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We’re excited to publish some of the detailed thinking behind the insights in our Now & next report in the form of technical notes, showing the methodology and statistical approaches we used.

Girls are less likely than boys to consider their earning potential when thinking about their future careers, according to new CEC data being shared today, on International Women’s Day.

Two former education secretaries, Baroness Morgan of Cotes and Lord Blunkett, argue for the reinvention of work experience to close the skills gap and the disadvantage gap.

Young people are now more ready for jobs, business is tackling skills gaps and the impact of disadvantage is being targeted as a consequence of careers education, according to a new report.

The true impact of work experience is not the number of days spent and tasks completed, but the knowledge, skills, and work-ready behaviours developed. That is how we should define quality. 

Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ Coordinator, Jennie Cole, shares some helpful perspectives on encouraging parental participation in careers provision.

Together with Jo Saxton from UCAS, our CEO Oli de Botton highlights why it’s important that we listen to the voices of young people and include them in the conversation about apprenticeships.

A new programme to boost work experience for young people, backed by nearly £2m from the Department for Education, is launching today.

Read our chair Nicky Morgan’s article in FE Week.