Applying the Robbins Principle to Further Education and Apprenticeships Steering economic change 24 October 2023 by Richard Layard and Sandra McNally and Guglielmo Ventura Britain does well at higher education, and badly for its non-graduates. The main problem is our failure to train more people when they are young. Shockingly, 30 per cent of 18 year olds are not in education or training – many more than in our competitor countries. Low skills for this group are a major … Continued READ MORE