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APPG for Education Meeting on “Does science education equip our young people for the workplace?”

On 27 January 2015 the APPG for Education was delighted to host a meeting on the question of whether science provision in schools equips our young people for the workplace. The Group was addressed by Andrew Miller MP, Chair of the Commons Science and Technology Select Committee, Amanda Spielman, Chair of Ofqual, and Katherine Mathieson, Director of Programmes …

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Does science education equip our young people for the workplace?

On Tuesday 27th January 2015 at 4pm the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Education will discuss whether current STEM education in UK schools properly equips our young people for careers in the sciences. In November, the Secretary of State for Education, Nicky Morgan MP, was both lauded and criticised for suggesting that young people should steer …

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