Category Archives: Youth Issues

A call from Labour to encourage girls into STEM

Posted on May 3, 2022 by ianchisnall

Last Thursday when Parliament was closing down for a few days because of the Council elections that take place this Thursday a Labour MP raised an important STEM call which is shown below. The focus was on comments that have … Continue reading →

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A Government Minister endorses our Sussex LSIP

Posted on April 11, 2022 by ianchisnall

It was inspiring that on Friday the Sussex Chamber of Commerce published a series of documents that they have produced within their contribution for what is called the Local Skills Improvement Plan Trailblazer. The LSIP is a response directed to … Continue reading →

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Sussex MPs, add your LSIP support to Sally-Ann Hart

Posted on April 10, 2022 by ianchisnall

As I wrote yesterday in my blog, we have benefited from the LSIP documents which Sussex Chamber of Commerce has just published. The LSIP term relates to Local Skills Improvement Plan Trailblazer. The large number of people involved in its … Continue reading →

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Well done LSIP from Sussex Chamber of Commerce

Posted on April 9, 2022 by ianchisnall

On Friday at lunchtime, the Sussex Chamber of Commerce were able to publish a series of documents under the theme of the Local Skills Improvement Plan Trailblazer which is referred to as LSIP. The location is on their website here. … Continue reading →

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West Sussex has strongly improved children’s services

Posted on April 5, 2022 by ianchisnall

On Sunday this article was published in the Children and Young People Now magazine online, written by Nina Jacobs. It was focused on the call back in late 2019 for the “Plans to hand over control of children’s services in … Continue reading →

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The Governments tactic for females STEM workers

Posted on April 1, 2022 by ianchisnall

On Wednesday a question took place in the House of Commons involving Theresa Villiers who is the MP for Chipping Barnet. She was once the Minister of State for Transport, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and Secretary of State … Continue reading →

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BETT 2022 and Vince Cable in the same day

Posted on March 24, 2022 by ianchisnall

Yesterday I attended BETT 2022 to visit some of our suppliers and explore other brands and agencies that are operating within the educational sector. Our Company Ashdown Audio Visual works with a wide range of Schools, Colleges and several Universities … Continue reading →

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MPs please focus on COVID based Educational issues

Posted on March 21, 2022 by ianchisnall

There have been several comments that have emerged in the last few days on challenges that are impacting education in our Nation following on from our COVID implications. They seem to be focused on a number of settings across the … Continue reading →

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A clear call that Brexit has reduced our STEM focus

Posted on March 13, 2022 by ianchisnall

I spend time reading the various comments about STEM in both the House of Commons and the House of Lords. One of the reasons I do so is that I am a STEM Ambassador and I am very keen to … Continue reading →

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Is the Institutes of Technology a suitable way forward?

Posted on March 11, 2022 by ianchisnall

On Tuesday Robert Buckland who is the Conservative MP for South Swindon stated a motion in Parliament under the title of “Institutes of Technology (Royal Charter)” and his statement included a number of very significant issues. However the Institute of … Continue reading →

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