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On Tuesday (2 October) the Secretary of State for Education, Damian Hinds MP, announced a significant further commitment to achieving world-class careers guidance for secondary school and college students across the country, in line with the standards set by the Gatsby Benchmarks.
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Almost three quarters (72%) of secondary school and college leaders feel that careers guidance has become even more important during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to new research funded by Gatsby which also revealed the extent of disruption to career guidance during the COVID-19 lockdown, and how it has altered plans for careers in the new academic year.
Gatsby welcomes today’s (Thursday 21 January) publication of the Government’s White Paper on Further Education that sets out ambitious plans for the country to have world class technical education and career guidance.
The Gatsby Foundation and The Careers & Enterprise Company (CEC) marked National Careers Week 2021 (1-5 March) by honouring the Careers Champions who have made an incredible difference to career guidance in a year so disrupted by COVID-19.
A new report by Pye Tait, examining the breadth, quality and frequency of information being provided to school and college students about their onward education options has revealed a persistent gap in knowledge of 11–19-year-olds between academic routes and technical education routes.
