NEETs Articles

Over the course of this parliament, careers advice has been gutted, making the transition from school to work during even more treacherous for young people. We have seen the scrapping of Connexions, the removal of schools’ duty to provide face-to-face careers advice,...

It has been a good week for talking points. First, the new Star Wars teaser was released. Second, talk of social mobility has been doing the rounds, spurred on by calls for manifesto commitments on increasing the number of grammar schools from the Tories and United...

Teachers will easily picture the scene. It is four o’clock, the corridors have emptied and a kid knocks on your classroom door on the hunt for some advice. You stop your marking mission, welcome them in give them your full attention as they set out their latest...

The new proposal in Rachel Reeves’ speech is to be welcomed – young people lacking literacy, numeracy and IT skills would be required to undertake training in order to qualify for jobseeker’s allowance. So far so good. But we need a much more joined-up approach here....