Inside Your Ed

Tom Richmond
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Inside Your Ed

This podcast takes a look inside the latest stories from across the education system in England including schools, colleges, universities and apprenticeships. Hosted by @Tom_Richmond.

  1. DEC 4

    Can a new education institute help politicians make better policies?

    When it feels like every voter and politician has their own opinion on how to run the education system in England, wouldn’t it be nice if there was a credible, independent, evidence-led organisation that provided balanced information to politicians, government officials and the public on how to solve some of the biggest policy challenges.Well, as luck would have it, a new institute called the Centre for Education Systems, or CES, was officially launched in November. The CES has been set ...

    29 min

  2. NOV 20

    Will the Lifelong Learning Entitlement ever become a reality?

    Nuclear fusion offers the tantalising prospect of being a potentially limitless source of clean and self-sustaining energy, but, as the old joke goes, nuclear fusion is always 30 years away, and has been for decades.I’m starting to get the same feeling about the Lifelong Learning Entitlement, or LLE, which was first floated back in 2019 as a new way of funding Further and Higher Education courses in England.But the LLE took years to develop and it wasn’t until 2022 that the Conservative gover...

    37 min

  3. NOV 7

    Do tuition fees and student loans need 'major reform'?

    On November 4th, Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson confirmed that, for the first time since 2017, university tuition fees in England will rise from £9,250 to £9,535 for full-time undergraduates. The maximum maintenance loan available to students to cover their living costs will also increase by around 3%.Although these changes will do little to allay concerns about the long-term financial health of both universities and students, Bridget Philipson also said that the government would anno...

    36 min

  4. OCT 23

    Do we need to overhaul how maths is taught and assessed?

    If you were asked to pick out a success story from the last 14 years of education policy, I’m sure some people would point to England’s rise in the international rankings for global tests such as PISA. In 2022, England came 11th for maths, up from 27th in 2009.That’s why I was intrigued to see recent reports claim that the way we teach and assess maths needs to be overhauled to make up for several perceived problems.One of those reports came from the Royal Society’s Mathematical Futures proje...

    41 min

  5. OCT 9

    Has the 'Growth and Skills Levy' set off in the right direction?

    The most significant education policy launched at last month’s Labour Party conference was the release of new details about the Growth and Skills Levy, which is set to replace the existing apprenticeship levy as a way of funding apprenticeships and other forms of training.The government claims they will boost opportunities for young people through what they describe as an “ambitious” set of reforms courtesy of their new Growth and Skills Levy.But how ambitious are the government’s plans in re...

    34 min

  6. SEP 26

    GCSE resits: should we keep them, reform them or scrap them?

    It is hard not to raise an eyebrow when a government policy is described by some as a ‘vital lifeline’ for students, while others describe the same policy as ‘demoralising’ and ‘soul destroying’.The GCSE resits policy, which has been in place since 2014, continues to divide opinion among academics, researchers, school and college leaders and the frontline staff who support those students who must retake English and Maths GCSEs after not passing their exams first time around.So what is the thi...

    29 min

  7. SEP 12

    Why are so many people talking about 'tertiary education'?

    Although complaints from universities about a perceived lack of funding continue to attract plenty of media attention, some very interesting shifts in policy thinking that are potentially more significant than simple questions about money are already underway.Several countries such as Australia, Wales, Scotland and Ireland have begun to talk less about universities and colleges in isolation and instead talk more about ‘tertiary education’, with the aim of bringing universities and colleges cl...

    43 min

  8. AUG 28

    Can anyone or anything stop AI cheating in exams?

    Although this year’s exam season has largely passed without incident or drama, many exams and assessments throughout our education system are potentially facing their greatest ever threat in the form of ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence, or AI tools.When freely available websites and apps can write entire essays, projects, articles, poems and stories as well as produce art and music among other things, it presents a daunting challenge to the teachers, lecturers and institutions trying...

    33 min
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This podcast takes a look inside the latest stories from across the education system in England including schools, colleges, universities and apprenticeships. Hosted by @Tom_Richmond.

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    Tom Richmond
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2024
  • Episodes
    73
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