Marsden: Labour government would debate TEF review

Labour’s national education service would not immediately spell the end of the Teaching Excellence Framework, according to the party’s shadow minister.

Just hours after the UK’s Supreme Court ruled that the prorogation of parliament was unlawful, Gordon Marsden—Labour’s shadow minister for further education, higher education and skills—confirmed that the as-yet-unpublished TEF review would be debated in parliament under a Labour government, despite looking to align further education and higher education under the party’s national education service.

Labour’s national education service would see education freely available regardless of age, employment status or previous educational experience.