Young peoples’ career aspirations aged 10-14

Louise Archer, Professor of Sociology of Education at King’s College London, spoke at a free Taskforce research seminar about young peoples’ career aspirations aged 10 – 14. She shared the…




Work experience favours independent-school pupils

Work experience is seen as an increasingly important step towards a pupil securing their dream career. But new research suggests that those who attend independent schools are much more likely…


Earnings value of degrees to be revealed

Lifetime earnings value of degrees to be revealed for the first time as the official workforce survey will start to ask respondents about institution attended and subject. Read the full…


Parents urged to be proud of apprenticeships

Shadow education secretary, Stephen Twigg, calls for a culture change in the UK for high-level practical courses to be viewed with as much prestige as degrees. Parents are ‘urged to…


Getting the UK Working

The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) is calling on the government to introduce a new tax incentive to encourage companies to take on young unemployed people, as part of a…