Secretary of State for Education Damian Hinds will face questions from MPs during the Education Committee’s latest accountability session. The Committee is likely to want to ask about issues including multi-academy trusts and accountability, school exclusions and careers advice. Members could also raise the Government’s response to recent Committee reports on higher education and apprenticeships. The…
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  As 2018 draws to a close and we approach the beginning of 2019, I’d like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has informed and supported the work of DMH Associates. Reflecting on the year, the lowest point was the tragic loss of my dear friend and work colleague Prof. Frans Meijers. He…
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A report in fe Week today  highlights :- “NCFE and the Campaign for Learning consider the future of post-18 education, in their recent volume of opinion pieces: ‘The post-18 review of education and funding: a review of a lifetime’ , where Susan Pember reiterates the importance of putting adult learners – and future learners – in the driving seat” https://www.fenews.co.uk/fevoices/5475-put-adult-learners-and-future-learners-in-the-driving-seat?utm_source=MadMimi&utm_medium=email&utm_content=FE+News+via+email+-+Daily+update&utm_campaign=20181217_m148796062_Daily+fenews+update+via+RSS&utm_term=Put+adult+learners+-+and+future+learners+-+in+the+driving+seat The…
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The Careers and Enterprise Company in England has awarded two rounds of Grant Funding 2015 – 2017 to a wide range of careers programme providers, designed to ensure more young people have encounters with the world of work. This includes a table below setting out funding which has been awarded to organisations as part of the…
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In 2011 Deirdre Hughes was consulted by the Scottish Government when they were developing the careers strategy   “Career Information, Advice and Guidance in Scotland – A Framework for Service Redesign and Improvement”. https://www2.gov.scot/Resource/Doc/344766/0114737.pdf The strategy drove the redesign and improvement of career services delivered by Skills Development Scotland (SDS).  The strategy made a clear commitment…
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I visited Ottawa a few years ago to present key findings from the UK ‘LMI for All’ initiative to Deputy Ministers from across Canada. The meeting was organised by the Social Research and Demonstration Corporation (SRCD) and we also talked about international developments in career education, including emerging findings from quasi-experimental and experimental studies – https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/public/files/Publications/Careers_review.pdf…
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The Welsh Government performs a key role in supporting the employability of people across Wales. https://gov.wales/docs/det/publications/171213-economic-action-plan-en.pdf https://gov.wales/topics/businessandeconomy/economic-action-plan/?lang=en “We will develop a new Employability Delivery Plan for Wales which will simplify the support offered to those people who want a job as well as those who need help to get a better job. Working with employers…
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The BBC has today (7th December 2018) reported on findings by the Sutton Trust that Oxford and Cambridge are being accused of “being so socially exclusive that they recruit more students from eight top schools than almost 3,000 other English state schools put together.” The Sutton Trust study blames a lack of advice and guidance…
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 In a report in  The Independent  today (6/12/18)  – Students who take the government’s new flagship technical qualification will receive Ucas points in a bid to end “snobbery” towards vocational education, the education secretary will say. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/t-levels-technical-qualifications-vocational-education-damian-hinds-ucas-apprenticeships-a8669326.html Learners who complete a T-level programme will be allocated the same amount of Ucas points as students who do three A-levels to help progression…
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