Robert Halfon MP November 19, 2021 FE News At the Autumn Budget, the Chancellor committed to a skills revolution with a funding increase of 42% to be spent on increasing skills provision. We know that our nation faces skills challenges from the fourth industrial revolution, an ageing workforce and the devastating impacts of COVID-19 so…
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Following the success of the pilot project ‘Our Future Derby’, the re-branded ‘Our Future’ project is now being extended to primary schools across Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire. The project offers a wonderful opportunity to celebrate what schools and employers are doing together to make a real difference to children’s lives. It aims to inspire pupils and challenge the way they think about the…
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dmh associates is undertaking a new research project on behalf of the Department for Economy – Careers Service Northern Ireland. The Department for Economy recently consulted on a new Skills Strategy, ‘Skills for a 10x Economy’ which sets out the long-term vision for skills development in line with our economic ambition. There are a number…
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Canllawiau a Lles Gyrfa – Rhaglen Beilot Gydweithredol, Gyrfaoedd Cymru a Sefydliad Datblygu Gyrfa Canada Building a Brighter Future: Careers Guidance and Well-being. International Collaborative Research Pilot Project: October 2021 – January 2022 Adeiladu Dyfodol Disglair:Cyfarwyddyd Gyrfaoedd a Prosiect Peilot Ymchwil Cydweithredol Rhyngwladol: Hydref 2021 – Ionawr 2022 Careers Wales in association with the Canadian…
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The North East Ambitions’ Primary Pilot has recently appointed Dr Deirdre Hughes OBE, Director of dmh associates and Lauren Croll, Outreach Special Projects Manager at Learn by Design, to work with selected primary schools in the North-East region on the design and development of a new career-related learning (CRL) Parental Engagement Strategy and Good Practice…
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Young people want career guidance but are struggling to find it. Those young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, who need most support, are struggling to get access to professional career guidance. “High quality careers guidance is essential for young people to expose them to the abundance of great opportunities that exist in the world of work…
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An Insight Report from the Labour Market Information Counciland the Future Skills Centre, Canada The COVID-19 pandemic led to a historic disruption in the job market, bringing renewed attention to the availability and access of services to support Canadians in their career choices. Almost one in five adults aged 25–64 have received career services in…
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NEW materials available from the European Training Foundation (ETF) , A recent ETF webinar on “INNOVATION AND ADAPTATION OF ACTIVE LABOUR MARKET POLICIES TO CHANGING ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS” was held on 28 October 2021. On the event page on the ETF website you will find the presentations made during the event, in all working languages of the event (please scroll down…
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Year 2 Programme Evaluation and Impact Assessment 2021 Our Future Derby is designed to enhance social mobility, improve gender equality and expand opportunities for primary school children in 33 primary schools across 7 of the most deprived Wards in Derby city. This is the second year of the Our Future Derby programme which began in…
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This collection is a step towards updating Cedefop’s work on professionalising career guidance since the publication of Professionalising career guidance: practitioner competences and qualification routes in Europe over 10 years ago. The current papers consist of diverse authored contributions from independent CareersNet guidance experts and contributors to Cedefop’s 2020 CareersNet meeting. Changing career guidance delivery…
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