Ewart Keep, in partnership with the Association of Colleges (AoC) , has authored a timely and insightful publication on the marketisation of Further Education (FE) in England. Funded by the Further Education Trust for Leadership (FETL), this publication highlights the complex realities of Further Education , considers the issues raised by increased marketisation in FE, […]

Ewart Keep has been involved in events organised by the No.10 Policy Unit and the Resolution Foundation to explore current government plans for T levels and apprenticeships.  Keep is engaged in on-going discussions with the Department for Education (DfE) and No.10 on how best to improve the quality of learning in the workplace – a […]

Ewart Keep has been appointed to the Skills Board of the Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership.  This follows his involvement in the work of two Greater London Authority (GLA) task-and-finish groups that were set up to help support the development of a skills strategy for London.

In an effort to bring together the debate and discussion on the philosophy of vocational education in England, The Edge Foundation (@ukedge) has conducted a series of consultations and roundtable discussions, bringing together members of the academic community , and policy practitioners alike. The Edge Foundation (@ukedge) published a report on the 27th of June, […]

Professor Sue Maguire (Honorary Professor at the Institute for Policy Research, University of Bath) gave a seminar on the 23rd of October, 2017 , as part of the University of Oxford’s Department of Education’s Public Seminar series. If “The Youth of the Country are the Trustees of Posterity” (Benjamin Disraeli, 1845), do we need to […]

The Centre on Skills, Knowledge & Economic Performance (SKOPE) at the Department of Education is awarding an ESRC collaborative doctoral studentship in one of the following areas: skills and their interaction with the labour market, work and the productive process; science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) instruction and use in the labour market; vocational education […]

Ewart Keep has posted a new blog on the ongoing apprenticeship reforms in England.  In it, he explores a number of issues that are liable to prove critical to the success of the reform process, and reflects on the potential reaction of employers to the changes that are planned. The blog can be found here. […]

This paper, published in the Oxford Review of Economic Policy argues that where governments have long considered HE to be silver bullet for economic growth, there now needs to be a a more realistic approach that is considered. The paper calls for further consideration into alternative ways of preparing for entry into the labour market, and that […]

SKOPE has just published its latest research paper on skills utilisation.  The Research paper, by Ewart Keep, is number 123 in the series and is entitled Improving Skills utilisation in the UK – some reflections on what, who and how?  It tries to sum up what we know on the topic and to offer some […]