Queen’s Award for Enterprise Promotion

…entrepreneurs to educators, the award recognises people who have gone that extra mile to work with others who need help setting out in business, perhaps young people or students. The…


NEET figures rise

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…


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Labour backs Ebbac to boost languages study

Shadow Education Secretary Stephen Twigg backs the English Baccalaureate (Ebbac) to boost languages study, despite what Labour refers to as the associated ‘set of negatives’. Read the full Guardian article….


Social mobility lagging behind other nations

Social mobility in the UK is lagging behind other nations, says a major new Sutton Trust report. Life chances remain stubbornly linked to your parent’s education. Read the full Telegraph…



Work experience favours independent-school pupils

…new research suggests that those who attend independent schools are much more likely to gain real benefits from it than their state-sector counterparts. Read the full Times Educational Supplement story….


Youth drop-out blackspots mapped

…have been mapped in a new report by the Work Foundation. The report blames a tough jobs market and cuts to youth services and education. Read the full BBC story….


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…