The CBI’s submission to the Post-18 Education and Funding Review

The review of post-18 education and funding represents a rare and welcome opportunity to look at England’s education system as a whole, rather – as if often the case – just looking at higher education or further education in isolation.

Considering rising skills needs, for the UK to thrive post-Brexit and develop an effective industrial strategy, it is critically important that we create the right conditions for high-level skills. This is CBI’s vision for how that can be achieved through the government’s post-18 review.

Business has a positive and essential contribution to make to this debate, both helping young people navigate a rapidly changing world, but also working in partnership with the higher and further education sectors to build an education system that develops the future talent the UK economy needs.

A successful post-18 education system must be one which prepares all our young people, regardless of background, for the changing world of work. As well as educ