Unemployment
Why Careers Education Matters ~ by Laura-Jane Rawlings
Greetings dear reader This post is mainly for the enlightenment of teachers and school governors. The short video provides the opportunity for you to listen to one of England's top experts on Careers Education explaining why it is so important to do more on this....
National Study Programme for Young People (NACRO)
The Benefits Study within a supportive environment £40 per week paid to learner Travel costs covered Access to IT resources to support study Refer a friend for £50 The Nacro charity are currently offering young people between the ages of 16 and 18 the...
Young Unemployed Would Overflow Wembley
A press release was issued by the UK government on 4 July 2014 under the heading “New statistics show thousands more 16- and 17-year-olds embarking on apprenticeships than last year.” The tone of the document is upbeat and positive: The figures, collected from local...
How has the recession affected graduates and non-graduates?
Last Autumn the Economic Research Council analysed figures from the Office of National Statistics looking at the interaction between recent graduates and young non-graduates in the labour market. What does the chart show? The two lines show the unemployment rate (the...
Is Government Policy on Youth Employment Failing our Young People?
The Work Foundation at Lancaster University wrote to the Chancellor in advance of his Autumn Statement on the subject of youth unemployment. One of the four subjects covered in their letter was careers advice in schools. "Ensuring that young people have a good...
Apprenticeships Are Falling Short of Demand
The Minister for Skills, Matthew Hancock, revealed yesterday in a written answer to an MP the number of young people starting an apprenticeship during the last three academic years. Apprenticeship programme starts by age and gender Age Gender 2010/11 full year ...
Young unemployed frustrated by national job schemes
According to the Local Government Association (LGA), unemployed young people are losing faith in the prospect of finding jobs and feel national schemes are not offering them the right skills to help them into work. A poll of unemployed 16 to 24-year-olds, carried out...