Tag: Education
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NEW RESEARCH REPORT – NORTHERN IRELAND:YOUNG PEOPLE’S CAREERS, CHOICES AND FUTURE PREFERENCES
NEW RESEARCH REPORT LAUNCHED Skills Northern Ireland 2019: Education and Business Breakfast Meeting Wednesday 20th November 2019 at the Titanic Quarter Campus of Belfast Metropolitan College Sponsored by the Edge Foundation, a major Education and Business Breakfast Meeting took place on 20/11/19 bringing together leading educationalists, employers and policymakers from across N.Ireland to explore how best to reduce Northern…
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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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HEALTHY, WEALTHY AND WISE: IMPLICATIONS FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
The Learning & Work Institute has released the Healthy, Wealthy and Wise: implications for workforce development report, as part of its work for the European Agenda for Adult Learning. Although the report focuses on the UK, its findings have relevance across Europe. NEW – You can download the report here: Healthy, Wealthy and Wise: implications for workforce development …
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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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MINISTER QUIZZED ON OPPORTUNITY AREAS
Jess Staufenburg reports in SchoolsWeek – https://schoolsweek.co.uk/minister-admits-opportunity-areas-need-more-ambitious-outlook-to-continue-beyond-2020/ “The children’s minister has admitted the Opportunity Area programme could do with a “more ambitious outlook”, after refusing to answer point-blank whether it will get funding to continue next year. Nadhim Zahawi came under pressure during an education select committee this morning to brush off rumours the £74 million…
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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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STATE OF THE NATION REPORT: SOCIAL MOBILITY IN THE UK ‘VIRTUALLY STAGNANT’
HOT OFF THE PRESS: The BBC sets out key findings from the Social Mobility Commission which warns inequality will remain entrenched in the UK “from birth to work” unless the government takes urgent action. “Its State of the Nation report said the situation had remained “virtually stagnant” since 2014 – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48103017 It is calling on ministers…
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DRAFT CURRICULUM FOR WALES 2022
30 April 2019 Designed by teachers, built for pupils – it’s time for your say on the draft curriculum for Wales The journey towards the rollout of Wales’ new curriculum in 2022 reaches a major milestone today with the publication of a draft designed by teachers and shaped by experts from Wales and around…
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OECD EMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK 2019
The OECD’s annual report on jobs and employment in OECD countries – http://www.oecd.org/employment/outlook/. Each edition reviews recent trends, policy developments, and prospects. They have produced some terrific infographics on the ‘Future of Work’, as well as short informative videos. Job Automation (OECD, 2019) Download in Excel Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General, estimates that “14% of existing…
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CAREER-RELATED LEARNING (CRL) ARRIVES IN BALLYSALLY PRIMARY SCHOOL, COLERAINE, N.IRELAND
Primary Futures:Northern Ireland dmh associates brokers the first Primary Futures event to be held in Coleraine, Co. Londonderry, N.Ireland. I grew up in the 1970s in Coleraine during ‘the troubles’ and over the years I have recognised an urgent need to find a way of raising children’s aspirations from an early age, particularly in areas…