Youth drop-out blackspots mapped
UK youth drop-out and NEET blackspots have been mapped in a new report by the Work Foundation. The report blames a tough jobs market and cuts to youth services and…
UK youth drop-out and NEET blackspots have been mapped in a new report by the Work Foundation. The report blames a tough jobs market and cuts to youth services and…
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…
Lifetime earnings value of degrees to be revealed for the first time as the official workforce survey will start to ask respondents about institution attended and subject. Read the full…
The Education and Employers Taskforce and Pearson Enterprise Education Project event is on 14 November at Pearson Headquarters, the Strand, 5pm – 6pm. The Taskforce will present interim findings from…
Apprenticeships are not helping enough young people out of unemployment, according to the Institute for Public Policy Research. Read the full BBC story….
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…
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”….
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….
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…
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….