Tag: Careers Strategy
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NORTHERN IRELAND: A NEW DECADE,NEW APPROACH
The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and Tánaiste have published the text of a deal to restore devolved government in Northern Ireland, exactly three years after the Assembly collapsed. The time has come for the N.I Assembly to re-establish itself and focus on the issue that really matter to N.Ireland citizens. A NEW DECADE,…
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FUNDING FOR CAREERS PROVISION IN ENGLAND’S SCHOOLS: IN SERIOUS DECLINE
Report: National Survey of School Leaders and Careers Professionals by Dr Deirdre Hughes on behalf of Careers England in association with NAHT and Jules White, Headteacher Tanbridge House School and Leader of the Worthless? campaign. National Survey of school leaders and careers professionals On the 12th November 2019 at the national Careers England Summit, London…
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INTERIM EVALUATION OF CAREER LEARNING PILOTS
Today (5th September 2019) DFE published an interim evaluation of the Career Learning Pilots which were established to test innovative approaches to lifelong learning and inform the design of the National Retraining Scheme. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cost-and-outreach-pilot-evaluation-interim-findings In England, the Cost and Outreach Pilots are running in five areas, led by the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) or Combined Authority:…
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TEN YEAR PLAN NEEDED TO FIX BROKEN SCHOOL AND COLLEGE SYSTEM
19 July 2019 The Government must fix the broken education funding system, commit to a multi-billion cash injection for schools and colleges and bring forward a strategic ten-year education funding plan, say the Education Committee in its report on school and college funding. Read the report summary Read the conclusions and recommendations Read the full report: A…
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ICCDPP SYMPOSIUM 2019 NORWAY
Leading career development services into an uncertain future: Ensuring access, integration and innovation I attended the 9th International Centre for Career Development and Public Policy (ICCDPP) Symposium held in Trumso, Norway. A total of 33 Country Teams came together to share major policy developments and the challenges and opportunities within each country. Country papers cover…
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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE THE DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION’S CAREERS WORK SPENDING
HOT OFF THE PRESS! FE News 3rd May 2019 PAC to scrutinise careers quango that is failing to pay its way “MPs will investigate whether careers funding is achieving value for money after the government abandoned plans to make the Careers & Enterprise Company pay for itself. https://feweek.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Edition-279-digi-embargoed.pdf?mc_cid=f0b6b1ae38&mc_eid=5c36273b13 Meg Hillier, chair of the parliamentary…
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SCHOOLS WEEK EXCLUSIVE: CEC WILL CONTINUE TO BE RELIANT ON GOVERNMENT HANDOUTS
The Careers and Enterprise Company will continue to be reliant on government handouts after ministers dropped their ambition for the quango to become self-sustaining. Announcing the creation of the company in 2014, former education secretary Nicky Morgan, said that “in the longer term the company will sustain itself”. But CEC’s new sustainability plan, seen by Schools…
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IRELAND – LAUNCHES REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF CAREER GUIDANCE TOOLS AND INFORMATION
The Minister for Education and Skills in Ireland Joe McHugh T.D. together with the Minister of State for Higher Education Mary Mitchell O’Connor T.D. and Minister of State for Training, Skills, Innovation, Research and Development John Halligan T.D. today (Wednesday 24 April) launched the Report of the Independent Review of Career Guidance Tools and Information…
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EDGE SAYS ‘TEACHERS LOSE FAITH IN SCHOOL CURRICULUM TO EQUIP STUDENTS WITH SKILLS FOR JOBS’
Teachers lose faith in school curriculum to equip students with skills for jobs, says Edge report A new report by the Edge Foundation highlights today (15 April 2019) – http://www.edge.co.uk/sites/default/files/documents/skills_shortage_bulletin_4_web-1.pdf “Nearly half (47%) of teachers believe there are fewer opportunities to enable their students to develop employability skills and competencies since the introduction of the reformed GCSEs and…
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Skills Advisory Panels: Government has announced more funding for the Skills Advisory Panels https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skills-advisory-panels-s31-grant-determination-letter Skills Advisory Panels (SAPs) are designed to help Mayoral Combined Authorities (MCAs), the Greater London Authority (GLA) and Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) fulfil their local leadership role in the skills system. SAPs bring together employers, local authorities, universities, colleges and other training…