Cities must boost English & maths to reduce joblessness
…between 2007 and 2010, an average of almost 50% of pupils in cities left education without GCSEs grade A* to C in maths and English. Read the full BBC story….
…between 2007 and 2010, an average of almost 50% of pupils in cities left education without GCSEs grade A* to C in maths and English. Read the full BBC story….
The jobless total for 16 to 24-year-olds hit a record high of 1.02 million in the quarter. Read the full BBC story….
…of the Centre for Economic Performance at the LSE, describes growing youth unemployment as “a long running problem, rather than something that has just happened”. Read the full BBC story….
Apprenticeships are not helping enough young people out of unemployment, according to the Institute for Public Policy Research. Read the full BBC story….
…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….
…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….
…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….
…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….
…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….
…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….