Quality, Choice and Aspiration: A strategy for young people’s information, advice and guidance - The strategy emphasises the relevance of Connexions within IYSS and the importance of engaging schools and parents in advice and guidance given to young people.
Statutory Guidance: Impartial Careers Education - This guidance from the DCSF gives advice on statutory duty in relation to careers education and to ensure the young people they are responsible for receive support they need.
Diploma Progression Pathways - The DDP have produced a list of progression illustrations of fictional students highlighting career pathways for each level of the Sport and Active Leisure Diploma, providing an insight into the types of career available, and how they achieved employment. Click here to view more.
Directory of Professional Qualifications for Careers Education and Guidance – This booklet gives details of all the professional qualifications in England for teachers of careers education and guidance.
Young people’s access to advice: the evidence –
Report by Youth Access and JustRights containing key research evidence on young people’s access to advice on social welfare issues.
Graduate Market Trends Newsletter – The autumn edition is published and available online. It includes a round up of graduate labour market surveys and an HECSU survey of higher education careers services.
Guidance on the Employment of Children – DCSF
guidance about the special rules which apply to the employment of children under the school leaving age.
Jobs of the Future – Report about how the government intend to tackle the effect the global downturn is having on the employment rate and how the UK can prepare and adapt to the changing market in the future.
Emerging stronger: Education and skills survey 2009 – CBI and North Anglia Education Ltd report, providing information on employers’ views of education and skills issues.
National Evaluation of Diplomas Gateway 2 Led Consortium Survey - Research Brief presents the findings from a survey Gateway 2 consortium leads. Overall, consortia felt prepared for the delivery of Diplomas from September, in relation to several factors.
Raising the age of participation of young people in learning - Trials launched in 11 areas, including Wandsworth and Lambeth, will pave the way for raising the participation age in England in 2015. Read the full article here.