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SKOPE’s engagement with DfE
Ewart Keep has been involved in events organised by the No.10 Policy Unit and the Resolution Foundation to explore current government ...
Keep appointed to the Skills Board of the Oxfordshire LEP
Ewart Keep has been appointed to the Skills Board of the Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership. This follows his involvement in the
Prof Ewart Keep contributes to the Edge Foundation’s debate on the first principles of vocational education in England
In an effort to bring together the debate and discussion on the philosophy of vocational education in England, The Edge Foundation ...
Professor Sue Maguire’s podcast on NEET young people in the UK
Professor Sue Maguire (Honorary Professor at the Institute for Policy Research, University of Bath) gave a seminar on the 23rd of ...
ESRC Grand Union collaborative doctoral studentship with the Edge Foundation announced
The Centre on Skills, Knowledge & Economic Performance (SKOPE) at the Department of Education is awarding an ESRC collaborative ...
New blog post by Prof Ewart Keep
Ewart Keep has posted a new blog on the ongoing apprenticeship reforms in England. In it, he explores a number of issues that are ...
Prof Ken Mayhew and Dr Craig Holmes on the economics of Higher Education
This paper, published in the Oxford Review of Economic Policy argues that where governments have long considered HE to be silver bullet
New SKOPE Research Paper published on skills utilisation
SKOPE has just published its latest research paper on skills utilisation. The Research paper, by Ewart Keep, is number 123 in the ...
New CIPD Report Published- Where next for Apprenticeships?
Dr Susan James Relly and Prof Ewart Keep have contributed to a CIPD policy report entitled ‘Where next for ...
Prof Ken Mayhew and Dr Craig Holmes cited in Guardian opinion piece
In a Guardian opinion piece titled ‘What the great degree rip-off means for graduates: low pay and high debt’, Adita ...
Limits of exploitation? Consideration of the utility of progression pathways for workforce development- A new SKOPE Issues Paper by Gary Morris, CBE
In this short paper, the complexity of progression pathways in the development of workforce development within organizations is ...
New SKOPE Issues Paper by Gary Morris, CBE is now available
Against a background of falling employer investment in education and training the Government has supported the growth of independent ...
