Education & training

Skills for Every Young Person

Publisher:

Parliament

Topics:

Year of Publication:

2021

Type:

Report

The House of Lords Select Committe on Youth Unemployment has produced a report, Skills for Every Young Person. The Committee was appointed to make recommendations on youth unemployment, education and skills. Its report focusses on these key areas and also makes wider recommendations about apprenticeships, careers guidance and inequality in the labour market.

Key recommendations

The report's main conclusions and recommendations are:

National Disability Strategy published

28/07/21

The Government has published the long-awaited National Disability Strategy. It follows a consultation that was strongly criticised by disability campaigners. It is published on the DWP website rather than by the Cabinet Office which led development of the strategy.

The strategy contains a range of proposals covering education, employment, housing, transport, leisure and access to services.

YEG seeks youth employment policy drive

19/07/21

The Youth Employment Group (YEG) has launched a new paper, 'Levelling up for young people: Building an Opportunity Guarantee', which sets out a three-stage approach to improving the prospects of young people in the post-COVID economy. The YEG now brings together over 200 organisations, including BASE, to lobby for improved policy on youth employment.

Updated DfE Covid guidance for further education

07/07/21

The Department for Education has published updated Covid-19 operational guidance for further education providers.

It has been confirmed that supported interns who were not able to meet the core aim of their internship in the 2020 to 2021 academic year may continue their internship into the 2021 to 2022 academic year. Where necessary and appropriate, priority for accessing work placements in the 2021 to 2022 academic year should be given to supported interns who were enrolled on a supported internship in 2020 to 2021.

New DfE guidance for Further Education providers

08/01/21

The Department for Education has published revised guidance for Further Education providers. The guidance sets out what further education and skills providers in England need to know so that students of all ages can benefit from their education and training in full. It explains the actions to take to stay as safe as possible in response to the challenges of coronavirus.

BASE links up with Skills Builder Partnership

07/12/20

BASE has joined the Skills Builder Partnership as a strategic membership body partner.

Skills Builder is a free resource used in schools, colleges, and workplaces to assess and chart progress on developing the soft skills needed in the workplace. The framework is now used by 700 organisations and covers achievement of the following soft skills:

Listening
Speaking
Problem solving
Creativity
Staying positive
Aiming high
Leadership
Teamwork

Skills Builder

Publisher:

Other organisations

Topics:

Education & training, Understanding needs

Year of Publication:

2020

Type:

Framework

Skills Builder is a free resource used in schools, colleges, and workplaces to assess and chart progress on developing the soft skills needed in the workplace. The framework covers the following soft skills:

Listening
Speaking
Problem solving
Creativity
Staying positive
Aiming high
Leadership
Teamwork

The framework is now used with 700 organisations. An overview is attached to this page.

Extra support and activities are available at a cost.

ESFA subcontracting standard

01/07/20

The Department for Education (DfE) has published the results of a consultation into sub-contracting for learners over 16 years of age.

Subcontracting education and training for learners over 16 is common. DfE wanted to review how they oversee the practice to:

Through Learning to Earning - employer-led report on transitions

Publisher:

Other organisations

Topics:

Transition, Education & training, Traineeships

Year of Publication:

2016

Type:

Report

An employer-led group has recommended action to help young people with SEND make the transition from education to employment. Action includes employers offering more supported internships, opening up apprenticeships to more young people with SEND, and better careers advice.

Employment is Everyone's Business

Publisher:

BASE

Topics:

Education & training, Commissioning, Supported Internships

Year of Publication:

2016

Type:

Best practice

As part of the Department for Education (DfE) funded project, Employment is Everyone's Business, the National Development Team for inclusion (NDTi) and the British Association for Supported Employment (BASE) have published three guides that demonstrate best practice in the transition of young people with disabilities from education to employment. The three guides comprise;

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