Steep fall in apprenticeships take-up by young people

Government reforms designed to boost take-up of its apprenticeships programme have been met with sharp falls among young new starters, according to the National Audit Office (NAO).

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How children's services are commissioned has been the subject of intense scrutiny by policymakers in recent years. Sector experts analyse the forces driving changes in commissioning policies and practice.

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Funding changes and more complex policy could be reasons for the fall in twin-hat DCSs, say experts.

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Matt Griffiths, chief executive, Youth Music: How I Got Here

Channeling a love of music in academia Music has been a constant in my life. Back in the mid-80s in Cardiff doing my A-levels, I was in various bands playing bars and clubs in the city and in the South Wales valleys. Mum and Dad took me out to lunch as they...