What does the future of education look like?

By 2021-07-02T09:51:00

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Searching for a silver lining in the clouds on the education horizon

After a year of marked peaks and troughs in the education landscape, deputy editor Lisa Clatworthy wonders what the future of the UK and Irish education systems looks like. While teachers report one of the most difficult terms in their time in the profession, data from the DfE and NFER suggest that numbers are on the up. What exactly does that mean for the future workplace?

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