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  EXTRACT FROM: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-multi-million-pound-deal-to-boost-skills-across-west-midlands Businesses, young people and adults across the West Midlands are set to benefit from a new skills deal, which could unlock up to £69million, the Education Secretary has announced today (18 July). The skills deal agreed with the West Midlands Combined Authority will boost digital and technical skills, job opportunities and……

Every student in Victoria, Australia will receive careers guidance from the age of 12 as part of a state government overhaul of careers education. The changes will be rolled out next year after a review commissioned by the Education Department found careers education started too late in government schools, varied in quantity and quality and……

An urgent message from Education and Employers Research We would like to invite you to share your valuable views on introducing children to the world of work and career provisions in primary. The importance of early intervention in addressing the perceptions’ young people hold about careers and the range of possibilities ahead of them is……

The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) research looked at total school spending per pupil between 2009/10 and 2017/18 and found there had been an eight per cent cut in real terms. While in 2009 the per-pupil spend was £6,380, by 2017 this had shrunk to £5,870. The research by Luke Sibieta notes that while pupil numbers have……

Schools in 20 areas of England will have access to funding to train staff to give better careers advice and offer pupils more “encounters” with employers. Overall, 646 secondary schools, 15 sixth forms and 49 further education colleges will be linked to a hub, with each one involving up to 40 different institutions. Claudia Harris, CEO……