Event Summary This week the Pearson Centre for Policy and Learning kicked off its 2012 series of Hot Breakfast briefings with a look at what’s happening in school policy. The last few months have seen a series of important developments for schools covering funding, ‘league’ tables, inspection changes and the National Curriculum. With schools seemingly... Read on

Launch event summary: On Friday 3rd February Demos launched a new research paper on the future of higher education in England. The paper entitled ‘Future Universities’, supported by the Pearson Centre for Policy and Learning, explores how recent Government reforms could be modified in order to protect and promote the following three ‘principles of success’... Read on

Following the success of first education Tweet-up held in November, the Pearson Centre for Policy and Learning (@PearsonCPL) and EducationInvestor magazine (@EduInvestor) held its second successful #WeTweetEd #2 event last evening at Learning Without Frontiers at Olympia in London last night. #WeTweetEd #2 debated what we need to do to keep driving education technology forward,... Read on

  A Pearson Centre for Policy and Learning and RSA Projects roundtable As the gloomy statistics for economic growth and youth unemployment continue, many are turning to the Further Education sector as a crucial part of the solution. But what does this mean for the prospects of students (and staff) in a sector that many... Read on

Event Summary Chancellor’s Autumn Statement: Are you feeling any better?  With ongoing concerns about low levels of growth and high levels of unemployment, many people are turning to the education system for solutions. But with long timescales, tightening budgets and sweeping changes, the best way forward remains unclear. We had three presentations. First Steve Besley from... Read on

Event Summary On Monday 14 of November the Pearson Centre for Policy and Learning, in collaboration with the Education and Employers Taskforce, hosted an event to share some of the findings emerging from phase one of its ongoing research project into enterprise and entrepreneurship education. As Governments across the world work to close the gap... Read on

Event Summary Dear tweeters, The Pearson Centre for Policy and Learning and EducationInvestor magazine held an education tweet-up on November 3rd. In attendance were  some influential education tweeters. The debate: • Are education tweets only really interesting to education journalists? • Would any self-respecting teacher use Facebook to teach students? • Are professors using LinkedIn for research? •... Read on

Event summary Technicians and Progression: Launch of the Skills Commission’s report into technician and higher level skills, Thursday 13 October, 3.30-5pm, House of Lords Terrace. This project was supported by The Pearson Centre for Policy and Learning, the Gatsby Foundation and the Tec Trust. The result of six months hard work and consultation with a... Read on

Event Summary The Pearson Centre for Policy and Learning, in collaboration with Ewan McIntosh and Tom Barrett from digital and education consultancy company NoTosh, is about to publish new research into how social media can be used to support teachers’ professional development. The research includes: • case studies of teachers and heads who are effectively... Read on

The second annual Education and Employers research conference takes place  around the theme of ‘Exploring social mobility and delivery mechanisms in international perspective’, at the University of Warwick. A few places are still available. Keynote speakers include: Professor Robert Schwartz (Academic Dean and Professor of Practice of Educational Policy, HarvardGraduate School of Education), lead author, Pathways... Read on