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DfE cuts put vocational training in peril, warn providers

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

| CYP Now

Young people planning to take vocational courses once they leave school could miss out because of an unexpected cut in government funding, training providers have warned.

Young people aspire to be self-employed as jobs market remains tough

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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

| CYP Now

Three out of 10 young people believe they will be self-employed in the future, according to a study by The Prince's Trust.

London councils win apprenticeship funding

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Friday, January 27, 2012

| CYP Now

More than 700 young people are to gain employment opportunities after a group of councils secured apprenticeship funding of 1.25m from the European Social Fund.

Youth unemployment continues to soar

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Wednesday, December 14, 2011

| CYP Now

Youth unemployment has risen to its highest level since 1992, increasing by more than 50,000 in the space of three months.

Student care leavers let down by inconsistent support

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Friday, June 7, 2013

| CYP Now

Local authorities are failing to provide financial and practical support to many care leavers at university and higher education colleges, research has found.

Labour calls for 'radical overhaul' in apprenticeships

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Tuesday, January 15, 2019

| CYP Now

The government's skills policy needs a "radical overhaul", the shadow international trade minister has suggested.

Local authorities to pay employers for taking on young apprentices

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Thursday, July 19, 2012

| CYP Now

Councils are providing a boost to the government's apprenticeships drive by launching local incentive schemes for businesses, in a bid to reduce numbers of young people not in employment, education or training (Neet).

Call for tighter regulation of early years training providers

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Friday, January 27, 2012

| CYP Now

Tighter regulation of training providers is needed to ensure that students are ready to enter the early years sector, according to the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA).

CWDC issues warning to government ahead of closure

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Friday, March 23, 2012

| CYP Now

The Children's Workforce Development Council (CWDC) has warned the government not to lose sight of strong partnerships and professional development in the early years and social care sectors ahead of its closure at the end of the month.

Youth projects to share £17m seized from criminals

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Thursday, November 17, 2016

| CYP Now

Youth projects in Scotland are to share £17m that has been seized from criminals to support disadvantaged young people, it has been announced.

Steep fall in apprenticeships take-up by young people

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Tuesday, March 5, 2019

| CYP Now

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).

Call for overhaul of 'perverse' apprenticeships funding system

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Wednesday, September 20, 2017

| CYP Now

Training providers are calling for an overhaul of the government's apprenticeship programme to prevent young people being frozen out of placements.

Training provider Young People in Focus shuts down

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Friday, August 19, 2011

| CYP Now

Youth research and training provider Young People in Focus has closed after struggling in the current financial climate.

Traineeship restrictions will damage young people's job prospects, warn providers

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Wednesday, August 14, 2013

| CYP Now

Restrictions on the time a young person can spend training while claiming jobseeker's allowance (JSA) will limit their employment chances, training experts have warned.

Councils seek more power to help young unemployed

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Monday, August 19, 2013

| CYP Now

The government should give local authorities more powers to address youth unemployment because its own programmes are failing, the Local Government Association has advised.

Lib Dems Conference: Pledge to boost young apprentices' pay

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Monday, October 6, 2014

| CYP Now

The Liberal Democrats would like to increase pay rates for young people on apprenticeships by a third in a bid to make vocational training more attractive, Business Secretary Vince Cable has said.

Alliance offers members training in lieu of local authority support

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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

| CYP Now

The Pre-school Learning Alliance is to expand a programme of training to all its members in response to dwindling local authority support for professional development.

Work placements improve apprenticeship success

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Wednesday, April 11, 2012

| CYP Now

Work experience placements are key to successful apprenticeships, a study by Ofsted has found.

Standard proposed to recognise excellent teachers

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Monday, December 12, 2011

| CYP Now

A "master teacher" standard should be introduced to recognise outstanding teachers, according to a government-commissioned review.

Charity receives £2.8m EU funding to support Neets

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Thursday, October 6, 2016

| CYP Now

An environmental charity has been awarded £2.8m in European funding to work with young people who are not in education, employment or training (Neet).

Government launches streamlined standards for early years professionals

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Friday, June 1, 2012

| CYP Now

The standards that early years practitioners must meet to achieve the graduate-level Early Years Professional Status have been reduced from 39 to eight.

Call for children's centres to focus on attachment

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Monday, March 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's centres should do more to help parents develop positive parenting skills and strong attachments with their child in the first few years of life, the Sutton Trust has said.

Government set to review early years workforce development, reveals Teather

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Thursday, June 9, 2011

| CYP Now

Children's minister Sarah Teather has admitted more should be done to raise the status of early years professionals (EYPs), revealing that the government is poised to start developing a long-term strategy for the workforce.

Revised standards for early years professionals unveiled

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Monday, January 16, 2012

| CYP Now

Graduate-level early years professionals will be required to meet a new set of standards that are more closely linked with standards in health and social care professions, from September.

Narey takes aim at 'inadequate' social worker training

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Thursday, February 13, 2014

| CYP Now

The government's children's adviser Martin Narey has launched a damning critique of the quality of social worker education.

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DfE cuts put vocational training in peril, warn providers

Young people aspire to be self-employed as jobs market remains tough

London councils win apprenticeship funding

Youth unemployment continues to soar

Student care leavers let down by inconsistent support

Labour calls for 'radical overhaul' in apprenticeships

Local authorities to pay employers for taking on young apprentices

Call for tighter regulation of early years training providers

CWDC issues warning to government ahead of closure

Youth projects to share £17m seized from criminals

Steep fall in apprenticeships take-up by young people

Call for overhaul of 'perverse' apprenticeships funding system

Training provider Young People in Focus shuts down

Traineeship restrictions will damage young people's job prospects, warn providers

Councils seek more power to help young unemployed

Lib Dems Conference: Pledge to boost young apprentices' pay

Alliance offers members training in lieu of local authority support

Work placements improve apprenticeship success

Standard proposed to recognise excellent teachers

Charity receives £2.8m EU funding to support Neets

Government launches streamlined standards for early years professionals

Call for children's centres to focus on attachment

Government set to review early years workforce development, reveals Teather

Revised standards for early years professionals unveiled

Narey takes aim at 'inadequate' social worker training

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