Reflections on a forthcoming Careers Strategy
The Department for Education (DfE) has announced it is publishing shortly a new and long-awaited careers strategy for England. Therefore, it seems timely to share…
Dr Deirdre Hughes OBE
We are letting Britain’s young people down
Informal encounters and random acts of kindness from employers, mentors and volunteers alone will not solve much needed careers guidance for Britain’s young people At…
Deirdre Hughes discusses advice and guidance
We talk to Deirdre Hughes at the Apprenticeships 4 England conference about advice and guidance. She chaired a panel at the event that had three…
Solving Britain’s maths challenge: reaching out to more young people
Last year a quarter of a million students passed GCSE maths, and then dropped the subject completely. With recent YouGov polling indicating that over 80%…