November 24, 2011
November 24, 2011
Cities in England with high youth unemployment must do more to raise young people’s attainment in maths and English, a report says. Research by Centre for Cities found a strong link between results in English and maths and youth joblessness. It found that between 2007 and 2010, an average of almost 50% of pupils in […]
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November 24, 2011
The (NAHT) Leadership Focus magazine latest issue carries a ‘Speak up’ article about the launch of charity Speakers for Schools. Read the National Association of Headteachers’ full article.
Read moreNovember 22, 2011
November 22, 2011
New report from the Centre for London (incubated by Demos) on how London pupils can access HE, including the importance of aspiration, careers advice, social mobility and the value of high skills to the UK economy. Simon Hughes, who helped launch the report, advises that the Access HE model in the London report should be […]
Read moreNovember 18, 2011
November 18, 2011
Are you ready? is a national campaign to create a culture of enterprise in education. The mission is to call on the government to make enterprise and entrepreneurship a key part of every young person’s education, part of teacher training and development and part of the Ofsted inspection framework for schools and colleges.
Read moreNovember 17, 2011
November 17, 2011
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 findings from a five year longitudinal study.
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November 17, 2011
One million young people in Britain are being denied the essential life skill of ‘knowing how to work with others’. Read the full Guardian story.
Read moreNovember 16, 2011
November 16, 2011
Professor John Van Reenen, Director of the Centre for Economic Performance at the LSE, describes growing youth unemployment as “a long running problem, rather than something that has just happened”. Read the full BBC story.
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November 16, 2011
The jobless total for 16 to 24-year-olds hit a record high of 1.02 million in the quarter. Read the full BBC story.
Read moreNovember 15, 2011
November 15, 2011
The Taskforce’s Inspiring the Future initiative will get entrepreneurs into state schools and colleges across England in partnership with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). This is on the volunteering menu alongside ‘career insight’ talks about the job you do and the route you took.
Read moreNovember 14, 2011
November 14, 2011
Apprenticeships are not helping enough young people out of unemployment, according to the Institute for Public Policy Research. Read the full BBC story.
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