Teaching 21st century skills
Towards a new paradigm of practical education for all.
This New Statesman round table, was sponsored by the practical and vocational learning foundation, Edge. Participants debated why the UK seems to fail to give practical, vocational or "soft" skills the kind of importance that they deserve and how we can improve the way they are delivered by offering opportunities for young people to have real work experiences in real workplaces.
Round table participants
Stephen Alambritis
Senior director, Federation of Small Businesses
John Bangs
Director of education and equal opportunities, NUT
Keith Brooker
Group director, markets and products, City & Guilds
Paul Collard
National director,Creative Partnerships
Mark Emmerson
Headteacher, Stoke Newington Secondary School
Sir Geoff Hampton
Director, Midlands Leadership Centre, University of Wolverhampton
Gary Harlock
Regional training manager, Toyota (GB) plc
Jacqui Harvey
Head of education, HM Prison Holloway
Nick Hindle
Director of communications, McDonald's
Fiona Mactaggart MP
Education and Skills Select Committee
Andy Powell
Chief executive officer, Edge
Bill Rammell MP
Minister of state for lifelong learning, further and higher education
Jenni Russell (Chair)
Writer, commentator and broadcaster
Simon Tucker
Head of Launchpad; associate director, Young Foundation
