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It is becoming increasingly clear that the current “default” degree route to higher skills is not suitable for all. The simple reductionist philosophy of degree, degree, degree needs to change if [...]

The OECD’s Education At A Glance 2013 analyses OECD member states’ education systems during the period 2000-2011; looking at everything from enrolment rates to labour market transition, it offers [...]

The Start Up Loans Company is a government funded initiative that provides start up with support in the form of a repayable loan together with a business mentor. Originally designed for young [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 9 SEPTEMBER 2013 Summit finds answers to creating a billion jobs for young people The International Youth Job Creation Summit, hosted at the Department of Business, [...]

In the UK the number of young people not in work, education or training, collectively known as NEETs, stands at 1.09 million. If you want to put a pro-government spin on things this represents a [...]

Youth Unemployment is an infinitely complex issue, marrying together a wide range of societal, economic and even psychological factors – to name a few – in a most unfortunate union. The [...]

We’ve heard about the Be the Change Academies, and the Create the Change project at schools, what is the new project, Work the Change, about? Work the Change has grown out of a peer to peer [...]

Nowadays, it’s becoming more and more difficult for the younger generations to find jobs. Vacancies are not as common as they used to be, and even when they do come up,  there are more than [...]

Entrepreneurship is not your average subject. You don’t learn about or go about teaching entrepreneurship alone like you would with most subjects. You have to experience it hands on. It’s a [...]

It’s Friday and we all know what that means – reading silly quotes while pretending to work! ”And I hope for the sake of a once mighty – and mighty important – department of state, Mr [...]