Projects

The Education Committee is to question the Chief Executive and Chair of the Careers & Enterprise Company (CEC) on the organisation’s role in coordinating careers and enterprise support and the delivery of the Government’s careers strategy – https://www.careersandenterprise.co.uk/ The CEC was established as an independent social enterprise in 2015 with the aim of supporting schools and colleges in improving their……

John Swinney, Scotland’s Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills announced today: Firstly, we need better advice. We need to do more to ensure that there is a clear connection between the advice and guidance young people receive on subject choices and on longer term career options. They are often making annual……

In March 2018, the Scottish Government published this summary report. As part of phase one of the Learner Journey Review a series of five analytical papers were produced to help facilitate discussion and set the scene around current education and training provision for 15 to 24 year olds in Scotland during this first stage. The……

The Institute for Apprenticeships remains a “work in progress” a year on from its inception, says its chief executive Sir Gerry Berragan.  Visit: https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/ The Institute did not get off to a flying start and was not fully  functioning until last October 2017. It has only had a permanent chief executive in post for less……

THE FIRST STEP The Centre was established in 2004 to promote policy sharing and learning internationally through making international knowledge and expertise available to policy makers, researchers and career development professionals. The OECD, the World Bank, the European Commission, international professional associations such as IAEVG, and officials of several individual countries, recognised from international policy……