Youth unemployment
THE Government was last night urged to do more to prevent a repeat of the ‘lost generation’ of young workers from the 1980s.
The CBI has called the huge increase in the level of unemployment of 16 and 17 year olds “unacceptable” and said that thousands of apprenticeships should be created.
And Northern TUC regional secretary Kevin [...]
14-19 DCSF newsletter for August
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Sample contents
DCSF 14-19 policy update
- Certification of spend - Diploma Formula Grant for 2008/09
- Foundation Learning update and actions in 2009/10
- Raising the Participation Age (RPA) information update
Central support package
- LSIS 14-19 Workforce Support
- Functional Skills Support Programme: what’s new
Awarding body support
- ASDAN Update: Briefings on Foundation Learning
- OCR Diplomas update
QCDA support update
- Administering the Diploma [...]
‘Lost generation’ fear as young jobless rate soars
• Latest figures show record number of ‘neets’• MPs and unions warn of 1980s-style crisis
Britain risks a repeat of the 1980s, when it lost a generation to unemployment, unions and MPs warned today as a record number of young people out of education, work or training was revealed.
One in six young people in England aged [...]
One in six young people out of work or education
Fears are raised of a generation lost to the recession as figures show record ‘neet’ levels
Record numbers of young people are not in education, work or training, government figures revealed today, prompting fears that a generation will be lost to the recession.
One in six adults aged 18 to 24 in England are so-called “neets” (not [...]
New diplomas struggle with three Rs, inquiry finds
Efforts to improve the country’s mastery of maths and English are stalling because schools have struggled with the “functional skills” course of the government’s new diploma.
Students got “disappointing” results in pilots of the courses this year, an inquiry by Ofsted has found.
Ministers are phasing in the new diplomas over the next four years and hope [...]
Report calls for scheme to help poorer pupils
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/report-calls-for-scheme-to-help-poorer-pupils-1770646.html
Intelligent pupils from poorer homes should be guaranteed a place at a leading university, a report claims today.
It calls on the UK to adopt a scheme based on one in the US, which would allow the most able GCSE pupils at disadvantaged schools to be selected for access programmes at elite universities.
They would be guaranteed [...]
Diplomas more expensive than GCSEs or A-levels
Schools and colleges are paying more to enter pupils for new qualification, regulator finds
Entering students for a diploma is more expensive than sitting GCSEs or A-levels, the exams regulator said today.
Schools and colleges putting students in for the new qualification are paying £52 more per entry to exam boards than for students taking the more [...]
Diplomas more expensive than GCSEs or A-levels
Schools and colleges are paying more to enter pupils for new qualification, regulator finds
Entering students for a diploma is more expensive than sitting GCSEs or A-levels, the exams regulator said today.
Schools and colleges putting students in for the new qualification are paying £52 more per entry to exam boards than for students taking the more [...]
Language diploma students urged to explain personal motive
Holiday plans or friends and family abroad could be discussed as part of new qualification
Teenagers taking the new languages diploma will be asked to write about their personal motivation for learning that language, which could include their holiday plans or a love of a particular country’s music.
Language experts hope young people will learn better if [...]
‘Ban A-level resits to save exams’ credibility’
Pupils should be barred from resitting their A-levels to give the exam results more credibility, says the head of a government inquiry into testing. Lord Sutherland of Houndwood, also chairman of CIEA, the professional body which represents exam markers and assessors, called for radical changes to the exam. More than 250,000 youngsters expect their results [...]
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