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Tag: Social Mobility

  • DMH ASSOCIATES NEWSLETTER No.1

    DMH ASSOCIATES NEWSLETTER No.1

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      DMH Associates will now be releasing a quarterly newsletter to provide an update of our recent activities and publications. NEWSLETTER DMH 030319 In order to subscribe to receive regular copies of this please click on this link: – http://eepurl.com/glOP2f MARCH 2019 BRIEF SUMMARY dmh associates SELECTED ACTIVITIES AND INVITATION TO  INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, OCTOBER 2019 Career-Related…

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    Great to see the release of the London Post-16 SEND Review jointly funded by the Mayor of London and the Department for Education (DfE). Sadiq Khan has shared this report with the Secretary of State for Education, Damian Hinds. The report summarises the outcomes of a London-wide review to identify the post-16 SEND education supply gap in London. It…

  • OXBRIDGE ‘OVER-RECRUITS’ FROM TOP EIGHT SCHOOLS

    OXBRIDGE ‘OVER-RECRUITS’ FROM TOP EIGHT SCHOOLS

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    The BBC has today (7th December 2018) reported on findings by the Sutton Trust that Oxford and Cambridge are being accused of “being so socially exclusive that they recruit more students from eight top schools than almost 3,000 other English state schools put together.” The Sutton Trust study blames a lack of advice and guidance…

  • PROGRESS SLOWS IN CLOSING THE GAP BETWEEN THE MOST AND LEAST ADVANTAGED STUDENTS STARTING DEGREES

    PROGRESS SLOWS IN CLOSING THE GAP BETWEEN THE MOST AND LEAST ADVANTAGED STUDENTS STARTING DEGREES

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    fe News has reported the  second release of UCAS’ 2018 End of Cycle Report shows a record 19.7 per cent of young people classified as living in the most disadvantaged areas of the UK (POLAR4 quintile 1) were accepted through UCAS to start a course in September 2018. This is up 0.4 percentage points, and…

  • IMPROVING CAREERS SUPPORT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN ENGLAND

    IMPROVING CAREERS SUPPORT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN ENGLAND

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    Sir John Holman writes in TES with reference made to the “successful pilot in the North East”. NOTE: Gatsby pilot schools and colleges were given £9k direct funding and access to an innovation fund of £250,000 from the Gatsby Foundation. John is absolutely right to  highlight the success of these projects.  I am puzzled as…

  • DfE URGED TO LAUNCH INDEPENDENT REVIEW INTO CAREERS AND ENTERPRISE COMPANY

    DfE URGED TO LAUNCH INDEPENDENT REVIEW INTO CAREERS AND ENTERPRISE COMPANY

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      Schools Week have reported that the government has been urged to commission an independent review into whether the Careers and Enterprise Company is doing a good job helping poorer students get work experience. https://schoolsweek.co.uk/dfe-urged-to-launch-independent-review-into-careers-and-enterprise-company/ This comes after the Commons youth select committee, run by the British Youth Council charity, has also said Ofsted should…

  • SKILLS ON THE MOVE: MIGRANTS IN THE SURVEY OF ADULT SKILLS (OECD)

    SKILLS ON THE MOVE: MIGRANTS IN THE SURVEY OF ADULT SKILLS (OECD)

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    Skills on the Move: Migrants in the Survey of Adult Skills Migration has been at the centre of political debate across the OECD in recent years. Drawing on data from the OECD Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC), this report provides new evidence on differences in migrants’ characteristics and contexts and considers how these relate to the…

  • NATIONAL RETRAINING SCHEME FOR ADULTS: £100 MILLION IN THE CHANCELLOR’S BUDGET

    NATIONAL RETRAINING SCHEME FOR ADULTS: £100 MILLION IN THE CHANCELLOR’S BUDGET

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    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…

  • LONDON COUNCILS: YOUNG PEOPLE’S EDUCATION AND SKILLS

    LONDON COUNCILS: YOUNG PEOPLE’S EDUCATION AND SKILLS

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      Intelligent London puts the latest data on the education and skills of young people, professionally presented, at your fingertips. It makes the very best of data analysis and visualisation techniques so that those with an interest in supporting and promoting the interests of young people can easily access reliable data that looks great. http://www.intelligentlondon.org.uk/?utm_campaign=9960304_Intelligent%20London%20-%20October%202018&utm_medium=email&utm_source=London%20Councils&dm_i=192K,5XHF4,JS26QF,N7O82,1…

  • WE NEED TO REACH CHILDREN BEFORE THEY DECIDE UNIVERSITY ISN’T FOR THEM

    WE NEED TO REACH CHILDREN BEFORE THEY DECIDE UNIVERSITY ISN’T FOR THEM

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    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…