The Chancellors’ Budget (October 2018) allocates £100 million for the first phase of the National Retraining Scheme (NRS).This will include “a new careers guidance service with expert advice to help people identify work opportunities in their area, and state-of-the-art courses combining online learning with traditional classroom teaching to develop key transferable skills.” I suspect this will focus on…
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The chancellor’s use of language in this afternoon’s Budget was patronising at best. Schools are facing real cuts and making real redundancies, writes Ed Dorrell at TES. https://www.tes.com/news/little-extras-extraordinarily-tone-deaf-choice-words Some reflections: – As schools are being asked to deliver more and more and following recent Headteacher and FE sector protests in Parliament the government is missing…
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Last night I watched Channel Four news which presented the grim reality of many young people in certain parts of the country facing hard times. Ironically, Nottingham isn’t an Opportunity Area Click on this link to watch and listen to the voices of young people: https://www.channel4.com/news/why-is-nottingham-the-hardest-place-in-uk-for-young-people-to-find-employment-or-training Now, you might expect that opportunities for young people…
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More people than ever have applied this year for university courses with a 15 October deadline. https://www.fenews.co.uk/press-releases/21284-record-number-of-applicants-for-early-deadline-university-courses?utm_source=MadMimi&utm_medium=email&utm_content=FE+News+via+email+-+Daily+update&utm_campaign=20181024_m147894581_Daily+fenews+update+via+RSS&utm_term=Rec Applications for most 2019 medicine, dentistry and veterinary science/medicine courses, as well as all courses at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, had to be submitted to UCAS by 18:00 on 15 October. Statistics published by UCAS today,…
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New report on Youth Voice Census report launches today. Responses were received from 14-24 year olds (1,498 in total) as they transition between education and employment. Laura-Jane Rawlins, CEO says “the census will now become an annual temperature check on young people’s experiences and confidence levels.” This first census, in partnership with Pearson and The Careers…
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A report from Gerard Kelly & Partners surveyed 1,000 teenagers between the ages of 16-18 to understand why apprenticeships remain unpopular amongst young people. http://Apprentice+Report+GKP Despite the introduction of the apprenticeship levy in 2017 and a renewed focus from government ministers, apprenticeship numbers fell by 59% in the year to August 2017 and by an…
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Intelligent London puts the latest data on the education and skills of young people, professionally presented, at your fingertips. It makes the very best of data analysis and visualisation techniques so that those with an interest in supporting and promoting the interests of young people can easily access reliable data that looks great. http://www.intelligentlondon.org.uk/?utm_campaign=9960304_Intelligent%20London%20-%20October%202018&utm_medium=email&utm_source=London%20Councils&dm_i=192K,5XHF4,JS26QF,N7O82,1 Borough…
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Career Writing Newsletter Photo: Frans Meijers & Reinekke Lengelle, Founders of Career WritingWriting is really an act of reading. You read the landscape of your life and find the places where grief or fear or sudden surprise has revealed your truth. – Kim StaffordHighlights Reinekke’s new book of poems and reflections, Jezelf Schrijven was published (in Dutch): https://gompel-svacina.eu/reinekke-lengelle/…
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Written by Department for Education Published: 18 October 2018 in FE News https://www.fenews.co.uk/press-releases/21128-news-story-adults-to-benefit-from-digital-skills-overhaul?utm_source=MadMimi&utm_medium=email&utm_content=FE+News+via+email+-+Daily+update&utm_campaign=20181018_m147808455_Daily+fenews+update+via+RSS&utm_term=Adults+to+benefit+from+digital+skills+overhaul Consultation launched to help more adults get the digital skills they need to get on in life and work. Adult digital skills qualifications are to be overhauled under plans announced today (18 October) by Apprenticeships and Skills Minister Anne Milton to…
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An article in today’s Guardian by Christopher Birchall recommends that : “To boost social mobility, universities need to start speaking to children from disadvantaged backgrounds at a younger age” https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/oct/18/we-need-to-reach-children-before-they-decide-university-isnt-for-them Traditionally, universities looking to widen access have focused on secondary aged children preparing to take their next step in education. This is certainly an important…
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