Covid-19 Resources: Education blogs
Covid-19 Resources will be updated regularly through this period of unprecedented social and economic disruption. If you want to get in touch to discuss any of this work, then please drop us a line at askies@employment-studies.co.uk
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Youth employment challenges in a post Covid-19 recession - is education the best protection?
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?
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Career leaders can help young people navigate an uncertain future
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.
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Why are nurseries in financial trouble? An explainer
Helena Takala and Anneka Dawson, provide an overview of Early Years funding and why it matters, highlighting the need for policy makers to prioritise children's outcomes and bridging the disadvantage gap.
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We need to start using the C word! Why career guidance needs to be at the heart of our response to Covid-19
Guest blog author Professor Tristram Hooley considers why career guidance needs to be at the heart of a post Covid-19 labour market response.
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What are the long-term impacts for people who graduate into a recession?
In her latest blog, Becci Newton considers the career prospects for graduates entering the labour market in a Covid-19 recession.
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Are apprenticeships the way out of this 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.
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The role of T Levels and Industry Placements in helping young people to weather the storm
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.
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The role of T Levels and Industry Placements in helping young people to weather the storm
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.
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This A Level scoring system is running counter to long standing policy aims: are we increasing the scarring that the Covid 2020 generation will experience?
Becci Newton argues that this year's controversial A Level scoring system is running counter to the long standing policy aims of the qualification.
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Supporting A level students into higher education in 2020 – some rays of light and an idea to ponder?
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.
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Nursery closures will hurt disadvantaged children the most - targeted funding and a long-term Early Years strategy are needed now
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.
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The slipper revolution
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.
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Research during a pandemic: Evaluating interventions in the early years with nursery and school disruption
Anneka Dawson details how IES has managed to continue research evaluations for nurseries and schools during the unprecedented disruption of Covid-19.
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Tackling Educational Inequality and the Digital Divide: Reflections on the IES report for the OVO Foundation on education inequality in the early years
To accompany their new research into education inequality in the early years, Georgie Akehurst and Anneka Dawson highlight the need for immediate government action to tackle the digital divide exacerbated by Covid-19.
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How can speech and language therapists help nurseries catch up this year?
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.
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Research during a pandemic 2: How has our research in pre-16 education gone this summer?
Anneka Dawson reflects on the progress made with early years research projects undertaken during a succession of lockdowns, detailing how the adaptation of evaluation methods can help research be more resilient in the future.
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How speech and language therapists have supported early years practitioners during the pandemic
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.