Matching demand

As part of the Labour Party's policy review, it is looking at how a stronger focus on creativity can be promoted in a revised national curriculum, as well as trying to ensure that they might increasingly build the link between skills and industry so that the British education system matches dem...

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Published in:New statesman (1996) 2012-07, p.4-5
Main Authors: Twigg, Stephen, Jarvis, Dan
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
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Summary:As part of the Labour Party's policy review, it is looking at how a stronger focus on creativity can be promoted in a revised national curriculum, as well as trying to ensure that they might increasingly build the link between skills and industry so that the British education system matches demand. This article highlights examples of Labour's commitment to promoting creativity during their last period of office (the academies programme, In Harmony, and Creative Partnerships), and suggests that the current Government's approach to education is stuck in the 1950s. (Quotes from original text)
ISSN:1364-7431