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Skills minister Matthew Hancock has backed the Get In Get On programme, which offers virtual work experience to young people, as it is expanded into the legal sector.

Glasgow City Council has launched a scheme which will see every first-year pupil in secondary school receive a savings account and a £10 deposit. It is intended to encourage financial responsibility and "halt the rise of high-cost payday lenders".

Pupils should be taught about the dangers of “sexting” and “cyberbullying” as part of updated sex education classes, David Cameron said yesterday.

This timeline sets out important mandatory information to help headteachers, principals and governors plan ahead, prepare for and implement mandatory legal requirements during this academic year and beyond.

A pupil at a leading independent school who battled with anorexia is campaigning for children to be taught more about mental illness under the national curriculum.

A charity has warned that online pornography and cyber-bullying are damaging the mental health of young people. A YoungMinds poll of 2,000 youngsters aged 11 to 25 revealed some startling findings about the state of mind of Britain's youth.

UK rapper Tinie Tempah puts his might behind the first ever National Voter Registration Day on 5 February, backed by free classroom resources to prepare for changes to the registration system.

Nearly a third of students have said that they were not taught about the legal age of consent for sex in schools, a survey has shown.

Labour also wants to tie up lowering the voting age with improved citizenship education in schools and putting polling stations in schools and colleges.

Social mobility is hampered by a failure to prepare young people for pathways other than university, says Hans van Mourik Broekman

Charities and educational groups are drawing up their own guidelines for teaching about sex and relationships in school.

Employers, schools, colleges and careers advisers need to work together to inspire young people or we risk failing them, says Anne Thompson

If you think kids do nothing but play computer games and watch TV, think again. Some, as young as eight, have started their own businesses and are already on the road to commercial success.

Parents will be able to find out what their children are being taught about sex by visiting their school’s website, The Telegraph can disclose. Every school in England has been told to set out their sex education syllabus for the first time, amid rising concern about the increased sexualisation of children.

A summary of the changes to the Ofsted grade descriptors for PSHE education and their implications for schools.

Children should be given lessons in careers whilst at primary school as part of an attempt to promote “employability” in schools, says a report out today.

Advertised apprenticeship vacancies in England rose by almost a quarter last year, according to the National Apprenticeship Service.

Thousands of pupils have been told they are “too clever” for apprenticeships or vocational education and study academic subjects that do not suit them, a report claims.

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Almost a third of young people said they did not learn about sexual consent in sex education lessons, says a survey from the National Children's Bureau.