Employers commonly bemoan the education system’s failure to prepare young people with the skills and attributes they need to succeed in the world of work. Work experience is one of the best ways for young people still at school to prepare for the challenges that starting work will bring.
New statistics from the Department for Education (DfE) show that the number of young people not in education, employment or...
The British Chambers of Commerce has argued that the Government places too much emphasis on exams. OOP’s COO Betsy Kendall...
Recent headlines have focused on the ethical controversy surrounding internships; not only the nepotism involved in obtaining an internship in...
On 12 May 2011, the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) claimed its first victory in its “cashback for interns” campaign...
A student development programme in Crawley, Champions Life Academy, has scooped top prize at the National Council for Work Experience...
With youth unemployment soaring, the cost of attending university set to rocket and employers’ recruitment budgets hit by the recession,...
Employers’ groups have given the thumbs up to the Government’s new national skills strategy, which intends to boost the number...
Lord Sugar has called on the Government to divert money away from training facilities to employers , so that they...
Employers have been urged to take a more proactive role in providing career advice for school leavers after research revealed...
Record numbers of head teachers lost their jobs last year due to school closures and poor exam results, according to...
Tesco is today set to begin a management scheme for 16-year-old school leavers that offers them an “earn-while-you-learn” alternative to...
The government will tell employers that they must stop predominantly recruiting those who have been privately educated.Professions including medicine, finance...
Teenagers have been warned they are becoming unemployable because they have such a limited vocabulary.Jean Gross, who advises the government...
School-leavers are not ‘fit for work’, according to Sir Stuart Rose, executive chairman of Marks & Spencer. Speaking at yesterday’s...
Prime minister Gordon Brown has called on businesses to keep supporting apprenticeships and internship schemes during the recovery.Speaking at the...
