Graduates better chance of getting jobs but not immediately
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…
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…
A third of schools are yet to decide how to fulfill their new duty to provide careers advice for pupils, a survey by the Institute of Career Guidance (ICG) has…
The Times Educational Supplement (TES) and Taskforce’s Growing Ambitions wants to hear the views of teachers and school leaders about the 2012 changes to Careers Information, Advice and Guidance. Please…
Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, has today launched a pay-per-NEET scheme to help 55,000 teenagers in England get on a career path via work or training. Read the full story….
The Taskforce is hosting a research seminar entitled School-mediated employer engagement & labour market outcomes for young adults: wage premiums & NEET status. To register for our free seminar at…
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) announces social entrepreneur to head an employer-led review of how to help SMEs take on more apprentices.
To accompany the publication of the Taskforce’s report ‘It’s who you meet: why employer contacts at school makes a difference to the employment prospects of young adults’ Dr Anthony Mann,…
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…
The ACEVO Commission on Youth Unemployment work has been published today ‘Youth unemployment: the crisis we cannot afford’. Education and Employers Taskforce research work incorporated. Read the full report Youth…
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…