All-Party Parliamentary Group for Skills & Employment

Programme 2020: Skills for recovery and inclusive growth

Following the Group's AGM we are currently implementing our forward programme of events and policy activity which will focus on the role of FE and skills in the post-COVID-19 recovery and inclusive growth.

FETL’s 2019 Summer Symposium explored the role of technology in FE and its potential to transform every aspect of teaching, learning and the education environment.

 Lords Committee cites investing in FE and lifelong learning as crucial for securing intergenerational fairness

I'm extremely conscious that a great deal of the our output relating to Brexit has simply been to point out how much time it has been taking up in the parliamentary calendar. As the nation's eyes are drawn towards Westminster, it is important to assess the impact Brexit is likely to have on FE.

There has been plenty of discussion as to what Brexit could mean for HE, as we have written extensively about, but comparatively little discussion in relation to FE, which perhaps somewhat mirrors the under-prioritisation of FE in political discourse more generally.