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  • May 5, 2022
We can’t afford our chaotic approach to work-readiness
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Apprenticeships are failing working class school leavers
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Need to know: School leavers' destinations in 2021
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UK employers look to hire school leavers as skills shortage bites
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Government urged to appoint minister for youth employment as school-leavers face jobs ‘crisis’
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Professor suggests Scottish National 5 exams are 'not the most effective way' to assess early school leavers
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  • Nov 10, 2021
Four in 10 pupils are leaving school in England without vital skills
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  • Oct 22, 2021
Early 2000s baby boom will soon flood universities, warns former Tory minister
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  • Oct 15, 2021
Keir Starmer’s keynote speech aims to prepare school leavers for their future
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  • Sep 26, 2021
Starmer pledges education reforms to make children ready for life
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Ireland: Top private school students miss first-choice college courses after grade ‘hyperinflation’
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  • Sep 10, 2021
Is status more important than earning potential for today’s A-level students?
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  • Aug 10, 2021
'Are degrees worth it?' Professor demands more vocational options as 'UK too academic'
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  • Aug 9, 2021
Too many young people going to university, says education charity chief
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  • Aug 9, 2021
Middle classes urged to consider an apprenticeship after A-levels
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  • Aug 9, 2021
ASCL comment on new UCAS research on post-18 plans
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New UCAS research shows strong demand for apprenticeships from students keen to keep learning in the autumn
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Ucas: Half of school leavers considering apprenticeship
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School leavers turn to university due to job fears amid the pandemic
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Poems not proms: England’s schools give leavers send-off in Covid times
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A fifth of school leavers turn their backs on university and aim for jobs that don’t need a degree
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More and more school leavers aren’t going to university
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Lowest number of Scottish school leavers finding work for a decade
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  • Jun 15, 2021
More school leavers go to university but fewer in work
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Ofsted: No mark-down if schools let year 11s leave early
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Careers and Covid: When the pandemic hit job ambitions
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  • Mar 25, 2021
Scotland: Call to cancel qualifications for students staying on
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  • Mar 1, 2021
This year's A-level students are woefully under-prepared for university
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  • Feb 26, 2021
English school-leavers to get grades on earlier results day
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  • Feb 25, 2021
School leavers choose FE or HE in record numbers
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  • Feb 24, 2021
Number of Scottish school leavers going to 'positive destinations' falls as attainment gap grows
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  • Feb 24, 2021
Covid-19 in Scotland: Hundreds of school leavers fell off grid last year
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  • Feb 24, 2021
Covid blamed as Scottish Government figures reveal record low rate of school leavers finding work
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Scottish schools: School leavers opt for higher or further education
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The huge shift in university applications: in numbers
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  • Feb 19, 2021
There should be no limit on opportunities for school leavers
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A-level results: Colleges pledge school-leaver support
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Unis and employers asked to 'show empathy' over grades
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  • Aug 14, 2020
UK school-leavers have been sorely let down
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Anthony Seldon: Universities have a duty to help anxious school-leavers
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For this year’s school leavers, a return to “normal” means dashed hopes and a loss of control
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What A-level students considering deferring to take a gap year should do
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Apprenticeships 'not focused enough on school leavers'
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  • Aug 10, 2020
Let’s open up opportunities in education to deliver the biggest boost for pupil-power in generations
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Proportion of black school leavers going to university in England falls
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  • Jul 30, 2020
High value courses for school and college leavers: a one-year offer for 18 and 19-year-olds
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  • Jul 16, 2020
Targeted 'high-value' courses for 18-19 revealed
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  • Jul 16, 2020
How DfE will fund the school and college leavers scheme and list of eligible courses revealed
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  • Jul 16, 2020
The class of Covid-19: meet the school leavers facing an uncertain future
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  • Jul 16, 2020
ASCL comment on PM’s address to school leavers
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  • Jul 10, 2020
PM thanks school leavers for Covid 'sacrifice'
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  • Jul 10, 2020
Boris Johnson tells school leavers their sacrifice helped save thousands of lives
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  • Jul 10, 2020
School leavers' 'resilience' praised by first minister
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  • Jun 23, 2020
Scotland: Numbers off to university had hit high
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  • Jun 17, 2020
Scottish school leavers going to college or university hits record high
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  • Jun 16, 2020
Leaver destination stats ‘still include zero-hour jobs’
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  • Jun 16, 2020
What will university look like next term and should I go?
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  • May 31, 2020
Youth organisations call for 'civic army' to boost unemployment
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  • May 29, 2020
Coronavirus: £500m for ‘civic army’ of school leavers would reduce mass redundancy risk
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  • May 29, 2020
More than a third of students say they may not go to university
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  • May 26, 2020
More than one-third of school leavers unsure about attending university after coronavirus, research finds
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  • May 26, 2020
Thousands of A-level students could lose their unconditional university offers
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  • May 22, 2020
Schools need to prepare students for the next step
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Star Wars actors surprise leavers at Scottish school
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  • Apr 24, 2020
Coronavirus: Concerns as school pupils seek supermarket jobs
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  • Apr 7, 2020
A level students still setting their sights on undergraduate study
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  • Apr 3, 2020
'Last day of school' celebrated across Scotland
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  • Mar 20, 2020
Call for more support to prevent disadvantaged Londoners becoming NEET
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  • Feb 28, 2020
School leavers train as carers as EU migration falls
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  • Feb 21, 2020
Heads warn of ‘forcing’ students to take degrees
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  • Feb 10, 2020
Wales: School leaving age should rise to 'improve prospects', report says
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  • Feb 10, 2020
Two in five 18-year-olds in UK apply to study at university this year
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  • Feb 6, 2020
Brit students feel 'pressured' to go to university and most regret it, poll shows
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  • Feb 5, 2020
Many Brits feel like a ‘failure’ if they don’t go to uni to study
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School leavers train as carers as EU migration falls
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Scotland: The third sector can help make sure no child is left behind
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  • Dec 12, 2019
Examining the evidence on Learning Accounts
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  • Oct 15, 2019
Schools are failing to prepare students for university life
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Less debt, better prospects: Why students work
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  • Sep 25, 2019
Some thoughts on ‘The children leaving school with nothing’
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  • Sep 23, 2019
Explained: The dip in 18-year-olds achieving level 2
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  • Sep 23, 2019
Don't dismiss students studying at level 1
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  • Sep 23, 2019
One in five children 'leaving education without basic qualifications'
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  • Sep 20, 2019
AoC responds to Children's Commissioner research into children leaving education without basic qualifications
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  • Sep 20, 2019
Rise in 18-year-olds without basic qualifications
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  • Sep 20, 2019
GCSEs: 100,000 pupils a year leaving 'without basic qualifications'
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  • Sep 20, 2019
Children’s Commissioner calls for probe into ‘shameful’ rise in school leavers with few qualifications
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  • Sep 20, 2019
Joined-up thinking benefits students and employers
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  • Sep 20, 2019
One in five 19-year-olds in England have failed to achieve five GCSEs at grade C or higher
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  • Sep 20, 2019
One in five youngsters leaves school at 18 without basic exam grades
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Heading out!
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  • Sep 10, 2019
Reflecting on pathways to professions
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  • Sep 6, 2019
How the other half learn
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  • Aug 30, 2019
10 charts on what happens after GCSEs
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  • Aug 20, 2019
Not every ‘smart’ pupil suits university, says academic
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  • Aug 16, 2019
What should we be telling A level students about university?
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  • Aug 12, 2019
University is not the be all and end all for success
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  • Aug 7, 2019
4 problems with unconditional offers from universities
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  • Jul 30, 2019
Unconditional offers have 'negative impact', claims AoC
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  • Jul 30, 2019
Unconditional A level uni offers rise to 38% of pupils
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  • Jul 30, 2019
Number of students offered degree place regardless of exam grades rises despite crackdown
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  • Jul 30, 2019
Unconditional offers: Taking your foot off the gas in the last few months of school is the sort of decision you take as a child and regret as an adult
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  • Jul 30, 2019
Update on unconditional offer-making for 2019
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  • Jul 30, 2019
Government pressure fails to stem rise in unconditional offers
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  • Jul 30, 2019
Unconditional university offers hit record high, says Ucas
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  • Jul 30, 2019
Unconditional offers continue to rise despite government intervention
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  • Jul 30, 2019
Unconditional university offers on the rise for 18-year-olds
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  • Jul 30, 2019
Universities ignore appeals to cut unconditional offers
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  • Jul 30, 2019
Unconditional offers for students surge to record high, as universities 'ignore Government warnings'
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  • Jul 30, 2019
Another increase in unconditional offers highlights need for radical change, says UCU
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  • Jul 29, 2019
Scotland: Children in the care system deserve help to enter university
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  • Jul 26, 2019
Guaranteed university place for care leavers in Scotland
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  • Jul 25, 2019
Scotland: Young people in care get new university guarantee
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  • Jul 25, 2019
Scotland’s universities to offer guaranteed places to care leavers
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  • Jul 25, 2019
Scotland's universities to guarantee places to care leavers
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  • Jul 25, 2019
Scotland: Star pupils may lose university places to disadvantaged
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  • Jul 25, 2019
University? Traineeship? First Job? What’s your post-exam plan?
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  • Jul 16, 2019
AELP: Fund all 18-24 students at level 2 and 3
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  • Jun 20, 2019
Record number of Scottish school leavers in work
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  • Jun 19, 2019
Record numbers of Scottish school-leavers going on to university and college
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  • Jun 18, 2019
Record number of Scottish school leavers moving into work, study or training
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  • Jun 18, 2019
Record high in positive school-leaver destinations
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  • Jun 18, 2019
Think tank hails scheme for early school-leavers in Ireland
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  • Jun 18, 2019
Scotland: Ruth Davidson demands more support for school leavers.ly/ZaXV30oGQlY | TES
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  • May 9, 2019
How to move more school-leavers towards degree apprenticeships
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  • Apr 3, 2019
'Our school leavers aren't presented with jobs they'd love'
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  • Mar 24, 2019
What skills do school leavers need to thrive in employment?
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  • Mar 4, 2019
Parents fear for children's job prospects
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  • Mar 4, 2019
Parents ‘not comfortable’ on post-16 options
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  • Mar 4, 2019
Scotland: More school leavers in work, education and training
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  • Feb 26, 2019
Ennis-Hill: 'Not everyone wants to go to university'
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  • Feb 5, 2019
Unconditional offers, pressure selling, and consumer law
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  • Jan 28, 2019
Universities 'pressure-selling' place offers to school-leavers
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  • Jan 25, 2019
Universities making unconditional offers may be breaking law by 'pressure selling' to students
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  • Jan 25, 2019
Clampdown on luring students with unconditional offers
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  • Jan 25, 2019
Universities face fines or deregistration over ‘pressure selling’ unconditional places to students, the regulator warns
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  • Jan 25, 2019
Universities must stop pressuring students into accepting unconditional offers, watchdog warns
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  • Jan 25, 2019
Unconditional offers could be illegal, regulator warns
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  • Jan 25, 2019
Universities could face fines for offering high number of degree places regardless of exam grades, regulator warns
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  • Jan 25, 2019
Universities ‘pressure sell’ with unconditional offers
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  • Jan 25, 2019
Universities face sanctions for unjustified unconditional offer making
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  • Jan 25, 2019
Seven ways to help A-level students find a job
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Employment School leavers
  • Jan 24, 2019
A word to the wise: what does it mean to be an educated school-leaver?
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  • Jan 21, 2019
Education Secretary warns more school leavers should get jobs and work their way up
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  • Jan 17, 2019
A beginner’s guide to post-qualification admissions
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  • Jan 14, 2019
University offers 'should be made after results day', say lecturers
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  • Jan 14, 2019
Post-qualification uni applications could ‘backfire’, Ucas warns
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  • Jan 14, 2019
Report says students should apply to university after they get results
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  • Jan 14, 2019
School pupils should only apply for university after A-Level results UCU says
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  • Jan 14, 2019
Universities should give offers after results day, says study
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  • Jan 14, 2019
Call for university applications to be made after A-level results
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  • Jan 14, 2019
Make students apply to university after A levels, say lecturers
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  • Jan 14, 2019
Young Brits say they feel pushed to go to university by parents and teachers
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  • Jan 11, 2019
Digital skills gap narrows but still persists from classroom to boardroom
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  • Jan 9, 2019
Drop in international school pupils choosing UK universities
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  • Jan 8, 2019
University can be wonderful but it’s not for everyone | Stephen Pollard
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  • Jan 8, 2019
Scotland: Universities reject straight-A Scottish pupils
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  • Dec 3, 2018
Scotland: School leaving age should be scrapped in 'lifelong learning revolution'
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  • Nov 22, 2018
Scotland: Letting our students leave at 16 damages economy, says study
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  • Nov 22, 2018
Blazing a trail for young people through new sector specific apprenticeships
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  • Oct 1, 2018
One in eight school-leavers who went straight into work have managed to get jobs 'only open to graduates', study finds
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  • Sep 19, 2018
Parliamentary newsletter 25 - September 2018 (pdf)
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  • Sep 4, 2018
Research round-up (31 August 2018)
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  • Sep 4, 2018
Are more pupils now leaving schools between Year 10 and the end of Year 11?
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  • Aug 29, 2018
Are we edging into a new era for apprenticeships?
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  • Aug 28, 2018
Core maths qualifications: technical guidance
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  • Aug 23, 2018
Tony Blair's son pulled up on father's key slogan while he argues kids shouldn't go to uni
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  • Aug 17, 2018
The UK’s post-Brexit success depends on this generation of school leavers
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  • Aug 16, 2018
'University is not the only route after A levels'
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  • Aug 16, 2018
Less than a third of kids are planning to go to university in a record low
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  • Aug 16, 2018
Young people 'more sceptical about value of university' – poll
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  • Aug 16, 2018
Debate: Is an apprenticeship a better career prospect than university for this year’s school leavers?
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  • Aug 14, 2018
Pupils who don't get the right A-Level grades should get a job instead of trying to find a university course through clearing, minister says
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  • Aug 14, 2018
Middle-class teenagers ‘play the system to get into top universities’
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  • Aug 13, 2018
The best-paid jobs you can get without a university degree
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School leavers Employment
  • Jul 5, 2018
Teenagers 'let down over degree choices'
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Careers guidance Value for money PAC School leavers
  • Jun 15, 2018
Higher education market not working in interests of students or taxpayers
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  • Jun 15, 2018
Students need a new fairer deal for studying after school
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  • Jun 11, 2018
System stacked against young Brits who don’t go to university, House of Lords committee finds
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  • Jun 11, 2018
Why generation Z are opting for apprenticeship schemes over a degree
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  • May 24, 2018
Holyrood inquiry to examine school leavers' pathways
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  • May 10, 2018
Speaking Mandarin will give school leavers career advantage, say 77 per cent of business leaders
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  • Apr 11, 2018
Speaking Mandarin will give school leavers career advantage, say 77 per cent of business leaders
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  • Apr 11, 2018
Alternatives to attending college after high school
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  • Apr 3, 2018
Surge in numbers of young people taking apprenticeships
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  • Mar 26, 2018
Straight-A pupils 'could be better off shunning Oxbridge for an apprenticeship'
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  • Mar 5, 2018
New apprenticeship report reveals gender stereotyping and negative perceptions are major issues
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  • Mar 1, 2018
National learning entitlement could be worth £10,000
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  • Feb 12, 2018
Every 18 year-old should be offered £10,000 to spend on courses of their choice, paper says
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  • Feb 12, 2018
Everyone should get £10,000 when they leave school, study says
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Give school leavers £10,000 to spend on education - study
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It’s great that the first cohort of degree apprentices has graduated, but there should be more of them
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  • Feb 9, 2018
The Guardian view on soft skills: being clever is not enough | Editorial
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  • Jan 25, 2018
Young people fear lack of job prospects
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Snobbery is killing the apprenticeship dream
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  • Jan 24, 2018
Elite apprenticeships: The smart way to get hands-on experience and stay debt-free
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  • Jan 24, 2018
Why employers relish the chance to work with school‑leavers
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  • Jan 24, 2018
Don’t just consider a degree as the only successful route into the workplace
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  • Jan 16, 2018
School marks are important. But resilience is the real indicator of success | Johanna Leggatt
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  • Jan 10, 2018
School leavers say careers advice remains ‘insufficient’ despite Government commitments
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University does not suit every school leaver
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Less than half of school leavers use a careers adviser
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My son taught me a lesson about university
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Poorest school-leavers half as likely to attend university as their peers
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  • Dec 14, 2017
Which? survey reveals gap in understanding about apprenticeships compared to university
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  • Dec 13, 2017
University entrance rates for school leavers at a record high and four other key points from new Ucas research
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  • Dec 11, 2017
Teaching essential skills
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Apprentices profit from paid degree courses
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'Earn parents' trust' on apprenticeships, Lord Lucas tells training providers
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More than 20,000 sixth-formers leave school before finishing A-levels
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More than 20k pupils leave school sixth-forms before end of A-level courses
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GCSE results: Exams alone are failing to produce work-ready school leavers
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  • Aug 24, 2017
Students “led up garden path” as just eight per cent advised to seek apprenticeships when they leave school
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  • Aug 23, 2017
School leaver in-take on the rise, says Grant Thornton UK LLP
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  • Aug 18, 2017
Addressing the misconceptions surrounding gap years
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Mind the gap! How to make yourself even more employable by taking a year out of studying
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Don’t drift: why every millennial needs a career strategy
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  • Jul 20, 2017
It's all about potential: How to write a CV with no work experience
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  • Jul 13, 2017
School-leavers ‘not ready for reality of college life’
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  • Jul 4, 2017
Gap between UK rich and poor widening
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  • Jun 28, 2017
Labour hits out over maths failures
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Ministers under fire over poor maths results
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George K Yule: If firms want work-ready school leavers, give them experience
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  • Jun 21, 2017
Little progress made on education attainment gap in Scotland
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Scottish Government’s education record under fire
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Jobs for the boys myth limits apprentice opportunities
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  • May 19, 2017
Number of school leavers registered to vote 'plummets'
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  • May 15, 2017
Exploited on zero hours? You're a success, says Scottish Government
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More school leavers now in further or higher education
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Scots school leavers being ‘locked out’ of university
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Top 20 unusual apprenticeships you’ve never heard of
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