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  • RECORD NUMBER OF APPLICANTS FOR ‘EARLY DEADLINE’FOR UNIVERSITY COURSES

    More people than ever have applied this year for university courses with a 15 October deadline. https://www.fenews.co.uk/press-releases/21284-record-number-of-applicants-for-early-deadline-university-courses?utm_source=MadMimi&utm_medium=email&utm_content=FE+News+via+email+-+Daily+update&utm_campaign=20181024_m147894581_Daily+fenews+update+via+RSS&utm_term=Rec Applications for most 2019 medicine, dentistry and veterinary science/medicine courses, as well as all courses at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, had to be submitted to UCAS by 18:00 on 15 October. Statistics published by UCAS today,……

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  • YOUTH VOICE CENSUS

        New report on Youth Voice Census  report launches today. Responses were received from 14-24 year olds (1,498 in total) as they transition between education and employment. Laura-Jane Rawlins, CEO says “the  census will now become an annual temperature check on young people’s experiences and confidence levels.” This first census, in partnership with Pearson and The Careers……

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  • NOT FOR THEM: WHY AREN’T TEENAGERS APPLYING FOR APPRENTICESHIPS

    A report from Gerard Kelly & Partners surveyed 1,000 teenagers between the ages of 16-18 to understand why apprenticeships remain unpopular amongst young people. http://Apprentice+Report+GKP Despite the introduction of the apprenticeship levy in 2017 and a renewed focus from government ministers, apprenticeship numbers fell by 59% in the year to August 2017 and by an……

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  • CAREER WRITING NEWSLETTER: INTERNATIONAL

    Career Writing Newsletter Photo: Frans Meijers & Reinekke Lengelle, Founders of Career WritingWriting is really an act of reading. You read the landscape of your life and find the places where grief or fear or sudden surprise has revealed your truth. – Kim StaffordHighlights Reinekke’s new book of poems and reflections, Jezelf Schrijven was published (in Dutch):  https://gompel-svacina.eu/reinekke-lengelle/……

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  • ADULTS TO BENEFIT FROM DIGITAL SKILLS OVERHAUL

      Written by Department for Education  Published: 18 October 2018 in FE News https://www.fenews.co.uk/press-releases/21128-news-story-adults-to-benefit-from-digital-skills-overhaul?utm_source=MadMimi&utm_medium=email&utm_content=FE+News+via+email+-+Daily+update&utm_campaign=20181018_m147808455_Daily+fenews+update+via+RSS&utm_term=Adults+to+benefit+from+digital+skills+overhaul Consultation launched to help more adults get the digital skills they need to get on in life and work. Adult digital skills qualifications are to be overhauled under plans announced today (18 October) by Apprenticeships and Skills Minister Anne Milton to……

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