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IFS Zooms In: The EconomyChildren and young people: your questions answered | Are the kids OK? #5This week, we turn the tables and put your questions to the experts.From childcare and early years, to schools, apprenticeships, and family life — listeners sent in brilliant questions on the challenges facing children and young people today.Helen Miller is joined by Christine Farquharson and guests Carey Oppenheim, Sam Freedman, Philip Augar, and Anne Longfield to discuss:- Should mothers be supported to stay at home rather than return to work?- Has YouTube made teaching harder for schools?- How can we encourage more fi...
2025-09-1146 min
IFS Zooms In: The EconomyIs further education treated as second class? | Are the kids OK? #3What happens after GCSEs, and how well does England’s education system support young people as they move into adulthood?The government’s Opportunity Mission sets out to “build skills for opportunity and growth,” aiming to give every young person a pathway that’s right for them. In practice, that means navigating a system divided between academic routes, like A levels and university, and technical or vocational routes, often delivered through further education colleges.In this episode of IFS Zooms In, Helen Miller is joined by Christine Farquharson (Associate Director, IFS) and Sir Philip Augar...
2025-08-2852 min
加尔讲英语【外刊英语精读】英国大学经费改革 | UK university fundingMinisters to overhaul university funding after long consultation漫长磋商后，英国政府大臣将改革大学经费政策Ministers are to pave the way for an overhaul of university funding, with tuition-fee cuts, a cap on student numbers for certain courses and minimum qualifications among the options being considered in a soon-to-be-published consultation.在即将发布的磋商文件中，英国政府各大臣将准备整改大学经费制度，整改措施将会考虑削减学费、限制某些专业的学生数量以及设置最低录取门槛等选项。The long-awaited consultation document, intended as a response to the Augar review of tertiary funding, is to list potential policies designed to lower the cost to the government of financing England’s student loan system, after ministers and advisers failed to settle on a central option.为回应菲利普·欧格做出的对高等教育经费问题的评估，在各大臣和顾问未能就某核心方案达成一致的情况下，这份公众翘首以待的磋商文件中将列出一些可行的政策，以降低英国政府经费学生贷款的成本。Divisions between No 10, the Department for Education and the Treasury over alternative policies means the consultation is to include what one sector leader called “a menu of unpalatable options” that have been argued over behind the scenes for several months.首相、教育部以及财政部在一些可选政策上存在分歧，也就意味着这份磋商文件将会是一个所谓的“劣质选项大杂烩”，关于这些劣质选项，相关部门已经闭门争论几个月了。The opt...
2024-12-2122 min
A Long Time In FinanceThe John Stonehouse AffairOn 21 November 1974, an obscure backbench MP, John Stonehouse, went for a swim off Miami Beach and disappeared. So began an extraordinary tale of banking fraud, money laundering, spying and identity theft, which unravelled over the following month, ending in Stonehouse's exposure and arrest and making him one of the most famous MPs in the world. Together with the author Philip Augar, we look at Stonehouse's political life and the extraordinary financial dealings that led to his disappearance.Presented by Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins.With Philip Augar.Produced and edited by Nick Hi...
2024-11-2223 min
Let's Go FurtherFE: how do we shift from rhetoric to action? In this episode, we’re speaking to the economist, academic, and life peer, Baroness Alison Wolf CBE, Non-Executive Director at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology since 2023. Author of the Wolf Report which led to major reforms in vocational education for 14 to 18 year-olds, Baroness Wolf specialises in the relationship between education and the labour market and has acted as an adviser on skills and the workforce in the Number 10 Policy Unit. We are also joined by Sir Michael Barber, a former teacher who went on to work at the National Union of Teachers before becom...
2024-03-2632 minA Long Time In FinanceThe Economic Consequences of Roger BootleOne of Britain's better-known economic forecasters, Roger Bootle, set up his consultancy Capital Economics 25 years ago. He made his name predicting the "death of inflation" on which he wrote an influential book in the 1990s. We discuss the importance of economic history, favourite writers, monetarism, bright spots in the world economy, and Britain's many problems with growth.Presented by Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins.With Philip Augar.Produced and edited by Nick Hilton for Podot.In association with Briefcase.News Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...
2024-03-0124 minA Long Time In FinanceBP, Black Monday and Nigel Lawson's Big BetIn the second of our series on Privatisation and Popular Capitalism, we look at the biggest and riskiest privatisation of all - the 1987 sale of the UK's 31% stake in BP. How the Chancellor Nigel Lawson gambled that the markets were good for a quick £7bn. Prepare for the world's shortest pricing meeting, diplomatic rows with Kuwaitis and lots of long faced underwriters. And our guest Philip Augar delivers the verdict: was it a disaster narrowly averted or a triumph for the new City of London?Presented by Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins.With Philip Auga...
2024-02-2323 minA Long Time In FinanceTell Sid: Popular Capitalism and the Thatcher RevolutionAlong with the sale of council houses, privatisation was a signature theme of Mrs Thatcher's government. Its aim was not just more efficient businesses, but a "share owning democracy" that would purge Britain of the "corrosive effect of socialism". With its "Tell Sid" campaign, British Gas was the high water mark of privatisation. Neil and Jonathan talk to author Philip Augar about "stagging", Cedric the Pig and how privatisation changed the City. Presented by Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins.With Philip Augar.Produced and edited by Nick Hilton for Podot.I...
2024-02-1625 min
A Long Time In FinanceTell Sid: Popular Capitalism and the Thatcher RevolutionAlong with the sale of council houses, privatisation was a signature theme of Mrs Thatcher's government. Its aim was not just more efficient businesses, but a "share owning democracy" that would purge Britain of the "corrosive effect of socialism". With its "Tell Sid" campaign, British Gas was the high water mark of privatisation. Neil and Jonathan talk to author Philip Augar about "stagging", Cedric the Pig and how privatisation changed the City. Presented by Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins.With Philip Augar.Produced and edited by Nick Hilton for Podot.I...
2024-02-1642 min
A Long Time In FinanceThe Nine Lives of Credit Suisse: Part TwoIn the concluding episode of our two part series, Jonathan and Neil look back on the dramatic events of March in the company of Josef Ackermann, who ran the Swiss bank in the 1990s, financial historian Philip Augar and banking analyst Frances Coppola. They consider the macro background to the bank's collapse, and ask whether things could have turned out differently or whether excessive risk taking was just baked into Credit Suisse's DNA. Presented by Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins.Produced and edited by Nick Hilton for Podot.In association with Briefcase.News...
2023-09-0835 min
A Long Time In FinanceThe Nine Lives of Credit Suisse: Part OneIn March 2023 the unthinkable happened: Credit Suisse, that giant of Swiss banking, collapsed. Like the proverbial cat, it had run through its nine lives. From the Chiasso saga to unprecedented corporate fines, via troubled times on Wall Street, Credit Suisse had always lived dangerously. And finally, in 2023, the financial winds caught up with them. In this first part of a two-part special of A Long Time in Finance, Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins are joined by experts Josef Ackermann, former President of Credit Suisse's executive board, financial historian Philip Augar, and banking analyst Frances Coppola, to look at the...
2023-09-0145 min
The 15 Minute Book ClubHistory Hack: Agent TwisterPhilip Augar joins us to talk about his and Keely Winstone's new book on agent Twister, a dashing handsome MP who caused a scandal.Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteBookClubWatch the video version: https://www.youtube.com/@15MinuteBook_ClubBuy [INSERT BOOK TITLE] at our Bookshop.org shop. Support authors, indie bookshops and us!
2023-07-1043 minA Long Time In FinanceBarclays: The Bank That Really Wanted to be Big"What is all this about being big?" asked the actor Anthony Hopkins in a famous (if toe-curling) ad from 2000 for Barclays Bank. "You know, seeing the big picture, having the big idea, clinching the big deal; no one wants to clinch the little deal." For decades the British bank followed this restless urge, always trying to get bigger, to keep up with the biggest banks in the world. Neil and Jonathan talk to author and former banker Philip Augar about where it came from, how it led a stuffy old British bank to tie themselves to the one man...
2023-02-0322 min
The Library of MistakesEp 9: The Extraordinary Story of John Stonehouse (with Sir Philip Augar)He was a Labour Cabinet Minister tipped to be a future Prime Minister – charming, handsome and apparently a passionate advocate for social justice. Yet John Stonehouse was also a spy who sold secrets to Czechoslovakia, a fraudster who propped up his supposedly altruistic bank with illegal transactions, and ultimately a criminal who successfully faked his own death – until he was mistaken for Lord Lucan!In this special podcast, recorded live in the Library of Mistakes on 27 September 2022, Sir Philip Augar reveals the John Stonehouse story as portrayed in Agent Twister, his recent book with Keely Winstone. A fascinating tale.
2022-10-0343 min
Grab the Top Full Trial Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, Law & PoliticsAgent Twister: John Stonehouse and the Scandal that Gripped the Nation – A True Story by Keely Winstone, Philip AugarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/547382 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Agent Twister: John Stonehouse and the Scandal that Gripped the Nation – A True Story Author: Keely Winstone, Philip Augar Narrator: Gareth Armstrong Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 3 minutes Release date: May 30, 2022 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: He lived a double-life in the sixties Faked his own death in the seventies And retained his cover in the eighties A period thriller with powerful political and espionage themes, Agent Twister is the remarkable story behind one of the greatest scandals of the 1970s, told in full for the first time. If...
2022-05-3003 min
Start A Breakthrough Full Audiobook On Your Commute.Agent Twister by Philip Augar, Keely WinstonePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/92288to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Agent Twister
Author: Philip Augar, Keely Winstone
Narrator: Gareth Armstrong
Format: mp3
Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
Release date: 05-30-22
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Genres: Espionage
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A period thriller with powerful political and espionage themes, Agent Twister is the remarkable story behind one of the greatest scandals of the 1970s, told in full for the first time. If you think you know the true story of John Stonehouse—think again. It’s November 1974 and John Stonehouse MP, once a star in Harold Wilson’s Labour government, is missin...
2022-05-3010h 02
Stream Popular Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, MilitaryAgent Twister: John Stonehouse and the Scandal that Gripped the Nation – A True Story by Philip Augar, Keely WinstonePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/547382 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Agent Twister: John Stonehouse and the Scandal that Gripped the Nation – A True Story Author: Philip Augar, Keely Winstone Narrator: Gareth Armstrong Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 3 minutes Release date: May 30, 2022 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: He lived a double-life in the sixties Faked his own death in the seventies And retained his cover in the eighties A period thriller with powerful political and espionage themes, Agent Twister is the remarkable story behind one of the greatest scandals of the 1970s, told in full for the first time. If you...
2022-05-3003 min
Inside Your EdHow will the Augar Review affect the future of Higher Education?It is often said that a week is a long time in politics, and yet it is now almost four years since the former Prime Minister Theresa May announced a review of Post-18 Education and Funding to be led by Philip Augar. The Review, which was completed in May 2019, provided a detailed analysis of the whole post-18 education sector in England including universities, colleges and apprenticeships. In fact, it was so detailed that it offered 53 separate recommendations on the future structure and funding of post-18 education. But two and a half years after the Review wa...
2021-11-0940 min
#SkillsWorldLive Radio ShowBest of #SkillsWorldLIVE - Summer Season HighlightsTonight's guests include: Dr Gill Wyness | Gillian Keegan MP | Robert Halfon MP | Ken Skates AM | Rt Hon Charles Clarke | Rt Hon Anne Milton | Kirstie Donnelly MBE | Frank Douglas | Euan Blair | Baroness Claire Fox | Philip Augar | Mark Dawe | David Hughes | Nick Hilman | Dave Coplin | Andy Durman #SkillsWorldLIVE Summer Season Highlights: Monday 3rd August 2020The highlights of this Summer Season, we will be back in September 2020!Presented by the Chief Executive of the Federation of @AwardingBodies, Tom Bewick, #SkillsWorldLIVE is a new radio show that builds on the popular #SkillsWorld podcast series, where Tom interviews leading...
2020-08-031h 02
#SkillsWorldLive Radio ShowOne Year on from Augar, will it happen? Episode 22: #SkillsWorldLIVETonight's guests include: Philip Augar, Former chair of government’s post 18 education panel | David Gallagher, NCFE | Chris Hale, Director of Policy - UUK | Kirstie Donnelly, City & Guilds | Nick Hillman, HEPIEpisode 22: One Year on from Augar, will it happen? #SkillsWorldLIVE Wednesday 27th May 2020Presented by the Chief Executive of the Federation of @AwardingBodies, Tom Bewick, #SkillsWorldLIVE is a new radio show that builds on the popular #SkillsWorld podcast series, where Tom interviews leading figures shaping the post-compulsory education and skills systems, including apprenticeships in the UK, and across the world.We are looking for in...
2020-05-271h 03
FT Banking WeeklyHSBC shrinks in the US and EuropeMatthew Vincent and guests discuss what's behind HSBC's decision to cut 35,000 jobs in the US and Europe, Jes Staley's future as boss of Barclays after another regulatory probe, RBS's new name, and Deutsche Bank's disappearing compliance contractors. With special guest Philip Augar, author of The Bank that lived a little: Barclays in the age of the very free market.Contributors: Matthew Vincent, regulation correspondent, David Crow, banking editor, Stephen Morris, European banking editor, Nicholas Megaw, retail banking correspondent, and Emma Agyemang, FT Money reporter. Producer: Fiona Symon
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2020-02-1800 min
Department of Education Public SeminarsArgument, Evidence and Continuity in the Augar ReportReleased in May 2019, the Augar report was a result of a 6 person panel chaired by Philip Augar and was the first in England to have a remit for the whole of tertiary education. Parry argues whether its features are the nature of expert panels. The use of expert panels to advise governments is a favoured form of policy inquiry process. In higher education, especially in the UK, they have replaced committees of inquiry in the tradition of Robbins and Dearing. In further education, there were no such independent inquiries in the first place. Although sitting inside a government-led review and...
2019-11-191h 26Department of Education Public SeminarsArgument, Evidence and Continuity in the Augar ReportReleased in May 2019, the Augar report was a result of a 6 person panel chaired by Philip Augar and was the first in England to have a remit for the whole of tertiary education. Parry argues whether its features are the nature of expert panels. The use of expert panels to advise governments is a favoured form of policy inquiry process. In higher education, especially in the UK, they have replaced committees of inquiry in the tradition of Robbins and Dearing. In further education, there were no such independent inquiries in the first place. Although sitting inside a government-led review and...
2019-11-191h 26
The Wonkhe ShowAugar's cost, tertiary and legal actionThis week we count the costs associated with the Augar review of post-18 education and funding, and question whether there really is a gulf between higher and further education. We look at what Augar means for social mobility, and discuss a legal settlement involving a former Anglia Ruskin University student dissatisfied with the quality of her “Mickey Mouse” course.
With Michelle Morgan of Bournemouth University; Philip Plowden, Vice Chancellor of Birmingham City University; and Wonkhe’s Jim Dickinson.
2019-06-0645 min#SkillsWorldLive Radio ShowAugar Post 18 review recommendations for Skills, Further Education and Apprenticeships #SkillsWorldLIVEThe Augar Post 18 Review is a review of post-18 education and funding in England. The independent panel was led by Dr. Philip Augar (the official report can be found here). This has been a highly anticipated review and is a massive 216 page document, chocked full of recommendations and findings. So we thought it could be helpful to break up the relevant sections and highlight the key recommendations from the Augar review findings for you. The Post 18 Review is split into eight sections, Chapter 2 was dedicated to Skills, Chapter 4 to Further Education and Chapter 5 to Apprenticeships. The...
2019-05-3031 min
The LIBF PodcastEpisode 42: The Bank that Lived a Little - Philip AugerPhilip Augar discusses his recently-published book on Barclays. Based on unparalleled access to those involved, and told with compelling pace and drama, The Bank that Lived a Little describes three decades of boardroom intrigue at one of Britain's biggest financial institutions. Listen now to hear Philip read extracts from the book, and answer questions from our audience of students, members and other guests.
2018-10-2651 min
Good Morning Scotland: The Weekend EditionGood Morning Scotland: The Weekend Edition 8th/9th September, 2018This edition includes: there has been a spike in elephant poaching in Botswana, Rachel Bale, investigative reporter at the National Geographic Society, explains why; in the Reporter's Notebook Anna Holligan speaks to the former residents of the Chagos Islands about their long legal battle to get ownership back of them from the UK; author Tim Tate on Scotland's tartan fifth columnists who actively worked for a Nazi victory during World War Two, and in the Long Interview, Gordon Brewer speaks to writer and former broker Philip Augar about the roots of the global financial crash of September, 2008.
2018-09-091h 01
Bishopsgate Institute Podcast'My Word is my Bond' - But can we really trust the City of London?Bishopsgate Institute Podcast: 'My Word is my Bond' - But can we really trust the City of London? with Philip Augar. Recorded live at Bishopsgate Institute on 12 October 2010.
2010-10-2800 min
Enjoy Quantity of Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, SuspenseReckless Brain Shot - Philip AugarListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://epod.spaceTitle: Reckless Brain ShotAuthor: Philip AugarNarrator: Anthony GlennonFormat: UnabridgedLength: 1:10:54Language: EnglishRelease date: 07-02-2010Publisher: Penguin Books LTDGenres: Business & EconomicsSummary:In 1997 it seemed that things in the City could only get better. For ten years everything went according to plan. Buoyed by a strong pound and cheered on by an excitable media, the bankers became the heroes of the age. And then in the summer of 2007 everything...
2010-07-021h 10
Immerse Yourself In The Soul-Stirring Full Audiobook Now, Knowledge Hunters!Reckless- The Rise and Fall of the City by Philip AugarPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/40344to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Reckless- The Rise and Fall of the City
Author: Philip Augar
Narrator: Anthony Glennon
Format: mp3
Length: 1 hr and 10 mins
Release date: 05-12-10
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Genres: Banks & Banking
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2010-05-121h 10