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A Sutton Trust report highlighted “One in four who work for MPs and peers in Westminster got job through personal connection.” As reported in the Independent Education News – ttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/westminster-employees-mps-peers-sutton-trust-unpaid-internships-sutton-trust-report-a8647201.html More than a quarter of staff members that work for MPs and peers in Westminster got their job through personal connections, a new report has revealed. Almost……

The Careers for Londoners Action Plan which City Hall published this morning to coincide with the Mayor of London’s visit to the Excel Centre to open the ‘Skills London’ careers and jobs fair is now available – https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/business-and-economy/skills-and-training/careers-information-advice-and-guidance Developed in collaboration with schools, colleges and training providers, employers, unions, universities and London boroughs, the action plan……

  The latest release from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has produced estimates of young people (aged 16 to 24 years) who are not in education, employment or training, by age and sex. https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peoplenotinwork/unemployment/bulletins/youngpeoplenotineducationemploymentortrainingneet/november2018 The report indicates that there is a reduction in NEETS from the same period in 2017 : There were 760,000……

  The   Cornwall and Isles of Scilly “Ambitions Project” is now getting ready to launch this autumn! Deirdre Hughes attended the launch of the project at Heartlands in Redruth and presented a keynote lecture to 90 delegates. The Ambitions project is receiving up to £3.8 million of funding from the European Social Fund as part……

  Schools Week have reported that the government has been urged to commission an independent review into whether the Careers and Enterprise Company is doing a good job helping poorer students get work experience. https://schoolsweek.co.uk/dfe-urged-to-launch-independent-review-into-careers-and-enterprise-company/ This comes after the Commons youth select committee, run by the British Youth Council charity, has also said Ofsted should……