Policy Connect

This summer is an important one for planning the country’s future infrastructure needs. The National Infrastructure Assessment (NIA) will, according to the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC), ‘analyse the UK’s long-term economic infrastructure needs, outline a strategic vision over the next 30 years, and set out recommendations for how identified needs should be met.’

Tackling mental health problems in children and young people: the importance of early intervention. A joint event by the All-Party Parliamentary Health Group and CLOSER, the home of longitudinal research

In September 2017, the UK Government launched the Green Finance Taskforce. This brought together leaders from the financial sector to make recommendations on accelerating the growth of green finance in the UK. The recommendations were published in March 2018 but were, as the Chair of the Taskforce Sir Roger Gifford wrote in his preface, “the beginning, not the end of this work”.

Together with the Edge Foundation, the APGSE will host a discussion on the possibilities of new technical and vocational learning pathways in Higher Education provision.

Climate change is already having a substantive effect on the international economy, as well as to society and the biosphere. By 2030, it is estimated that the costs associated with adapting to a shift in global temperatures of just 2 percent could cost between $70 and $100 per year.

Technology has the potential to transform learning and unlock opportunity for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Yet schools need support to take advantage of this technology effectively. And, with the majority of children with Education Health and Care Plans educated in mainstream, every school needs to take up the challenge of using technology in SEND.

The APPGAT is delighted to welcome the American-based Assistive Technology Industry Association (ATIA) to parliament, along with the British Assistive Technology Association (BATA), to discuss international cooperation, and share ideas for policy engagement.