It also claimed Connexions has by and large benefited only the most disadvantaged young people. LGA children and young people board chair Shireen Ritchie, a Conservative, concluded that given the harsh financial conditions, most young people can receive careers advice from parents, teachers and youth workers instead.
We reported the story on our website. Cue an outbreak of protest to the study on our online forum. And not without justification. The survey of young people (carried out by the National Youth Agency) was of just 79 individuals. Plenty of previous evaluations and Ofsted reports have pointed to young people's positive experience of careers guidance from Connexions.
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