Reform apprenticeships say MPs
Apprenticeships need reform to provide growth boosting skills say MPs. A Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) committee urges apprenticeship schemes to be more ambitious. Read the full story….
Apprenticeships need reform to provide growth boosting skills say MPs. A Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) committee urges apprenticeship schemes to be more ambitious. Read the full story….
…the awareness, trust and usage of different communication channels for disseminating careers messaging as well as testing the appropriateness of new channels. The survey runs 1 – 24 Oct 2012….
Half of 2012’s graduates are still looking for work after three months say the Local Government Association. The figures compiled show huge regional variations across England and Wales. Read the…
Education charity Edge have launched the ‘Six steps to change’ report outlining studies for 14 – 18s that combine academic, vocational and practical learning. Read the full story….
Science graduates the lack skills needed by UK business. The Lords Science and Technology Committee calls for ‘immediate action’. Report chairman Lord Willis said he was “gobsmacked” by figures which…
The Education Committee has announced an inquiry into careers guidance for young people, in the light of the new statutory duty on schools to secure access to independent and impartial…
…take place from 8.30am-10.30am in the Banqueting Room at Manchester Town Hall (outside the secure zone). Confirmed panel guests include Graham Stuart MP, Chair of the Education Select Committee, and…
…‘no pupils’ to university. Hughes recommends that primary schools should as a minimum arrange for 10 and 11 year olds careers events where parents and others come in to talk…
…intense government activity on the skills front, 58% of company directors report that skills gaps are holding back the growth of their firms. Reforming the skills system: lessons learned the…
Just five schools in England sent more pupils to Oxford and Cambridge over three years than nearly 2,000 others ‘combined’, Sutton Trust research and BBC data analysis has found. Read…