Briefing

Better 14-19 Advice

Poor 14-19 choices can subsequently narrow young people’s career options. This briefing examines the problem and identifies the IAG strategies that will help schools and consortia to enable young people to make better choices.

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Round-up

Response to the consultation on the Impartial Careers Education Statutory Guidance

The consultation on the Impartial Careers Education Statutory Guidance ended on 30 July.

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Diploma Gateway 4: Guidance on strategic local planning for the Diploma Entitlement

In Gateway 4, DCSF are asking local authorities to provide information on their planning for the Diploma Entitlement by 25th November 2009.

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New IAG team launched at ConstructionSkills

ConstructionSkills now has a dedicated IAG (Information Advice and Guidance) team in England.

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Get ready for the QCF

Increasing numbers of learners are now starting to take units and qualifications in the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF), but are you ready?

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Modern Apprenticeships now available online

From November 2009, Improve will be introducing ‘MA Online’ in Scotland, an electronic system for Modern Apprenticeships.
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How are Higher Education Career Services Experiencing the Recession?

In July 2009 HECSU launched a short online survey asking university careers services how they think the recession has affected graduate vacancies and what kinds of strategies they have seen final year students adopting in response to the recession.

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Bringing Learning to Life Diploma Marketing Campaign

The 2009-10 phase of the ‘Bringing Learning to Life’ Diploma marketing campaign for young people and parents will run from September.

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Ofsted inspections of further education and skills

A new handbook provides guidance for inspectors and will be of use to colleges and providers of further education; work-based learning; adult and community learning; provision funded by the Department for Work and Pensions; and nextstep provision. The handbook covers inspections from September 2009.

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14-19 workforce support

The new 14-19 workforce support programme website is now up and running.

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Foundation Learning update and LA actions in 2009/10

2009-10 is a crucial year in developing Foundation Learning (FL – the learning suite for 14-19s at entry level and level 1) as all areas should be gearing up for delivery on a 14-19 basis by 2010-11.

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Could you use an employer speaker at a Diploma options event?

If you are beginning to offer the new 14-19 Diploma qualifications, the Diploma Employer Champions Network is available to help raise awareness and build confidence in your courses.

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Higher Education prospectus for Diploma in Society, Health and Development students

Aim Higher, Nottinghamshire have developed a higher education prospectus for students following the Diploma in Society Health and Development.

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New Diploma in Manufacturing and Product Design (MPD) website launched.

The new Diploma in MPD website tailored to meet the needs of schools and colleges, employers and students has been launched to tie in with the start of the Diploma in MPD itself.

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Career-related subject resources from the TDA

The resources are a series of online resources for teachers to introduce a careers dimension within KS3/4 subject delivery, across three subjects: English, history and languages.

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BigAmbition – Business and IT careers information for 14-19 year olds.

The BigAmbition website provides young people with an insider view of Business and IT careers and education opportunities.

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Publications

Moving Up

This booklet has been produced for the cohort of young people who entered Y7 in September 2009.

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An Informed Choice: A road map for improving careers information, advice and guidance (IAG) across the UK

This paper focuses on current policy and practice relating to careers Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG) in schools.

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Stop and Measure the Roses

This report for HECSU investigates the ways in which some UK university careers services measure their effectiveness and success.

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Practitioners’ Guide

This guide aims to help school staff fulfil their responsibilities as ‘first-in-line’ providers of careers education, and information, advice and guidance (IAG).

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Careers Education and Guidance – the ACEG journal

The October issue of the journal has articles and a report from the ACEG summer conference.

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A national careers resource to boost languages take-up

With this year’s GCSE results indicating yet another drop in languages take-up (4.1%), the need to impress upon young people value of learning an additional language is becoming increasingly urgent.

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Teachers TV - STEM Subject Choice and Careers series

This series looks at the kind of skills needed to work in STEM professions, examines the careers available and includes advice from research scientists, engineers and project managers.

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Raising Aspirations – Raising the Participation Age

The DCSF commissioned SSAT to produce some Raising the Participation Age (RPA) teaching resources for practitioners working with young people, to raise aspirations among the first cohort to be affected by RPA and to develop young people’s ability to make education/training choices at 16 in the context of RPA.

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Supporting career learning in the FE sector

In 2008-09, LSIS undertook a number of projects for the Department for Children, Schools and Families looking at Career Learning, Information, Advice and Guidance (CLIAG) for young people in the further education (FE) sector; the findings of these are now available in a series of publications.

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