Five steps improve career guidance: An agenda for the Education Select Committee
The Education Select Committee has recently launched a new inquiry into career education, information, advice and guidance. For everyone working in the field this is…
Careers Education Information Advice and Guidance (CEIAG)
What is CEIAG?
CEIAG (Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance) is designed to prepare students for life in modern Britain by providing the knowledge, understanding, confidence and skills that they need to make informed choices and plans for their future learning and career.
What are the components?
The Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance package is delivered through two components – Careers Education and Career Guidance, both of which are underpinned by unbiased, impartial information.
Findings indicate that effective CEIAG is an extremely important component of school provision as it impacts upon students’ aspirations, achievement and therefore potentially their life chances and social mobility.
Could schools and colleges be drawing on longer-term destination measures to better support their young people?
Educational success is often measured using short-term metrics such as exam results and league tables. While these offer snapshots in time, they also provide an…
Skills Bill Amendments – the ‘Baker Clause’ is now legally enforceable
Last night (21 Feb) saw a potentially highly significant amendment to the Skills Bill, particularly for careers advice and guidance routes for students. The Baker…
Lifelong Education Commission amendments to the Skills Bill
Speech by Rt Hon Chris Skidmore MP (@CSkidmoreUK) on the Skills and Post-16 Education Bill Report stage: Hansard, 21 February 2022, columns 104–7, 122–6. To…
New study suggests lack of student confidence and poor retention will be key challenges in ‘Careers 2032’
In the first study of its kind Handshake has teamed up with AGCAS, the Institute of Student Employers (ISE) and Wonkhe to look at the…
Youth Employment UK’s Young Professional #InApprenticeships Online Course
In partnership with The Careers & Enterprise Company, Youth Employment UK are launching the Young Professional: #InApprenticeships free online course for current apprentices this National Apprenticeship Week (7-13…
Social mobility charity Speakers for Schools appoints former OVO marketing chief as CMO
Leading social mobility charity Speakers for Schools (@Speakrs4Schools) has appointed Dan Walsh as its new Chief Marketing Officer. Walsh arrives from OVO Energy, where he…
No Network Required: Handshake Raises $200m (£145m) to Help Gen Z Launch Careers
Handshake, the largest early career network, today announced a Series F round of $200 million (£145 million) at a valuation of $3.5 billion (£2.5 billion)—more…
Mayor invests £11.5m to help young Londoners into high-quality careers
@LDN_PressOffice – The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, is today (2 Dec) launching four Careers Hubs across the capital to give young Londoners a head…
It’s Time To Get Practical About Social Capital
We spend £2.5Bn a year on pupil premium with negligible impact on social mobility: The attainment gap is no longer closing; the careers opportunity gap…
