careers strategy

What role will the Careers & Enterprise Company play in the careers strategy?

The Careers and Enterprise Company has had its role beefed up in the new careers strategy, but hasn’t always had good press for what it’s achieved with government funding so far. Claudia Harris responds The careers strategy aims to help every young person, no matter what their background, to build a rewarding career. At the […]

Less careers strategy, more high-risk experiment

The UK’s careers so-called “strategy” is to ditch trained, independent professionals in favour of volunteers, warns Dr Deirdre Hughes The long-awaited careers strategy is finally in the public domain. There will be a huge sigh of relief from the DfE – and a sharp intake of breath for those at the coalface trying to deliver […]

Special interview: Minister speaks to FE Week about careers strategy

The long-awaited careers strategy was revealed to the world in a conference hall in Solihull earlier today. FE Week was there for the first exclusive interview with the skills minister who brought it – at last – to fruition. Anne Milton admitted that there will be those in the sector who still think that more […]

Milton reveals four pillars of new careers strategy

The four main themes of the government’s widely anticipated careers strategy have been set out by the skills minister, in a speech delivered at the Careers Education and Guidance Summit. Anne Milton said the strategy would be published “shortly”, speaking at the event in London today. “I am tremendously grateful for the work that you […]