The Fair Education Alliance-Support Kevan Collins and EPI Investment Call – Letter 9 June The Fair Education Alliance and a cross-sector coalition of over 200 businesses, educationalists, charities and young people ‘who are dedicated to improving educational outcomes for the disadvantaged children in this country’ wrote to the Prime Minister on 9 June supporting Kevan…
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Calls for £40m urgent investment in careers provision by Engineering UK  Published: 09 June 2021 A new report calls on government to invest £40 million in improving access to careers provision for students in schools and colleges in England to enable more young people to understand the opportunities available in science, technology, engineering and maths…
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The Inaugural BFELG Conference took place on Tuesday, 23 February 2021. It was held online in partnership with Google for Education, and skillfully compered by Rosemary Campbell-Stephens MBE.Rosemary is a veteran, inspirational educator, who embraces the label ‘disruptor’. Her breadth of experience is international. This report summarises the presentations and key messages of the keynote…
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The Skills and post-16 Education Bill will be introduced in Parliament today (18 May), underpinning the government’s skills and training revolution. The Skills Bill was mentioned during the Queen’s Speech last week and today FE News has an exclusive article from Gavin Williamson outlining his vision to put skills at the top of an ambitious legislative agenda, to…
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A new research report from the Resolution Foundation A Briefing Note from the Resolution Foundaon finds that that 16-24-year-olds have accounted for a disproportionately large share (57 per cent) of the fall in employment that’s occurred over the past year. 16-24 year old Blacks the most  adversely affected group  – https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/app/uploads/2021/04/Uneven-steps.pdf  The Foundation says ‘…
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https://www.fenews.co.uk/press-releases/65729-two-in-five-students-say-they-would-have-made-better-choices-if-they-had-access-to-higher-quality-information-and-advice-in-school FE News have today reported “1 in 5 students unintentionally block themselves from degree choices – “Where Next?” @UCAS_online report on student choice and careers advice“ UCAS has today (25 Mar) released its latest report ‘Where next?’, which highlights the impact of qualification and subject choice at school on students’ future pathways, and recommends…
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Our Future Derby – 2020-2021 Report https://dmhassociates.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/OFD-Report-with-covers-020321-2-1.pdf The Our Future Derby initiative is designed to enhance social mobility, improve gender equality and expand opportunities for primary school children in 32 primary schools across 7 of the most deprived Wards2 in Derby city. In March 2019, the Derby Opportunity Area Board3 commissioned Education and Employers4 to…
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https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/966252/International_Approaches_to_Careers_Interventions_March_2021.pdf This international policy paper was commissioned by the DfE and written by Pye Tait consulting and Carol Stansfield consulting. It draws upon 5 major international literature reviews published since 2016 and aimed at answering two main questions. What are the features of Careers Information and Guidance (CIAG) in other countries? What recent causal or…
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