Young people

The 16-19 disadvantage gap is worse than we thought

The case for a student premium was clear in 2019. Our latest analysis shows it is now urgent, says...

JL Dutaut
Sam Tuckett
Young people

FE must play its part in tackling engineering’s costly image problem

Engineering is so much more than our education system routinely promotes. Fixing that could be key for girls and...

JL Dutaut
Alisha Bell
Young people

Awarding giants silent as bids open to run ‘Gen 2’ T Levels

A process to 'refresh' 7 existing T Levels launched last week

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Skills reform, Young people

DfE’s spending on T Level public awareness efforts revealed

Leaders say DfE 'significantly underestimated' the difficulty of launching the new qualification

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Young people

DfE claws back two thirds of £10m T Level employer incentive cash

Business representatives slam 'disappointing' underspend but officials claim some simply rejected the offer

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Young people

DfE ‘considering’ making sex education compulsory in colleges

The move follows calls by MPs in July to extend the provision to post-16 settings

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein
Young people

Young people’s access to mental health support shouldn’t be such a lottery

Nick Harrison reflects on new Sutton Trust findings on the breadth, depth and inequities of the mental health crisis...

JL Dutaut
Nick Harrison
Colleges, Young people

16-19 tuition fund: Ofsted warns of ‘weak’ and ‘generic’ tutoring by external agencies

But leaders praise overall 'positive' impact of scheme, and warn future tutoring is 'untenable' without more funding

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Young people

‘Worrying’: Out of work and training 18-year-olds hits highest rate since 2009

Overall proportion of 16-18s not in education, employment or training (NEET) also rises

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel