Policy paths more travelled

The estimable National Centre for Vocational Education Research has updated its timeline of VET policy initiatives starting in 1980, to include last year, (the one-thing not updated as of yesterday was the headline).

And an extraordinary resource it is – setting out vast numbers of bright policy ideas that often shined but briefly.

The next time a minister announces a plan to fix stuff, consult the timeline – somebody will have tried something like it before.