Based on research commissioned by the Gatsby Foundation, this report examines the impact of the new systems of vocational qualifications and provoked a lively debate in the letters pages of the Financial Times.

An edited version of a major one day conference hosted by the Centre for Economic Performance ahead of the Birmingham G8 Summit in May. Contributors include:Rt Hon. David Blunkett, Secretary of State for Education and Employment; Jacques Delors, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Harvard Business School; and...

Robinson raises a series of questions about the Government's priorities, challenging the key policies of target-setting and raising average achievement. (The Times). This report, which attracted much media coverage, examines many of the commonly held assumptions about educational standards in...