Another promise to improve vocational education in Britain
From a prime minister with a classics degree
IN 1896 A delegation of businessmen travelled from Manchester to Germany to learn the secrets of its industrial success. The answer, they reckoned, lay in Germany’s superior system of technical education. “It is high time”, they argued, “the effort was made in this country to give our youth the educational advantages enjoyed by their rivals abroad.”
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “How the other half learns”
Britain October 3rd 2020
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- The battle over London’s road closures
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- Another promise to improve vocational education in Britain
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- Rewilding in the Scottish Highlands
- The Tories launch a culture war
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