Employers will take the lead in a new careers body that will broker links between schools and businesses in England, say ministers.
The government has allocated £20m to start up the company but expects it ultimately to be fully independent.
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11 Dec 2014
A government report shows that one in five 16- to 24-year-olds suffers from psychological issues including depression or anxiety
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The Guardian
11 Dec 2014
The Scottish Government issues guidance to schools stating teachers should tell the SNP's planned network of 'named persons' instead of parents about concerns they have about children's welfare.
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The Telegraph
15 Dec 2014
For the first time, teenagers will be able to study engineering while still at school
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The Independent
16 Dec 2014
The Education Secretary says exam results are not a higher priority than building pupils' "grit and resilience" as she unveils a new £3.5m funding programme
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The Telegraph
17 Dec 2014
The 14-year-old told friends she was scared of telling her parents and had struggled to reconcile her feelings with her strong Christian faith
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Mirror
18 Dec 2014
Graduates faced with high student debt and poor earning prospects would be better off skipping university, report says
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Daily Mail
18 Dec 2014
GCSEs should be scrapped and replaced with tailored courses, including vocational skills, according to the leader of the Confederation of British Industry.
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BBC
30 Dec 2014
Financial education was added to secondary schools' curriculum in September, but there's still an awful lot of work to be done.
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The Independent
30 Dec 2014
Sanjay Sarma, director of digital learning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said teachers needed to adapt to the internet age
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The Telegraph
05 Jan 2015
Schools are struggling to deal with rising numbers of students self-harming, two major teaching unions say.
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BBC
07 Jan 2015
Official national data is a decade old, but others point to an increase in mental health problems among young people and ‘historically underfunded’ services
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The Guardian
07 Jan 2015
The quality of careers provision has been a cause of concern for some time
Secondary schools in England are using teaching assistants and receptionists to give pupils careers advice, MPs have warned.
The warning came as members of the Commons Education Committee questioned Education Secretary Nicky Morgan over a lack of adequate advice for youngsters.
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08 Jan 2015
Children’s character and well-being looks set to be a central education issue going into the 2015 general election. Getting out of the starting blocks in mid-December, Nicky Morgan, the secretary of state for education, unveiled a £3.5m fund to offer character-building classes, insisting that fostering resilience and “grit” is just as important as helping pupils achieve good grades.
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08 Jan 2015
A new public service announcement (PSA) video shows the consequences of school bullying in a raw and powerful way, calling on people to "Be Nice. Now".
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The Independent
08 Jan 2015
Terrie Johnson, the founder of social enterprise fruit to suit, believes businesses and schools should work together to help introduce more young people to the idea of enterprise and entrepreneurship
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Schools Improvement Net
12 Jan 2015
Economic pressures, parental separation and the impact of social media are all cited by headteachers as factors behind a rise in problems among pupils.
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The Guardian
12 Jan 2015
Apprenticeship changes and Improving the quality of further education and skills training
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Department for Education
13 Jan 2015
In an age of rampant consumerism, the importance of a good grounding in money management is more relevant than ever
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The Guardian
13 Jan 2015
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.
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BBC
08 Jan 2014