The University of Westminster marked the 2019/20 volunteering week by hosting a volunteering & work experience fair on its Regent Street Campus on 20 February 2019. TESYouth did meet and interact with many Westminster students who were keen to get involved with volunteering, work experience programmes and to discuss their future careers. Students had the chance find out more about the exciting opportunities available at TESYouth. By working within the community and local institutions, there are possibilities to create a better society
British children and young people are more likely to be obese, suffer poverty, have a longstanding illness or die from asthma than those of the same age in other countries, according to a new report. A comparison of the lives of 10 to 24-year-olds in the UK with those of young people in 18 other nations found the UK is lagging far behind on some key markers of health. The new report, from the Nuffield Trust and the Association for
University heads are warning a no-deal Brexit is “one of the biggest threats” the institutions have ever faced. Higher education leaders have written to MPs to say it is “no exaggeration” to warn that it would take universities “decades to recover”. They say it would undermine scientific research and threaten universities’ £21bn contribution to the UK economy. The government has said its immigration plans will keep universities “open to the talent we need from Europe”. A joint letter sent to all MPs on behalf
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Recent research from the Barclays LifeSkills report “How employable is the UK?”, found that: * Just 6 per cent of teachers believe that their students leave education with the skills they need for employment (proactivity, adaptability, leadership, creativity, resilience, communication and problem solving) * Nearly a quarter of educators (22 per cent) don’t think their institution is effective in developing employability skills for pupils * The majority (79 per cent) of UK employers rating employability skills as important for the
