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Former minister calls for incentives for schools to promote apprenticeships

Tuesday, October 3, 2017

| CYP Now

Schools should be incentivised to promote apprenticeships as a positive career option for young people, a former education minister has said.

Tim Loughton 'asked to step down' as Elizabeth Truss named children's minister

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Tuesday, September 4, 2012

| CYP Now

Children's minister Tim Loughton has been axed from his children's minister post in the cabinet reshuffle.

Schools urged to offer flexible working for career-break teachers

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Monday, September 26, 2011

| CYP Now

Schools are being called on to offer more flexible working arrangements to attract career-break teachers back to the classroom.

CYP Now 2012 Awards open for entry

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Tuesday, April 3, 2012

| CYP Now

The Children & Young People Now Awards, the gold standard in services for children, young people and families, are this week open for entries.

Narey confident social work training reforms will get green light

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Friday, May 16, 2014

| CYP Now

Controversial proposals to improve the education and training of child social workers look set to get the go-ahead from government.

Taxpayers' money wasted on inefficient teacher training

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Thursday, August 11, 2011

| CYP Now

The current teacher training system is wasting taxpayers' money, a report by academics at the University of Buckingham has found.

Call for more vocational learning in schools

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Monday, January 21, 2013

| CYP Now

Young people who are more suited to applied and practical learning are being disadvantaged by a focus on academic learning in England's secondary schools, a report has claimed.

Inside CYP Now this month: Residential youth work, Care Review pilot, youth justice trends

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Thursday, August 31, 2023

| CYP Now

The September edition of Children & Young People Now has all the latest news, views and analysis on the key issues affecting services for children, young people and families.

Cameron outlines £14m 'high-flying' mentor scheme

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Tuesday, March 15, 2016

| CYP Now

Struggling school pupils will receive help from "high-flying" professionals as part of a £14m government initiative, Prime Minister David Cameron has announced.

DfE defends £14m mentoring expansion

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Tuesday, April 26, 2016

| CYP Now

The Department for Education has defended its plans to massively ramp up support for struggling school pupils with the aid of mentoring from "high-flying" professionals.

Daily roundup: xxx

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Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

Review ordered into Doncaster children's services, doctors blamed for high numbers of avoidable child deaths in Britain, and government programme to combat extremism helps 500 young people, all in today's news roundup.

Thousands of apprenticeships at risk due to coronavirus crisis, providers warn

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Thursday, April 2, 2020

| CYP Now

Thousands of apprentices will be unable to start or finish their programmes as the coronavirus outbreak has left many apprenticeship training providers on the brink of collapse, the sector’s representative body has warned.

Pay differences threaten workforce reform

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Monday, April 28, 2008

| CYP Now

Divisions between the different professions that work with children and young people are increasing, despite government efforts to promote collaboration.

Diploma plans come under fire from teachers

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Friday, March 7, 2008

| CYP Now

Teachers have accused the government of meddling with the qualifications system after Children's Secretary Ed Balls announced plans for extended diplomas.

Children and youth sector workers must become professionals

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Thursday, March 20, 2008

| CYP Now

The children's workforce needs to achieve professional status if it is to succeed in driving through reforms to services, the children's minister has said.

Staff shortages threaten neonatal services

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Wednesday, December 19, 2007

| CYP Now

Improvements to neonatal services are being threatened by staff shortages, a report has said.

Children's Plan: Social workers to gain from training reforms

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Tuesday, December 11, 2007

| CYP Now

The government has announced a fresh drive to improve the status and training of children's social workers in the Children's Plan.

Birmingham recruits Lincolnshire children's services chief

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Friday, January 27, 2012

| CYP Now

Birmingham's embattled children's services department has appointed a director from an Ofsted-rated outstanding authority to turn around its fortunes.

College of Social Work sets out its stall at inaugural event

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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

| CYP Now

The College of Social Work has used its inaugural event to pledge to champion the role of social workers from across children's services through a time of "unprecedented change".

Childcare workers hail EYPS as a career boost

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Wednesday, January 26, 2011

| CYP Now

More than three-quarters of practitioners with Early Years Professional Status (EYPS) believe the qualification has helped boost their standing in the workforce, a survey has found.

CYP Now Awards extends deadline to 11 July

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Thursday, July 4, 2013

| CYP Now

The deadline to enter the 2013 Children & Young People Now Awards has been extended by one week, to Thursday 11 July. Entries must be received before 12 noon that day.

Failure to invest in young people 'risks economic recovery'

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Monday, August 12, 2013

| CYP Now

The government's plans for economic recovery will fail if it doesn't also invest in young people, a former government auditor has warned.

Young people abandon ambitions after failing exams

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Tuesday, August 13, 2013

| CYP Now

The Prince's Trust is calling on government and employers to do more to support young people leaving school with low or no qualifications to get a job.

MPs recommend expansion of careers service to help young people

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Wednesday, January 23, 2013

| CYP Now

The National Careers Service should expand its role to help schools to broker face-to-face careers advice for young people, an education select committee inquiry has said.

Labour conference: Sheerman moots plan to raise the participation age to 25

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Tuesday, October 2, 2012

| CYP Now

Young people could be required to participate in compulsory education, training or employment up to the age of 25, a Labour MP has suggested.

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Former minister calls for incentives for schools to promote apprenticeships

Tim Loughton 'asked to step down' as Elizabeth Truss named children's minister

Schools urged to offer flexible working for career-break teachers

CYP Now 2012 Awards open for entry

Narey confident social work training reforms will get green light

Taxpayers' money wasted on inefficient teacher training

Call for more vocational learning in schools

Inside CYP Now this month: Residential youth work, Care Review pilot, youth justice trends

Cameron outlines £14m 'high-flying' mentor scheme

DfE defends £14m mentoring expansion

Daily roundup: xxx

Thousands of apprenticeships at risk due to coronavirus crisis, providers warn

Pay differences threaten workforce reform

Diploma plans come under fire from teachers

Children and youth sector workers must become professionals

Staff shortages threaten neonatal services

Children's Plan: Social workers to gain from training reforms

Birmingham recruits Lincolnshire children's services chief

College of Social Work sets out its stall at inaugural event

Childcare workers hail EYPS as a career boost

CYP Now Awards extends deadline to 11 July

Failure to invest in young people 'risks economic recovery'

Young people abandon ambitions after failing exams

MPs recommend expansion of careers service to help young people

Labour conference: Sheerman moots plan to raise the participation age to 25

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