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The response from UUK to DfE consultation on Lifelong Loan Entitlement. “The introduction of the LLE is a welcome programme of reform. We believe these reforms can unlock opportunities for learners and deliver on the country’s skills needs. Universities want to work to get the changes right, deliver on the government’s ambitions and ensure future……

Labelled as the ‘broken boomerang generation’, this article talks about the crisis young adults are experiencing as moving out of their parent’s is just too unaffordable for most. Louise Eccles, Sian Griffiths and Ademola Bello Sunday April 17 2022, 12.01am, The Sunday Times The predicament of the “boomerang generation”, who move out of their parents’……

Labour market LIVE from Learning and Work Institute12 April 2022 Unemployment is 1,296,000, down by 39,000 from last month’s published figure (quarterly headline has fallen by 86,000) and the unemployment rate 3.8%, is down by 0.1 percentage points on last month and down by 0.2 percentage points on last quarter. The ONS figure for claimant……

In this article in FE News Deirdre Hughes highlights the new Digital Inventory of Career Gudiance Tools in which the Careerchat Ltd chatbot CiCi is featured. Deirdre was part of the team who recognised that a careers chatbot would be a major tool for careers practitioners to help support individuals to explore their career options.……

More on the Careers Guidance in schools Bill led by Mark Jenkinson of the Conservative Party. This Private Member Bill sponsored by Mark Jenkinson received its Third Reading in the Lords on 25 March – and is now awaiting Royal Assent There has been a statutory duty to provide careers guidance that fallen on maintained……