHunt join @tom_richmond to discuss the stubbornly high absence rates in England, and what can be done about it.
edsk.org/inside-your-ed…

Really enjoyed discussing the data, research and policy on pupil absence with the excellent Dr Sally Burtonshaw and podcast supremo Tom Richmond for the new EDSK #insideyoured episode. Hoping to do further Education Policy Institute research on absence, one of the biggest challenges facing edu

Great to discuss mine & Ed Dorrell's recent attendance research on parental attitudes to attendance, the latest data (spoiler, it's not looking great) & recent DfE's recent announcements as part of moving the dial. Thanks MsEmilyHunt Education Policy Institute for fascinating insight.

🚨NEW PODCAST EPISODE🚨

Why are so many pupils still absent from school?

Dr Sally Burtonshaw and MsEmilyHunt joined us on #insideyoured to discuss why absence rates in England remain stubbornly high, and what can be done about it.

🎧edsk.org/inside-your-ed…

Alison's proposal for 'a smaller [apprenticeship] levy on more companies' also matches our recent EDSK call for an 'apprenticeships and skills levy' paid by almost all employers at 0.4% of payroll costs.

Summary of our report:
edsk.org/publications/c…