…of the presentation ‘Voices from around the world’, Nick Chambers, CEO of Education and Employers, shared the emerging trends from the international survey of secondary school students which asks them…
Read the article in FE News here. Over recent years significant public resource has been devoted to improving young people’s awareness of apprenticeships. Yet while teenage applications have increased, teenage…
…varies considerably across countries: for example, when it comes to mathematics performance, the children of cleaners in Shanghai-China outperform the children of professionals in the USA. Read the full report….
Think-tank the Work Foundation has today published ‘International lessons on youth unemployment’ a new report with recommendations on how the UK can ‘do better’. Read the full story: International Lessons…
…young men with mismatched aspirations and educational expectations were almost twice as likely to become NEET. Young women with misaligned ambitions were three times as likely to become NEET. Young…
…those who leave poorer areas are four times more likely to go to areas with similar or higher levels of deprivation. The peak age for movers throughout the UK is…
By Elnaz T. Kashefpakdel, Jordan Rehill and Anthony Mann Making the Grade A new research summary, kindly sponsored by LifeSkills created with Barclays, presents findings from a new survey…
…virtual Classroom Chat. After a welcome from Deputy Head Emma Fieldhouse, the school played a special video they had made showing the career aspirations of their children. The upbeat video…
…be approached by schools and colleges are volunteers from: the Arts Council BBC Bentley Cabinet Office Deloitte Facebook Financial Times Google Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons the Ministry of Justice the…
…government until 2014. The longer timescale is to allow further debate. Labour’s Stephen Twigg MP urges cross-party talks to achieve consensus over the national curriculum. Read the full BBC story….
