Rural Services Network and Young Somerset – April 2020

by Graham Biggs and Nik Harwood
Article published at

Recently we’ve been examining the challenges that rural pupils face in accessing further education and training. Since then, the country has faced unprecedented disruption from the coronavirus outbreak. Frontline workers are rightly focusing on saving lives and stemming the spread of the virus. But the crisis has also thrown into the spotlight an issue which we have been campaigning on for years: rural connectivity.

Rural Services Network and Young Somerset – March 2020

by Graham Biggs and Nik Harwood
Article published at

Paying to learn – an unacceptable situation

Last week, to mark Rural Vulnerability Day 2020, we argued that despite its rhetoric, the Government is not doing enough to ‘level-up’ further educational opportunities for young people in rural areas.

Rural Services Network and Young Somerset – March 2020

by Graham Biggs and Nik Harwood
Article published at

#LevellingUp The British Countryside – We’re not doing enough to make it the greatest place in the world to grow up