Education and Employers

Apprenticeships not reducing youth unemployment enough

Apprenticeships are not helping enough young people out of unemployment, according to the Institute for Public Policy Research. Read the full BBC story….

Bringing movers and shakers into schools to inspire pupils

…the country to inspire and broaden the horizons of pupils. It is the brainchild of BBC business editor, Robert Peston, and administered by the Taskforce. Read the Yorkshire Post feature….

Youth drop-out blackspots mapped

…have been mapped in a new report by the Work Foundation. The report blames a tough jobs market and cuts to youth services and education. Read the full BBC story….

Engineering graduates in non skilled jobs

…of UK engineering graduates are working in non-graduate jobs or unskilled work such as waiting on tables and shop work, research from Birmingham University suggests. Read the full BBC story….

Head teachers’ leader poses “hard questions” for parents

…faced with pupils who have never had any boundaries in their home lives – where there has never been a sense of right and wrong. Read the full BBC story….

Careers advice important to social mobility

…Advisory Group is concerned that schools – rather than local authorities – will be expected to provide advice for pupils but without funding being transferred. Read the full BBC story….

Subtle messages in society put girls off science

…half GCSE science students – by the time they reach university science departments they are outnumbered by men by a factor of two to one. Read the full BBC story….

‘Two Britains’ qualifications gap exists

…qualifications gap emerges from a new University and Colleges Union (UCU) study. In some parts of Britain 35% of adults have no qualifications at all. Read the full BBC story….

Schools should channel university scholarships to poorest pupils

…to talk to pupils about their jobs, and give pupils the opportunity to ask questions about how to obtain and qualify for them. Read the full BBC story and report….

Sutton Trust’s £125m plan to target poorest pupils

…The Sutton Trust is launching an Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) targeting this group of children, using £125m of government money and income from other sources. Read the full BBC story….