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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.

  • The Post-16 White Paper: Where Are We Now?

    27 March 2026 by Rhiannon Tuckett-Jones
  • Health Education and Training: evidence sessions summary

    13 March 2026 by Rhiannon Tuckett-Jones
  • Autumn Budget 2025: What it means for Higher Education

    28 November 2025 by Rhiannon Tuckett-Jones
  • 30 April 2026

    Parliamentary Launch Event: Construction Technical Excellence College (CTEC) for the South East

    Policy Connect is partnering with Kent Further Education (KFE) to host a Westminster reception formally launching the vision and ambition of the South East Construction Technical…
  • 18 May 2026

    Skills Commission Report Launch: “Earning or Learning”

    Policy Connect’s Skills Commission is hosting a parliamentary event to launch Earning or Learning: A New Agenda for Youth NEET Reduction. The report draws on…
  • 3 March 2026

    Post-16 Skills Strategy Deep Dive with Minister for Skills Baroness Smith

    The Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper introduced transformative reforms including V-Levels, Technical Excellence Colleges, and the Lifelong Learning Entitlement.
  • Policy Connect publishes Interim Report on Higher Education Commission inquiry into healthcare education and training

    10 March 2026
  • 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
  • Skills in the Age of AI

    28 May 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