Summary
Boris Johnson has promised “radical” changes to the education system in England to help boost the post-Covid economy. Adam is joined by the BBC’s Vicki Young and former government advisor, Tom Richmond, to talk about how it might work.
Producers: Ben Weisz, Sej Asar Output Editor: Frankie Tobi Assistant Editor: Sam Bonham
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:04.6 | Hello, today one of the big stories was about skills |
| 0:08.6 | and people going to college at any age. |
| 0:12.1 | So allow me to introduce you to somebody |
| 0:14.2 | who has done just that. |
| 0:15.5 | It's Nikki Sampson, owner of Curl Confidence Salon |
| 0:19.1 | in Shrewsbury. |
| 0:20.1 | Hello, Nikki. |
| 0:21.0 | Hello. |
| 0:21.9 | Right, tell me you're a story. |
| 0:23.0 | What were you doing? |
| 0:24.0 | And then why did you go back to further education |
| 0:27.2 | as we're meant to call it? |
| 0:28.7 | Well, I was and had been for the sort of 10 years |
| 0:31.6 | plus being in Admin, starting off as a reception |
| 0:35.2 | and then working up to being PA. |
| 0:38.2 | It was the struggles of having curly hair, which sounds mad, |
| 0:42.2 | but if you have curly hair, it's very difficult |
| 0:45.2 | to find a hairdresser who knows how to cut it |
| 0:47.9 | because it's not taught in this country |
| 0:49.8 | to treat curly hair any different. |
| 0:51.8 | So to cut along the story short, |
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