Tag: Career Development
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ONS: CALL FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO COMPARE HOW THEY ARE DOING
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is undertaking some interesting work to help young people compare how they are doing compared to other young people. I can’t help wonder what might happen if a young person gets a very negative result? Depression, despair or disillusionment….or euphoria? Here’s a blog – https://blog.ons.gov.uk/2018/11/02/being-18-in-2018-a-young-persons-perspective-of-the-young-people-series/?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/personalandhouseholdfinances/incomeandwealth/articles/howwellareyoudoingcomparedwithotheryoungpeople/2018-10-04 It states…It can be…
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NATIONAL RETRAINING SCHEME FOR ADULTS: £100 MILLION IN THE CHANCELLOR’S BUDGET
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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EXTRACT FROM TES: THE CHANCELLOR’S “Little extras’ – an extraordinarily tone-deaf choice of words”
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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ADULTS TO BENEFIT FROM DIGITAL SKILLS OVERHAUL
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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WE NEED TO REACH CHILDREN BEFORE THEY DECIDE UNIVERSITY ISN’T FOR THEM
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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CAREERS GUIDANCE AND ACCESS FOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROVIDERS
Today the DfE published updated versions of the statutory guidance for schools on careers guidance and access for education and training providers and guidance for further education colleges and sixth form colleges on careers guidance. The updates include: More information on new requirements/expectations that were introduced in September 2018: for schools and colleges to publish information about their…
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Women in management: underrepresented and overstretched?
Despite years of gender equality legislation, men outnumber women in management positions by two to one. While structural barriers continue to impede women’s career advancement, women themselves may be deterred from becoming managers if they perceive that it would have a negative impact on their working and personal lives. What is the experience of women in…
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AI IS A DOOR TO PRODCTIVITY GAINS, BUT DATA LITERACY HOLDS THE KEY
Andy Cotgreave, Technical Evangelist and Senior Director, Tableau https://www.fenews.co.uk/featured-article/20724-ai-is-a-door-to-productivity-gains-but-data-literacy-holds-the-keys The report below by Andy Cotgrave for FE News warns of a potential skills shortage and also highlights the growing call for data literacy. Productivity is a very British problem. According to the latest figures from the OECD, us Brits are among the hardest workers in Europe,…
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ROUTES TO HIGH-LEVEL SKILLS
Incentivising even closer working between universities, colleges, and employers would bring significant benefits to our economy says University UK. This report calls for the National Careers Service in schools and colleges to do more but this vital careers support service for young people disappeared when contracts ended in September 2018. https://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/policy-and-analysis/reports/Pages/Routes-to-high-level-skills.aspx According to a new…
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HOW USEFUL IS THE CONCEPT OF SKILLS MISMATCH?
The term skill mismatch is very broad and can relate to many forms of labour market friction, including vertical mismatch, skill gaps, skill shortages, field of study (horizontal) mismatch and skill obsolescence. This discussion paper (May 2017) written by Seamus McGuinness ESRI and IZA, Konstantinos Pouliakas Cedefop, University of Aberdeen and IZA and Paul Redmond…