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  • September 23, 2013

recent blog posts: Education, Economy and Society

‘Going solo’ – young people and self employment.

Often encouraged to demonstrate they are part of a new entrepreneurial culture, students and school-leavers invariably see self-employment as a route to both a high income and greater personal freedom. ONS analysis shows one in five (21%) 16- to 21-year-olds say it is likely they will be self-employed at some point in the future. In 1975, […]

Master Apprentices

During the period Aug 2021 to Jan 2022, there were just over 200 000 apprenticeship starts – up one fifth from a year ago and approaching the pre-pandemic level – in England, (compared to the same period in 2018/19 though, starts are down by 4.8% reflecting a long-term decline). Yet there continues to be major […]

Post-16 Educator 107 out now

The following articles are available, but please consider a subscription http://post16educator.org.uk/ Nuala Burgess‘The market, sixth-formers and post-school choosing’Nuala Burgess looks at who wins and who loses. Martin Allen‘Curriculum alternatives’Martin Allen investigates how the relation between vocational and academic courses has developed over time. Carol Azumah Dennis and Mel Green‘bell hooks, 1952-2021 writer, activist, teacher: an […]

Review. A new technical elite?

Education, Skills and Social Justice in a Polarising World: Between Technical Elites and Welfare Vocationalism (Routledge Research in Vocational Education) Does the emergence of new advanced and higher-level qualifications constitute a break from traditional conceptions of vocational education – which since its emergence in the 1980s, has been associated with both educational failure and providing […]

No mention of young people in the Spring Statement

The group most hit by the financial crisis and then, a decade later by Covid, young people are the most certain to be hit by increases in the cost of living. More than any other section of the population, their wages have failed to keep pace with inflation (under 21s already experienced a 20% fall […]

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