Steph McGovern

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4,765 appearances 55 recordings 6 series first heard Nov 2025 last heard 3d ago

Steph McGovern’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 55 in all, peaking in Aug 2026 with 9.

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The Rest Is Money · 303. Why making schools truly comprehensive is vital for our economy · 9 Aug 2026 podcast

Is it going to be provided within schools already? voice-verified

And then how do you cater for that? voice-verified

Because it's much more expensive to put on practical training courses than it is pure academic ones. voice-verified

The teachers, are they going to have to suddenly know all this or are they going to bring in staff to do this? voice-verified

And is that going to be supported by industry? voice-verified

How is that all going to work? voice-verified

So fantastic. voice-verified

for them they feel like we've heard it before that 14 year olds and young teenagers are going to be helped but the reality is when it comes down to it it's a lot more expensive and it's not really given the the emphasis it needs it's not really ever delivered as a proper route it's just seen as a oh well if things go wrong you can go and do that and it's totally the wrong mindset for this so I voice-verified

think the feeling is that like they particularly that guy who ran that machining company he is they're doing so well but he said the it's on them to go into schools all the time and convince kids like it's there's no support around that and and that is a lot for their fine because they're a big business but for small businesses in the supply chain that is really difficult there isn't the time the money and you know as things stand Ofsted judges schools on how they do academically and not about where kids go and voice-verified

So it's tricky for teachers because the motivation isn't there for them. voice-verified

Can I just jump in on that? voice-verified

Because obviously I did. voice-verified

I did go to one of those... voice-verified

the initiative before UTCs, which was City Technology Colleges. voice-verified

And that was you start as in you start at secondary school level. voice-verified

So I went there when I was like 11, 12. voice-verified

And that felt like that was the right point because more often than not, you're changing schools anyway. voice-verified

And, you know, you might not get your first choice. voice-verified

You're looking around at schools. voice-verified

You know, parents are always anxious about it. voice-verified

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