…‘Helping individuals succeed: transforming career guidance’ identifies the characteristics of effective career guidance, the role of new technologies in enhancing this and the part that government and national agencies might…
This report by the National College shows the findings on effective practice from nine school visits across England based on recommendations from the Education and Employers Taskforce. The visits focused…
The legal profession is moving to improve social mobility by a number of initiatives. A good example is the Bar National Mock Trial Competition which is only open to state…
…and how the Youth Contract will be coordinated between Government departments, local authorities and agencies, including DWP, DfE, BIS, National Apprenticeship Service, Young People’s Learning Agency and Skills Funding Agency….
One in four of those leaving university with a degree were unemployed after graduation, according to a study by the Office for National Statistics. But three years later just 5…
Moves to reintroduce more setting and streaming in UK state schools are fuelling a “vicious cycle” of underperformance, particularly amongst disadvantaged youngsters, a top-level international study warned yesterday. One in…
More than two-thirds of the apprenticeships created in England in the past five years were taken by the over-25s, says a spending watchdog the National Audit Office. This is despite…
The Government’s Business, Innovation and Skills Committee is conducting an inquiry into apprenticeships across all sectors. The Committee seeks answers to key questions on the success of the National Apprenticeship…
…the economic well-being strand of Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education (PSHE). PSHE does not have a statutory basis and is presently not part of the National Curriculum. Read the…
…success. A total of 156 Queen’s Awards have been announced in 2011, with 102 companies winning awards for international trade, 44 for innovation and 10 for sustainable development. The deadline…
