We are fortunate to have many amazing guests on our weekly chat. This week we are joined by Prof Jackie Carter from University of Manchester. It is a thoroughly enjoyable chat. Jackie offers some amazing insights into her own education journey and how these have influenced the work she undertakes with undergraduates. She strongly believes that tech and digital industries needs to include greater diversity of thought and much of this can come from those interested in social sciences rather than just STEM subjects. Stan kicks things off by explaining how he has interrogated some data from Ofsted that Frank secured through an FOI request. He discovered that there is one month this academic year where there was a tenfold increase in the number of inadequate grades awarded for primary schools. Jackie then explains why she is so keen to enable social science students into the world of work and Frank draws attention to some rather troubling figures from Ofqual regarding the chances of a GCSE or A Level grade being upgraded following an appeal. Jackie concludes the chat making clear what she would do if she was Secretary of State for Education for one day. I know we often comment on how brilliant our guests are but Jackie is truly one of the very best. Enjoy!!!

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