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Employers including British Airways and Virgin Atlantic to help run new technical colleges

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

| CYP Now

British Airways, Virgin Atlantic and Jaguar Land Rover are among the local employers signed up to help educate young people at 15 new university technical colleges set to open in 2013 and 2014.

Further education providers urge Ofsted to scrutinise careers advice

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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

| CYP Now

Ofsted must check that schools are offering impartial careers advice during inspections, apprenticeship providers have warned.

Fragmented system holds looked-after children back from education

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Friday, March 16, 2012

| CYP Now

Government policies intended to support looked-after children into further education are failing because of a fragmented system that confuses both young people and professionals, The Who Cares? Trust has warned.

Organisations offered 2,200 to support teenagers into work

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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

| CYP Now

The government is inviting organisations to bid for contracts worth up to 2,200 to help 55,000 16- and 17-year-olds who are out of work, education or training.

School league tables to omit thousands of vocational qualifications

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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

| CYP Now

More than 3,000 vocational qualifications will be excluded from school performance league tables from January 2015, the government has announced.

MPs call for champions to head national campaign for apprenticeships

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Thursday, December 8, 2011

| CYP Now

"Apprentice champions" should be sent into schools to promote vocational routes into employment and change the perception of apprenticeships, a report by the All Party Parliamentary Group for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning has said.

London authorities exceed apprenticeship pledge

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Thursday, November 17, 2011

| CYP Now

Local authorities across London have offered more than 1,820 apprenticeships in council services to young people aged 16 to 24 since January 2009.

Young people miss out on apprenticeship opportunities, claims IPPR

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Monday, November 14, 2011

| CYP Now

Just 30 per cent of the extra 126,000 apprenticeships created last year went to young people, the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has reported ahead of the publication of youth unemployment figures this week.

Guidelines to stamp out 'perverse incentives' on vocational qualifications

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Thursday, October 27, 2011

| CYP Now

Vocational qualifications will only count in school league tables if they are equivalent or more advanced than GCSEs and offer pupils progress into a broad range of options, under guidance announced by the Department for Education today (27 October).

Young people with autism 'need legal right to educational support'

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Friday, October 14, 2011

| CYP Now

Young disabled people must be given the legal right to educational support up to the age of 25 if they are to achieve independence later in life, a charity has warned.

Fears raised over 'divisive' university technical colleges

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Tuesday, October 11, 2011

| CYP Now

More than 10,000 young people will be studying at university technical colleges (UTCs) by the next general election, under government plans to open 13 new institutions in September 2012.

Conservative Conference 2011: Cameron appeals to businesses to increase apprenticeships

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Thursday, October 6, 2011

| CYP Now

The Prime Minister David Cameron has pledged to provide funding and cut red tape if businesses agree to increase the number of apprenticeships.

Lib Dem Conference 2011: DfE's academic focus 'alienates young people'

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Tuesday, September 20, 2011

| CYP Now

The Department for Education (DfE) is failing to work with other government departments to prepare young people for the world of work, the Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) has claimed.

Students need better advice on further education, warn MPs

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Monday, August 15, 2011

| CYP Now

The government will fail in its attempts to improve quality and choice of education for 16- to 18-year-olds unless relevant information is provided to students and more is done to intervene in poorly performing institutions, a group of MPs has warned.

Children 'suffer uncertainty' over education funding delay

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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

| CYP Now

The government's delay in allocating financial support for 16- to 19-year-olds has prevented Year 11 students from making informed decisions about their further education, MPs have claimed.

Unemployed young people turn to volunteering and training

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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

| CYP Now

Young people are attempting to defy the increasingly challenging jobs market by volunteering, undertaking unpaid work, and continuing training, youth charity the Jack Petchey Foundation has found.

Barnardo's chief hits out at 'disastrous' EMA replacement

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Thursday, June 30, 2011

| CYP Now

The chief executive of Barnardo's has described the replacement for the education maintenance allowance (EMA) as a "disastrous step backwards" after government statistics revealed the percentage of 16- to 18-year-olds participating in education and training rose by two per cent last year.

Union leader threatens further school strike action

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Thursday, June 30, 2011

| CYP Now

Further strikes at schools across the country could take place in the coming months if demands on pay and conditions are not met, a union leader has warned.

EMA study was 'misinterpreted' by government

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Thursday, June 9, 2011

| CYP Now

The education expert whose work was used by the government to justify its decision to scrap the education maintenance allowance (EMA) has said his findings were "misinterpreted".

Co-op launches apprenticeship scheme

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Wednesday, June 8, 2011

| CYP Now

The Co-operative Group has launched an apprenticeship academy that aims to provide 2,000 jobs to young people over the next three years.

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Employers including British Airways and Virgin Atlantic to help run new technical colleges

Further education providers urge Ofsted to scrutinise careers advice

Fragmented system holds looked-after children back from education

Organisations offered 2,200 to support teenagers into work

School league tables to omit thousands of vocational qualifications

MPs call for champions to head national campaign for apprenticeships

London authorities exceed apprenticeship pledge

Young people miss out on apprenticeship opportunities, claims IPPR

Guidelines to stamp out 'perverse incentives' on vocational qualifications

Young people with autism 'need legal right to educational support'

Fears raised over 'divisive' university technical colleges

Conservative Conference 2011: Cameron appeals to businesses to increase apprenticeships

Lib Dem Conference 2011: DfE's academic focus 'alienates young people'

Students need better advice on further education, warn MPs

Children 'suffer uncertainty' over education funding delay

Unemployed young people turn to volunteering and training

Barnardo's chief hits out at 'disastrous' EMA replacement

Union leader threatens further school strike action

EMA study was 'misinterpreted' by government

Co-op launches apprenticeship scheme

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