Brexit – How education foodservice and catering operations can prepare
Oliver Hall, Managing Director at allmanhall, independently owned food procurement experts, looks at the potential impact of Brexit on the foodservice sector with advice on how to become as agile as possible in these uncertain times… Whilst Brexit negotiations continue in earnest, it is difficult for those of us on the outside to see what […]
OPINION: Hike in visa costs stemming flow of foreign teachers to UK schools
Emma Roberts, Director of teacher recruitment and retention specialist Teach In, discusses the changing immigration landscape ahead of Brexit and its impact on the UK teacher recruitment shortage… Under new government immigration policy implemented ahead of Brexit, the cost of a UK visa for both EU and non-EU citizens has soared [3] – primarily due […]
Grammar school plans scrapped
Theresa May’s plans to expand Grammar schools through England have officially been scrapped, after the policy was omitted from the Queen’s Speech. During the speech, the Queen said the Government would “look at all options” for new schools moving forward. However there was no indication to remove the current ban on selective school expansion. Also […]
Guest Blog, John Aguilar: Celebrating diversity, language and culture…
Here in the UK, languages have always been ‘in shortage’. Reports repeatedly highlight (and often note as ‘alarming’) the deficit of language learners and teachers. Unfortunately it seems that the importance and the wonder of being able to communicate in a second, third or even fourth language is overlooked, particularly by children of an impressionable […]
Brexit could lead to struggle in recruiting international students…
If the UK does decide to leave the EU after a vote is cast in the EU referendum on June 23, a report from the international student recruitment company, Hobsons, has declared that UK universities could find it difficult to attract international students. Almost half (47 per cent) of the 1,763 students who expressed their […]