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Work skills training at centre of Labour's education manifesto
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- Friday, April 10, 2015 | CYP Now
The Labour Party has pledged a raft of improvements to careers support and vocational training in schools if it wins the next general election.
MPs criticise low uptake of apprenticeships for under-18s
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- Monday, March 9, 2015 | CYP Now
MPs are calling on schools and the government to do more to address the low uptake of apprenticeships among teenagers.
Brent Council rejects youth service closure plans but backs outsourcing
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- Tuesday, February 24, 2015 | CYP Now
The London Borough of Brent has thrown out plans to axe youth services, close children's centres and impose sweeping cuts to its Connexions services.
Trafford looks to create a youth trust as cuts bite
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- Monday, February 9, 2015 | CYP Now
Trafford Borough Council is seeking to establish a youth trust to run local youth services as it looks to slash £3.2m from its early help provision for children and young people.
Morgan announces careers advice body for schools
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- Thursday, December 11, 2014 | CYP Now
The Department for Education is to establish a careers advice company in a bid to improve the quality of guidance services in schools and colleges, Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has announced.
Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Migrant children's rights to work and train
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- Tuesday, November 25, 2014 | CYP Now
Different laws apply depending on the legal status of a migrant child, as well as the type of work or training they wish to do.
Work coaches help jobless youth
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- Tuesday, November 11, 2014 | CYP Now
Councils piloting Jobcentre Plus coaches say the scheme extends their work with jobless young people.
Clegg expands Neet support programme
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- Monday, October 27, 2014 | CYP Now
Work to improve employment support for 16- and 17-year-olds is to be delivered in a further 30 local authority regions.
More specialist advisers needed to tackle careers guidance 'postcode lottery'
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- Thursday, October 16, 2014 | CYP Now
Schools and further education colleges should be able to access specialist careers advisers as part of an expanded National Careers Service, a report by academics at the University of Derby concludes.
Tories unveil youth skills focus
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- Monday, October 13, 2014 | CYP Now
The Conservatives indicate tackling youth unemployment will be at the forefront of their election campaign.
Conservatives plan to link youth jobseeker payments to ‘community work'
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- Monday, September 29, 2014 | CYP Now
Young people aged 18 to 21 and out of work or training for more than six months will need to do community work to continue receiving jobseeker's allowance (JSA), Prime Minister David Cameron has said.
Ofsted warns over Neet risk of new study programmes
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- Wednesday, September 10, 2014 | CYP Now
Low-quality study programmes are increasing young people's chances of dropping out of school and training post-16, a report has warned.
Daily roundup: Democracy, care applications, and parenting
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- Wednesday, September 10, 2014 | CYP Now
Childcare minister brands celebrity's no vote message "sad"; care applications rise again; and children with married parents less antisocial than those brought up in unmarried homes say researchers, all in the news today.
Daily roundup: GCSE results, fines and Neet figures
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- Thursday, August 21, 2014 | CYP Now
Figures show fall in English GCSE grades; number of fines issued to parents in Suffolk for allowing their children to miss school rises by 500 per cent; and Department for Education reveals drop in young people not in education, employment or training, all in the news today.
Participation age reforms at risk of failure, report warns
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- Wednesday, August 20, 2014 | CYP Now
Improvements to careers advice and courses are needed if raising the school participation age to 18 is to succeed in improving young people's lives, a report has warned.
My Life: Marc Gorry, 19, Brighton
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- Monday, August 18, 2014 | CYP Now
I first contacted Brighton and Hove City Council's youth employability service a few years ago, after I was excluded from college.
IPPR proposes vocational reforms to reduce Neet level
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- Wednesday, August 13, 2014 | CYP Now
The government is being urged to improve vocational education, apprenticeship opportunities and careers guidance in school in a bid to reduce numbers of young people not in education, employment or training (Neet).
Good Idea: Hackney young people take first steps onto jobs ladder
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- Monday, August 4, 2014 | CYP Now
A partnership between the London council and local employers will see 100 disadvantaged young people offered paid part-time jobs to give them an insight into work and to help them develop skills they can use to find permanent employment in the future.
Daily roundup: Ofsted chair, street gangs, and careers advice
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- Thursday, July 31, 2014 | CYP Now
Academies boss appointed as new Ofsted chair; funding given for gang work in London; and careers advice fails to influence most young people's job choices, all in the news today.
Call for career support for disadvantaged primary pupils
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- Monday, June 30, 2014 | CYP Now
The next government should develop a welfare package that provides support from primary school into adulthood in a bid to reduce youth unemployment, a report suggests.
Research Report: The Geography of Youth Unemployment: a Route Map for Change
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- Monday, June 9, 2014 | CYP Now
Researchers look into the differences in youth unemployment rates across the UK, and how local responses are tailored to different local situations.
Daily roundup: Job support, family courts and child poverty
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- Wednesday, May 28, 2014 | CYP Now
Intensive support trialled for jobless 16- and 17-year-olds not receiving benefits; adoption hearing cancelled due to lack of translators; and report reveals impact of recession on child poverty, all in the news today.
Neet rate lowest for nine years, official data shows
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- Friday, May 23, 2014 | CYP Now
The proportion of young people not in education, employment or training (Neet) is at its lowest level since 2005, new figures reveal.
Good Practice: Ask the Experts - Promote healthy food choices
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- Monday, May 12, 2014 | CYP Now
Our panel offers advice on the dangers of salt, selling yourself at
interviews, dealing with a protest over fees and academy status
benefits.
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