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Education & Skills

The Education and Skills team at Policy Connect provides the secretariat for the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Skills, Careers & Employment, the Skills Commission and the Higher Education Commission. The team’s vision is for a skills and post-16 education system that reduces inequalities, promotes employability, and drives growth. The tertiary system must work together to tackle skills gaps and deliver opportunities for all.

  • Autumn Budget 2025: What it means for Higher Education

    28 November 2025 by Rhiannon Tuckett-Jones
  • First Reactions: Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper

    27 October 2025
  • Conference Season Roundup: Skills Politics in a Post-Reshuffle Landscape

    6 October 2025 by Alyson Hwang
  • 25 February 2026

    Health Education and Training Evidence Session: Educational Innovation and Workforce Readiness

    This is the third and final evidence session, part of the Higher Education Commission’s and All-Party Parliamentary Group for Health’s (APHG) inquiry into health education…
  • 9 February 2026

    Health Education and Training Evidence Session: Regional Delivery and Local Partnerships

    This is the second evidence session, part of the Higher Education Commission’s and All-Party Parliamentary Group for Health’s (APHG) inquiry into health education and training.…
  • 28 January 2026

    Health Education and Training Evidence Session: National Strategy and System Leadership 

    This is the first evidence session, part of the Higher Education Commission’s and All-Party Parliamentary Group for Health’s (APHG) inquiry into health education and training.
  • Skills Commission attendees posing for photo

    Policy Connect publishes Interim Report on “Earning or Learning” inquiry, reviewing evidence on how to support young people into work, education and training

    17 December 2025
  • The Future of Careers Policy: Progress and Priorities

    5 December 2025
  • Earning or Learning: West Midlands Evidence Session

    3 December 2025
  • Skills 2030

    Building A World-Class Skills System
    24 April 2024
  • Digitally enhanced blended learning

    leveraging the benefits of technology in Higher Education
    20 March 2024
  • Higher Technical Qualifications

    How to liberate employers and skill workers for the future
    29 September 2023
  • Empowering Innovation

    The role of universities in boosting regional economies
    2 March 2022