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The Longest Note of Caution in History?
MP Gerald Kaufman famously labelled the 1983 Labour General Election Manifesto "The longest suicide note in history." The 39-page booklet...
Jul 5, 2024
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Why UK Governments Don't Invest in Infrastructure and the Built Environment - and How to Fix This
This week, the response from both the education and construction sectors was that the 2024 Budget had done little to help them. Amongst...
Mar 8, 2024
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No more going to RAAC and Ruin?
The Department for Education (DfE) announced yesterday (8 February) that it will remove Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC)...
Feb 9, 2024
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Transforming Victoria: A Makeover Story at Blackburn College
In April 2021, the Department for Education (DfE) announced it would collaborate with 16 colleges to address their estate issues. These...
Jan 26, 2024
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The Case for a National Social Infrastructure Authority
Last week the National Audit Office published two reports: The Condition of school buildings as well as a Department for Education:...
Jul 7, 2023
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Do the Government's Ideas Add Up?
The DfE Loans Scheme is a Short Term Sticking Plaster Last year's ONS reclassification of FE Colleges as 'public sector' will have many...
Apr 28, 2023
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Big Sustainability Contract Announced Plus... Let's Fix Further and Higher Ed!
DfE announces £3.9 million sustainability contract The Department for Education (DfE) is proposing to task a consultant organisation to...
Apr 14, 2023
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How to innovate (but first, how not to innovate)
Do not log on! A friend of MabelSpace's recounts a story from her early 2000s school days. Her group would wait outside the computer room...
Mar 31, 2023
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Reclassification and Free Schools Pains plus the NI Horror Show
Horrific Cuts in Northern Ireland The BBC reports that further education colleges and universities could face "horrific" funding cuts of...
Mar 10, 2023
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DfE Cash, this time no questions asked
Capital Transformation Fund Announcement The Department for Education has announced that circa £285m of its FE Capital Transformation...
Mar 3, 2023
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