The Eight Gatsby Benchmarks Of Good Career Guidance
The first in a new series by Ladi Mohammed and Shani Wijemuni, examining international careers, employability and skills systems, and what England might responsibly learn…
Dear Ministers and Officials at DWP, DfE, MHCLG and DSIT, First, let me say – and I mean this sincerely – thank you. Yesterday’s announcement…
NEET figures remain stubbornly high, with the UK continuing to underperform relative to its peers in the proportion of young people who are economically inactive, unemployed and not training or…
Earlier this month, the government announced that independent training providers would be expected to follow the Gatsby Benchmarks for the first time. It is clear…
The numbers speak for themselves—too many young people are slipping through the cracks. The latest ONS data released this week (February 2025) paints a stark…
Employability charity Career Connect is proposing the creation of a set of qualitative benchmarks for careers support for 16-17-year-olds who are NEET[1] – as numbers continue to…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 775: 7th December 2024 | Will the revised Gatsby Benchmarks transform Careers Guidance? This is the weekly e-newsletter and e-journal…
The revised Gatsby Benchmarks were launched mid November, after over a decade of use in secondary schools and colleges across England. As a key element…
Careers education remains patchy despite recent improvements. More than a third of (36%) of secondary school pupils don’t feel confident in taking their next steps…
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…
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