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Open Competition: Be the face of Skills Northern Ireland 2018
Read more: Open Competition: Be the face of Skills Northern Ireland 2018Really excited about Skills Northern Ireland 2018. This is our 3rd year and already we have over 6,500 young people already registered to attend. I feel very privileged and proud to be chairing this innovative and highly interactive event. This year we are offering an exciting opportunity to a young person (female and male) to……
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UK Ethnicity Facts and Figures – world’s 1st comprehensive dataset
Read more: UK Ethnicity Facts and Figures – world’s 1st comprehensive datasetEthnicity facts and figures Today I met with Zamila Bunglawala, Deputy Director – Strategy and Insight, Race Disparity Unit at the Cabinet Office (in the red jacket above), who presented “the world’s first comprehensive ethnicity facts and figures dataset” at the Education and Employers and The Edge Foundation International Conference, London. She’s a Senior Civil Servant……
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New European Skills Panaroma launched by Cedefop
Read more: New European Skills Panaroma launched by CedefopThe new Skills Panorama is here! Cedefop is pleased to announce the redesign of the Skills Panorama website. Faster to navigate and easier to use, the new Skills Panorama aspires to broaden its user groups and welcome guidance practitioners. The website has many new features worth exploring such as: Improved search engine, based on the ESCO classification,……
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WORKING IT OUT: CAREER GUIDANCE AND EMPLOYER ENGAGEMENT
Read more: WORKING IT OUT: CAREER GUIDANCE AND EMPLOYER ENGAGEMENTWORKING IT OUT: CAREER GUIDANCE AND EMPLOYER ENGAGEMENT WORKING IT OUT: CAREER GUIDANCE AND EMPLOYER ENGAGEMENT A new report published by the OECD (2nd July 2018) looks at the features of good career guidance practice, including the need for schools to begin early and the essential role of exposure to the world of work. To access……
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Participation in Education, Training and Employment by 16-18 year olds in England: RESULTS END OF JULY 2017
Read more: Participation in Education, Training and Employment by 16-18 year olds in England: RESULTS END OF JULY 2017Spotlight on 16-year-olds as NEETs rise and level 2 apprenticeships fall Figures released by the Department for Education (DfE) show that the proportion of 16-year-olds that are NEET has risen (0.7 percentage points to 3.9 per cent) for the first time since the end of 2011. Billy Camden from FE Week states this is “the……
