Apprenticeship Funding - National Apprenticeship Service (NAS) is to provide up to 5,000 ‘golden hellos’ of £2,500 to encourage employers to take on new 16-17 year old apprentices. Visit the site for more information. Interested employers should call the NAS help line on 08000 150 600.
Unleashing Aspiration: The Government Response to the Final Report of the Panel on Fair Access to the Professions - Response includes plans to raise aspirations by focusing on four factors: care and development in early years, quality of schools, education and training post 16, and the skills of the workforce. Read full report.
16-19 Statement of Priorities and Investment Strategy 2010-11 - Gives details of the planned investment in young people’s learning. This document represents a milestone for the transfer of responsibility for planning and funding of young people’s learning from LSC to local authorities.
Recession leaves almost half young black people unemployed – the Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr) shows that 48% of Black people aged 16-24 are unemployed. Ippr argues that this shows the government must consider alternative measures to prevent long-term unemployment.
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Weathering the recession: Young people’s experiences of the recession – This report details the finding of an online survey conducted by The British Youth Council (BYC) in order to assess young people’s experiences of the recession to date.
Trends in young participation in higher education: core results for England – This
publication shows a continuing increase in participation and an increased amount of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds entering higher education.
A picture worth millions: State of the young person’s workforce – CWDC report which looks at the 6 million people involved in working with young people in the UK. It contains information on the workforce’s demographic characteristics, structure, pay and benefits, recruitment, retention, training and qualifications.
Ready or Not report - Catch22's campaign calls for the years from 16 to 25 to be formally recognised as a specific life stage with explicit policies and an accountability framework from central and local government put in place. Read the full report.
The Audit Commission is currently producing a national report on ‘Older Teenagers not in education, employment or training’. The Commission would like to receive examples of good practice. For further information please email neet@audit-commission.gov.uk.