Public First edu-team big day trip out to Festival of Education 🇬🇧 today - come and see us in the chapel at Wellington for a WHOLE DAY of debates (ft. Meg Price Will Yates)

based on our discussion yesterday, John already knows, at least roughly, the election results (from the exit poll)

'It's less “a new dawn has broken”, and more “I can see a speck of light at the end of the tunnel”. From Day 1 – from his first speech in the morning – Starmer needs to keep telling people that his plan is going to take time. By me, ce soir: labourlist.org/2024/07/exit-p…

Important message this morning from Meg Price and the team at Public First about the potential role and contribution of higher technical qualifications (HTQs) at Level 4 & Level 5 to deliver the new government's industrial strategy and ambitions for the economy #HigherEducation

Great to be at the Learning and Work Institute Employment and Skills Convention 2024 #EmpSkills24 very much looking forward to the rest of the day!

A little under two weeks before polling day, me and a crack team of PF researchers headed to Newark to find out what was *really* going on on the ground in the 2024 general election. 1/

New research by Public First finds that almost two thirds of jobs in the UK will be enhanced by AI in some way. It's brilliant to be working with Google on the AI Works initiative, as we start to seriously integrate this transformative tech into our daily lives.

🔔How can Labour upgrade homes for energy efficiency & clean heat? NEW research from Public First outlines the challenges & decisions facing the new govt, & sets out a politically relevant, feasible route for delivering Labour’s pledge. 🧵& report link in final post. 1/22

🚨Labour faces tough choices this parliament in how to best use its £13.2bn to upgrade homes 🚨New Public First report from myself and Amy Norman setting out key challenges and what actions the new gov should take

Today, Jess and I, along with our friends at University of Warwick, are publishing a detailed report looking at the highly topical question: just what does happen if a university goes bust?

Last October we published our landmark public attitudes to tuition fees report - which set out just how hard increasing student fees was going to be for an incoming Labour government

We've made another big policy spreadsheet - this time to cover progress on the missions! It tracks the new boards, bodies and bills related to each mission, and we'll be updating it regularly. Oliver Bater did all the work - thanks Olly! t.ly/0lbtW

Oliver Bater has been doing a great job on the Public First mission tracker! Some interesting developments on economic growth, clean energy and opportunity missions. publicfirst.co.uk/public-first-g… Quick summary below...