Labour under Andy Burnham has softened some of its harsher rhetoric about young people on benefits - as recently as last December, Pat McFadden told the BBC that young people on benefits would need a “good reason” to decline one of the government's proposed work placements. But any genuine worry about a continued “lost generation” … Continue reading NEETs, benefits and the welfare bill
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Do we really need anymore vocational courses?
Andy Burnham is right in his comments about the narrow ‘academic’ curriculum, imposed on schools by Michael Gove. The Francis Review has recommended some changes but its main foundations will still be in place. He’s also right about the current low status given to technical and vocational courses. Yet there are, despite what some of … Continue reading Do we really need anymore vocational courses?
As it all goes pear shaped, can education take a new path?
Labour market statistics for December 2025, put unemployment for young people not in full-time education at over 1 in 8, with another 1 in 6 ‘economically inactive’. Youth unemployment has historically been much worse than for other groups, but these high levels of are symptomatic of broader changes in the labour market, the economy and … Continue reading As it all goes pear shaped, can education take a new path?
