June 28, 2012
June 28, 2012
More English teenagers are leaving education without a job to go to. Government statistics show a rise in NEETs. Read the full story. Inspiring the Future can help those who are still at school: www.inspiringthefuture.org
Read moreJune 26, 2012
June 26, 2012
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 careers guidance for their pupils in years 9-11 from September 2012. Written submissions of evidence are invited. Read the full document.
Read moreJune 25, 2012
June 25, 2012
Enterprising Minds is a Carnegie UK research project that explores the attitudes of young people to enterprise, education, and the future in a fast changing economy. It incorporates 70,000 unique responses. Read the full report.
Read moreJune 21, 2012
June 21, 2012
With fees set to hit £9,000 and no rise in the proportion of state school applicants to the top universities, Dr Steven Jones reports on a proposed remedy that may actually be part of the problem. Read the full article in SecEd: http://tinyurl.com/c66kpz7 Free employee volunteering programme Inspiring the Future can help to level the […]
Read moreJune 11, 2012
June 11, 2012
Many employers are providing remedial classes for school and college leavers. A third of 542 firms surveyed for the Confederation of British Industry and Pearson were unhappy with youngsters’ literacy and numeracy skills. The figure is barely changed from a decade ago when the CBI said 34% were unhappy with youngsters’ basic skills. Read the […]
Read moreMay 31, 2012
May 31, 2012
State school students face a damaging gap in enterprise skills. Education and Employers Taskforce and Pearson Think Tank research shows a huge variation in access to enterprise education. Read the full story. The report was published to coincide with a Speakers for Schools visit by Lord Young, the Prime Minster’s Enterprise Adviser, to the William […]
Read moreMay 30, 2012
May 30, 2012
Professions such as law, journalism and medicine must do more to widen their intake, the deputy prime minister’s social mobility adviser, Alan Milburn says. There needs to be a bigger drive to open careers to young people from poor backgrounds. Read the full story. : The ‘Fair access to professional careers progress report’ endorses the Taskforce’s […]
Read moreMay 28, 2012
May 28, 2012
A £82m loan scheme for young people wanting to create a business has been launched by David Cameron today. People aged between 18 – 24 can apply for funds, expected to typically be about £2,500. The loans must be repaid within five years, and interest will be charged at the level of the Retail Prices […]
Read moreMay 24, 2012
May 24, 2012
A study from the University of the West of England of more than half a million pupils has found that young people who passed Certificate of Personal Effectiveness (CoPE) raised their chances of achieving A* to C grades in GCSE English by 10% and achieving five A* to C grades including English and maths by […]
Read moreMay 22, 2012
May 22, 2012
Nick Clegg unveils updated Social Mobility Strategy ‘one year on’. Within this strategy the Government is committed to encouraging all civil servants to volunteer via the Taskforce’s Inspiring the Future programme which is launching 2 July: www.inspiringthefuture.org Read the full Opening Doors, Breaking Barriers strategy
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