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EDUCATION COMMITTEE LAUNCHES NEW INQUIRY ON CAREERS EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS
Read more: EDUCATION COMMITTEE LAUNCHES NEW INQUIRY ON CAREERS EDUCATION IN SCHOOLSAn article available on FE News reports that the “`Education Commttee has launched an inquiry into careers education, information, advice and guidance (CEIAG) for children and young people.” The new inquiry will explore whether current careers advice provides young people with sufficient guidance about career choices, employment, training, and further and higher education opportunities. It will also look at how……
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JRF – POVERTY REPORT
Read more: JRF – POVERTY REPORTIn a report published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF): UK Poverty 2022: The essential guide to understanding poverty in the UK, the foundation has examined how the pandemic has had an impact on those who are less well off. Link for full report: https://www.jrf.org.uk/file/58886/download?token=XLbzxN7W&filetype=full-report ‘Another worrying element of the pandemic is how it is……
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EDUCATION (CAREERS GUIDANCE IN SCHOOLS) BILL: THIRD READING DEBATE COMMONS
Read more: EDUCATION (CAREERS GUIDANCE IN SCHOOLS) BILL: THIRD READING DEBATE COMMONSExtract Mark Jenkinson MP …. The (Private Members) Bills Sponsor “ ….The Bill extends careers advice down from the current year 8 to year 7 to ensure that children are given the information they need to make the best possible choices at the earliest juncture. The sooner we can provide children with careers options, the……
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BARELY ANY CHANGE TO GENDER EARNINGS GAP IN LAST 25 YEARS ONCE YOU ACCOUNT FOR INCREASES IN WOMEN’S EDUCATION
Read more: BARELY ANY CHANGE TO GENDER EARNINGS GAP IN LAST 25 YEARS ONCE YOU ACCOUNT FOR INCREASES IN WOMEN’S EDUCATIONIn this FE News article produced by the Institute for Fiscal Studies the authors inform us : “The average working-age woman in the UK earned 40% less than her male counterpart in 2019 @TheIFS. This is because, among 20- to 55-year-olds not in education, long-term sick or retired: -Women are 9.5 percentage points less likely……
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IMPORTANT REPORT ON YOUNG PEOPLES ATTITUDES TO JOBS, CAREERS GUIDANCE WORK EXPERIENCE
Read more: IMPORTANT REPORT ON YOUNG PEOPLES ATTITUDES TO JOBS, CAREERS GUIDANCE WORK EXPERIENCENot Just Any Job Young people do not believe the work available to them is of good quality For those still in education, a common issue is the low quality of work experience Young people feel let down by the quality of careers support they receive Not just any job, good jobs! Youth voices from……