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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 November 2025

    The Future of Careers Policy: Progress and Priorities

    This event, convened by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Skills, Careers and Employment (APGSCE) in partnership with the Career Development Policy Group and Policy Connect,…
  • 10 November 2025

    NEET Inquiry – West Midlands Evidence Session

    The Skills Commission is hosting the latest evidence session in its NEET youth inquiry in the West Midlands on 10 November.
  • 21 October 2025

    First Reactions to Post-16 Skills White Paper

    Lauren Edwards MP, co-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Skills, Careers and Employment, is chairing a short online discussion to share initial reactions to…
  • Skills England – Priorities and Next Steps with Phil Smith CBE

    5 November 2025
  • Call for Evidence – Health Education and Training Inquiry

    14 October 2025
  • Higher Education Commission inquiry to examine how education and training pathways can support delivery of the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan

    6 September 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