Bridgehead Communications @BridgeheadComms
Bridgehead Communications is a specialist marketing, public relations, and political communications consultancy. Joined January 2022-
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This month in ‘The Mark’, our FE and skills newsletter, we conducted interviews with both Lia Nici MP, former Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Levelling Up, and Jonathan Gullis MP, former Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for School Standards. gradecommunications.com/themark/bkv35t…
"While stringent sentencing maintains deterrence and incapacitates offenders, it fails to address the underlying causes of knife crime." @Elliscoughlan01, a consultant at @BridgeheadComms, on how a public health approach is key to knife crime reduction. commentcentral.co.uk/rethinking-kni…
The recently published results of Employer Survey 2022 highlight worrying increases in the proportion of employers reporting vacancies and skills gaps, reports @LukeBocock for @FEWeek. feweek.co.uk/worrying-workf…
The Labour Party is hoping to offer an affordable and credible proposal for the sector whilst avoiding claims from the Tories they are fiscally unreliable, reports Toby Helm and Michael Savage for the @guardian. theguardian.com/politics/2023/…
32 colleges have just voted ‘yes’ to strike action in the fight for fair pay and conditions. College bosses face 'unprecedented industrial unrest' unless teachers get their fair share of new FE funding, writes @DrJoGrady for @FEWeek. feweek.co.uk/teachers-must-…
A 62-year-old woman from Cambridgeshire was left severely visually impaired after an infection 12 years ago, and has said that because she could wash and dress herself, social care became "non-existent", reports @FoxNikkiFox for @BBCNews. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…
For @FENews, @AoC_info has welcomed commitments from Labour’s shadow education secretary to ensure education prepares learners for good jobs and careers while boosting maths learning across all ages. fenews.co.uk/education/coll…
England’s social care sector relies heavily on overseas workers to address labour shortages, but concerns are growing about migrant worker exploitation, reports @AnnaSophieGross and Delphine Strauss for the @FT. ft.com/content/a3caaa…
The Advanced British Standard (ABS) is “not the end of T Levels, which will be the backbone of the new qualification”, writes Robert Halfon MP, Minister for skills, #apprenticeships, and higher education for @FEWeek. feweek.co.uk/t-levels-the-b…
A national care service would transform the lives of millions of people, as well as dramatically improving the careers and fortunes of workers delivering vital support, @unisontheunion argued on Monday. unison.org.uk/news/2023/10/s…
The new Coalition of Frontline Care for People Nearing the End of Life, including @CareEngland, the @GeriSoc and @GSFCentre, is calling for enhanced training in end of life care for UK health and social care workers, reports Gemma Lloyd for @HCareInsight. homecareinsight.co.uk/social-care-or…
Further education colleges will be able to bid to become specialist ‘technical excellence colleges’ under a Labour government, Keir Starmer will announce at his party’s annual conference on Tuesday, reports @shanechowen for @FEWeek. feweek.co.uk/starmer-to-int…
Over 500 jobseekers attended a jobs fair in Reading that included 25 employers in social care as part of a drive by the @DWPgovuk to boost hiring for the sector ahead of the winter season, reports @FENews. fenews.co.uk/employability/…
"Ukraine can only sustain its defence with American support." @Elliscoughlan01, Political and Media Consultant at @BridgeheadComms, on how #US support for #Ukraine is a strategic imperative. commentcentral.co.uk/ukraine-is-a-v…
Greater Manchester’s councils have spent more than £123 million on social care staff from agencies since 2020, a Freedom of Information request by the Local Democracy Reporting Service has found, reports @GLythgoeNews for @WigToday. wigantoday.net/news/politics/…
Six in ten school leavers are considering skipping university and going straight into work or an apprenticeship – with 46 percent of those hoping to secure a “green job”, reports @Daily_Express. express.co.uk/news/nature/18…
Young carers are being pushed away from enlisting on the government’s “gold standard” T Levels due to strict rules that would cut off their access to benefits, reports Anviksha Patel for @FEWeek. feweek.co.uk/young-carers-p…
A plan for free social care in England will be at the centre of the Liberal Democrats' offer to voters at the party's annual conference in Bournemouth, where the party's leader Sir Ed Davey will pledge a care package worth £5bn a year, reports @BBCNews. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…
Research by @BPSOfficial and the @BASW_UK has found that councils in England lost over 500,000 working days to mental ill-health and stress among their social care staff last year, reports @CommunityCare. communitycare.co.uk/2023/09/19/cou…
New measures have been enshrined in law that will transform the student finance system reports @FENews. This will allow colleges and universities to charge different fees for courses for the first time. fenews.co.uk/fe-voices/the-…
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