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WHITE WORKING-CLASS AND BLACK STUDENTS RISK LOSING OUT ON A-LEVELS INSTEAD OF VOCATIONAL COURSES
Read more: WHITE WORKING-CLASS AND BLACK STUDENTS RISK LOSING OUT ON A-LEVELS INSTEAD OF VOCATIONAL COURSESAre white working-class and black students at a disadvantage by following other routes outside A-Levels? This article from FE News addresses some of the issues that are affecting many young people in these groups when it comes to getting into university. White working-class students and black British students risk missing out if schools focus on……
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LATEST REPORT LAUNCHED: TRANSFORMING CAREERS SUPPORT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS IN NORTHERN IRELAND
Read more: LATEST REPORT LAUNCHED: TRANSFORMING CAREERS SUPPORT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS IN NORTHERN IRELANDToday the Northern Ireland Economy Minister, Gordon Lyons has announced the new startegy for Careers in Northern Ireland. In mid-November 2021, Minister Lyons, announced an independent external review into the delivery of career guidance. In Northern ireland the Department for Economy (DfE) currently provides an all-age careers information, advice, and guidance service designed to help……
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SURGING LIVING COSTS FORCE BRITONS TO WORK PAST RETIREMENT AGE
Read more: SURGING LIVING COSTS FORCE BRITONS TO WORK PAST RETIREMENT AGEIn a report by Eva Szalay in the Financial Times on 30 March, the author raises cocncerns that increased living costs due to energy price rises and increases in food costs will result in UK citizens having to work for longer. The share of older UK workers planning to carry on working in their retirement……
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MAKING SPECIALIST SUPPORT HARDER TO ACCESS
Read more: MAKING SPECIALIST SUPPORT HARDER TO ACCESSWhat becomes of the government’s plans to reform special educational needs and disabilities (Send) provision in English schools will depend on who the next prime minister and education secretary are. But the proposals that have been out for consultation are concerning in several ways. For those directly affected, they are a source of justified anger……
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DEBATE IN ENGLAND’S PARLIAMENT TODAY: CAREERS GUIDANCE
Read more: DEBATE IN ENGLAND’S PARLIAMENT TODAY: CAREERS GUIDANCEChristina Rees in the Chair] 2.30pm – https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2022-07-13/debates/16ADC431-015A-40EC-8731-CC36152A63C2/CareersGuidanceInSchools Mike Amesbury (Weaver Vale) (Lab) I beg to move, That this House has considered the provision of careers guidance in schools. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship once again, Ms Rees, and I welcome the new Minister to her place. In 1985, I left……
