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The Importance of Mentors – Shahida Aslam
I’ve been with the Helena Kennedy Foundation (HKF) for nearly eight years. My journey, like that of many people, was guided by my parents, who instilled the importance of education. And so I went to school, to college, and then to university. That was my parents’ plan, but after I finished my degree, I was […]
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“Why ‘levelling up’ in education is the key to sustainable growth” – Dr Julie Mills OBE
It’s incredibly exciting to think that the government has recognised the potential for economic expansion over the next few decades in this region. Its most recently released think-piece on the subject came out a few weeks ago. The snappily-titled Planning for sustainable growth in the Oxford-Cambridge Arc – An introduction to the Oxford-Cambridge Arc Spatial […]
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Post-qualification admissions and further education: the time is now
“The Government’s consultation on moving to a system of post-qualification admissions seeks to address the urgent need to ‘level up the current university admissions system.’ The contributions in HEPI’s timely and excellent report Where next for university admissions? highlight a number of angles on this long-considered issue. Of particular relevance to the aim of levelling up is […]
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HKF Alumna Maleeka Bokhari honoured as Young Global Leader for 2021
Maleeka Bokhari, an alumna of the Helena Kennedy Foundation, has been honoured as one of the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders for 2021. Maleeka, who is the Parliamentary Secretary for Law and a justice barrister in her native Pakistan, joins a dynamic community of more than 1400 members from 120 nationalities, who will work […]