According to a new report from the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission, people who were educated privately and then went to Oxford or Cambridge university hold many of the top positions in public life. It found that half of the House of Lords, and a third of the cabinet attended private school. Read more
Research by YouGov found that more than half of 18 to 24-year-olds and more than a third of 25 to 39-year-olds failed the test of their Britishness. Although they will not face exile as a result, the figures showed just how difficult it is to achieve the test’s 75 per cent pass mark. However, the vast majority of those aged 60 and over – 92 per cent – passed, along with 78 per cent of 40 to 59-year-olds. 5% of the British
TESYouth in collaboration with Haringey Council, Youth Service ran a session on How to start an Online Business. The participant in the session at the Haringey Sixth Form , got a taste of: * How to build, use and manage an Online Business/Enterprise * How to use internet and the social media to promote an Online Business/Enterprise * How to generate income from an Online Business/Enterprise * How to create, edit and publish videos/films on Youtube or onto
The British Association of Social Workers (BASW) has warned the impact of spending curbs on youth work. Unison’s The Damage report found that £60m had be cut from youth service budgets between 2012 and 2014 resulting in 2,000 fewer youth workers and the closure of 350 youth centres. It warns that ”a crisis is developing as a result of local authorities scaling back or reconfiguring their youth services in response to spending cuts”. Heather Wakefield, the public services union’s head
The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), in its latest report says despite steady falls in unemployment, there are still 868,000 out-of-work 16 to 24-year-olds. The IPPR highlights a striking mismatch between what young people are training for and the types of jobs available. For example, it says, 94,000 people were trained in beauty and hair for just 18,000 jobs, while only 123,000 were trained in the construction and engineering sectors for an advertised 275,000 jobs. Although the youth unemployment rate has
