An article available on FE News reports that the “`Education Commttee has launched an inquiry into careers education, information, advice and guidance (CEIAG) for children and young people.” The new inquiry will explore whether current careers advice provides young people with sufficient guidance about career choices, employment, training, and further and higher education opportunities.   It will also look at how…
Read more

In a report published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF): UK Poverty 2022: The essential guide to understanding poverty in the UK, the foundation has examined how the pandemic has had an impact on those who are less well off. Link for full report: https://www.jrf.org.uk/file/58886/download?token=XLbzxN7W&filetype=full-report ‘Another worrying element of the pandemic is how it is…
Read more

In this FE News article produced by the Institute for Fiscal Studies the authors inform us : “The average working-age woman in the UK earned 40% less than her male counterpart in 2019 @TheIFS. This is because, among 20- to 55-year-olds not in education, long-term sick or retired: -Women are 9.5 percentage points less likely…
Read more

Not Just Any Job Young people do not believe the work available to them is of good quality For those still in education, a common issue is the low quality of work experience Young people feel let down by the quality of careers support they receive Not just any job, good jobs! Youth voices from…
Read more

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…
Read more