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A former government adviser says school leavers should get £20,000 to stay in training
We need more Degree Apprenticeships, says education charity boss
You can now do an apprenticeship in publishing
UK workplace happiness score drops below global average
Plans for PHD-level apprenticeships might be stalling
18-34-year-olds actually don’t spend all their money on coffee & avocados
Boots joins pharmacy employers to propose pharmacist apprenticeships
Most UK employees work over six unpaid hours a week
National Stress Awareness Day: what are the most stressful careers?
40% of Brits work from home weekly
Apprentices on higher starting salaries than graduates in certain industries
Stress Awareness Month: 90% of students experience stress
8 CV skills that don't require a degree
Celebrity career changes
Work & youth services vital for tackling knife crime
84% of UK students have never considered career in cyber security
Fashion design scholarship launches for BAME students
New app will encourage students to vote
London students eat six takeaways a week
The School Leaver Awards 2019 finalists announced
Blazing a trail: a woman’s journey from apprentice to director
National Careers Week: working hours & salary are priorities
74% of students want another say on Brexit
Should we scrap GCESs?
Why you should consider an engineering apprenticeship
Careers mentoring app goes national
A new community apprenticeship programme is launching in North West England
A quarter of young people feel lonely on Valentine’s Day
What young people really want in the workplace
The government launches new apprenticeship campaign
How to tackle the skills shortage facing UK science
A school leaver started an apprenticeship…& then his dad started the same one
The top five friendliest industries for workers
Revealed: the most popular undergraduate courses of 2018/19
Where are all the female entrepreneurs?
Revealed: the top 10 cities for Millenial start-ups
Forget Blue Monday: January’s the month for career inspo
The National Apprenticeship Service wants apprentices to tell them about their experiences…via text
You can now do a Degree Apprenticeship in occupational therapy
This teacher stole pupils’ school trip money & got banned from the classroom
A quarter of workers regularly check emails during holidays
A bank is creating the next generation of heritage engineering apprentices
More than 40% of the general public think they’d make a good teacher
Labour thinks GCSE reforms have benefitted private schools
School leavers in England to be taught first aid
The top 10 most employable degrees
Young adults are more likely to go vegan than give up booze this New Year
Generation Z drops out of recruitment
Weekend jobs ditched for gig economy
Most young people won’t achieve their salary expectations by the age of 30
Mayor of London helps launch 2,000 apprenticeships
The best places to start a career
Smartphone ban in school helps pupils’ mental health
M&C Saatchi is helping the government with apprenticeships
The barriers stopping young people accessing work experience
Britain drops down university global rankings for employability
70% of young Brits have a ‘side hustle’
The top five fashion jobs you’ve never heard of
Apprentices helped Lewis Hamilton win his fifth Formula One championship
The most popular apprenticeships revealed
Nearly two thirds of parents admit spying on their children
Minister celebrates female engineering & manufacturing apprentices
The civil service wants school leavers to work as apprentice economists
Mental health issues among Millennials at all time high
The Green Party wants a living wage for apprentices
Lack of flexibility makes people want to start their own business
Alesha Dixon & Akala are giving careers advice on YouTube
Four in five graduates say their gap year made them more employable
The countries defying the traditional ‘9 –5’
The number of people doing apprenticeships in Wales is going up
Only 54% of uni graduates have ‘graduate level’ jobs
Just 15% of young people think they’ll get the job they want
People are calling for changes to Degree Apprenticeships
This Head of Year 11 sat the new, harder maths GCSE & only got a C grade
40% of A-level students don’t understand the Clearing process
The five people you’ll find in every office, guaranteed
A-levels: proportion of students in England getting C or above falls
Stormzy is paying for black students to go to Cambridge
People in STEM careers have a better standard of living
School leavers unable to remember facts due to their “Google it” mentality
Scottish universities are only offering Clearing places to poorer applicants
“Constant feeling of failure”: teachers think GCSEs & A-levels are damaging your health
Creative GCSEs are on the decrease
The number of women completing apprenticeships in Scotland is dropping
60% of university degrees will leave you earning less than the UK average
The top 50 most affordable university towns
The government really, really wants you to get a summer job
Over a quarter of secondary school pupils get private tuition
The 300th apprenticeship standard has been approved
“We’ll quit “ – two in five Brits say they’d leave their jobs if perks were stopped
The number of school leavers doing Intermediate Apprenticeships is falling
Only 15% of students think university is good value for money
Young people are getting more political
UK school leavers want to study abroad & their parents agree
Girls still don’t think they can be engineers
Apparently CVs give away your gender
“Impossible” & “diabolical”…there’s been an A-level exam blunder
The UK is the only country that uses predicted grades for university admissions
Apprenticeships have hit a four-year high in the pharmaceutical industry
Pupils at boarding school Eton now have to hand over their mobile phones at night
Nearly three quarters of millennials plan to return to studying later in life
“Who stole my lunch?!”: The UK’s most annoying office habits
Train firm puts on taxi service for exam pupils
School could be damaging your eyesight
You should listen to music to deal with exam stress
Most university students will ditch grad jobs for self-employment
Young people are putting their data at risk on social media sites
The top UK employers for school leavers have been announced
SATs week: 45% of school children scared they’ll be “embarrassed” by their results
Apprenticeships could save young people from a life of crime, says London youth worker
The best cities to study in for a career in the UK games industry
The least popular undergraduate courses
The top 10 cities for a pay rise right now
Girls: the next generation of aerospace engineers
Four things young people can do today to future-proof their careers
The top 10 cities for career prospects
The benefits system might be stopping people doing apprenticeships
Citizenship education can ensure school leavers are active members of society & end inequality
No beards allowed? The top 10 craziest workplace rules
Under-18s want to be pop stars not politicians
School leavers can now do an apprenticeship in 3D printing
BT is using virtual reality technology to recruit apprentices
The North is beating the South in apprenticeship numbers
How UK school leavers choose their university
“I said I could speak Ukrainian”: One in six UK workers has lied on their CV
Shortlist announced: School Leaver of the Year 2018
Top UK employers for school leavers: finalists announced
National Apprenticeship Week: essential events this March
Careers advice in primary schools to be trialled
Over a quarter of UK households will give more time & money to charity this Christmas
The real cost of the office Christmas do
Justine Greening announces 27 new Degree Apprenticeship projects
Apprentices can now get student bank accounts
GCSE results 2017: Parents lack confidence to support their child’s career aspirations
A-level results: Number of top grades rise for first time in six years & boys do better than girls
A-level results: Sir Lenny Henry takes over Clearing hotline at Birmingham City University
A-level results: How UCAS Clearing could help you land your dream job in finance
A-Level results: poorer students risk missing out on free Degree Apprenticeships as their parents haven’t been told about them
Councils working on proposals for social work Degree Apprenticeships
Supermarket giant, Tesco, teams up with university to deliver apprenticeships
New GCSE grading system coming into use
Government confirms funding for EU students for 2018-2019 despite Brexit
New Institute for Apprenticeships launches
A quarter of UK employers have never considered employing apprentices
‘Jobs For The Boys’ myth limits apprentice opportunities
Parents bribing children over GCSE results
Winners announced at the School Leaver Awards 2017
Finalists revealed: top UK employers for school leavers
National Apprenticeship Week 2017: the ‘ladder of opportunity’
Almost two thirds of the UK’s biggest employers are planning Degree Apprenticeships to coincide with the Apprenticeship Levy
Dozens of firms to embrace legal apprenticeships when levy is introduced
UCAS: young women 35% more likely to enter higher education than male counterparts in 2016
UCAS reports record number of people placed in their first choice university
Young people are being told 'Why not do an apprenticeship?' without being shown how to do it, says Vince Cable
Over half of ‘Generation Z’ feel unprepared for the future, says Adobe study
Business volunteers to support half of all schools & colleges as Enterprise Advisers
Accountancy apprenticeships key to diversifying the profession, says ACCA
National Apprenticeship Awards winners announced
Thousands of apprenticeships are set to transform the public sector
Degree Apprenticeships awarded multi-million pound fund
Apprenticeship minimum wage set to rise by 10p
New careers guidance tool for every secondary school in the country
All About School Leavers hosts inaugural School Leaver Conference
New app promises school leavers safe, authentic gap years
GCSE results 2016: girls continue to outperform boys
GCSE Results 2016: STEM Subjects Still Suffering
GCSE results 2016: almost 30% of students want better advice on which A-levels to take
GCSE results 2016: teenagers face an ‘information overload’ when it comes to career choices, says new report
A-level results day 2016: 90% of students feel education system only prepares them for exams
A-level results day 2016: A-level re-marks
A-Level results day 2016
Clearing 2019
Grammar school: could you get in?
Huge surge in demand for Nuclear Degree Apprenticeships in the north of England
Women more likely to get top graduate jobs than men...if they apply
Theresa May expands Department for Education to include apprenticeships
Online university offers free degrees to Syrian refugees
Asda pledges to help women get into apprenticeships
The majority of UK teachers say their school’s careers service is “inadequate”
'Inadequate' school careers guidance is failing young people & should be punished by Ofsted, says new report
What does Brexit mean for young people & apprenticeships?
Annual Women in STEM campaign launched
New management Degree Apprenticeships set to launch
Degree Apprenticeships & Higher Apprenticeships celebrated in Manchester
Three-quarters of young people fear they’ll never get the right job
At just 13, girls are more likely than boys to think that university is important
Thousands of apprentices to take part in major pay study
Guest blog: David Cameron’s apprenticeships adviser
Apprentices are three times more entrepreneurial than the average young person
New training academies set to meet demand of growing nuclear energy sector
Another law firm has announced it is launching a legal apprenticeship
Taskforce announced to improve accessibility of apprenticeships for people with learning disabilities
Training provider charged over fraudulent football apprentice scheme
Charity calls for education shake-up to respond to the digital revolution
University boss says apprenticeships are often a better choice than a degree
There will be a million unfilled IT jobs by 2020: are apprenticeships the answer?
The new computer game that could improve your GCSE grades
UK universities slip in world rankings
Google voted most popular graduate employer
Education charity says apprenticeships are the answer to rising student debt
‘Radical rethink’ required for apprenticeship levy, says The Confederation of British Industry
Two ‘Magic Circle’ firms say no to legal apprenticeships
English students face highest graduate debts, exceeding the US Ivy League
Average employee spends over six working days a year slagging off their boss
Female school leavers are put off STEM careers because the industry is 'male-dominated'
Law firm poised to launch first ever ‘Magic Circle’ legal apprenticeship
Do careers run in the family?
Young UK workers say they lack key skills compared to their European counterparts
Decisions at 18: specialist conference taking place
Government funding to boost Degree Apprenticeships
National Apprenticeship Week: Institution of Engineering & Technology launches search for the best apprentices
National Apprenticeship Week: how apprenticeships are turning lives around
National Apprenticeship Week: graduate recruitment slows while more apprentices are hired
National Apprenticeship Week: new apprenticeship standard for accountancy profession announced
National Apprenticeship Week: record numbers apply for apprenticeships via UCAS
National Apprenticeship Week: target of 26,000 apprenticeships in Scotland
National Apprenticeship Week: extra cash for apprenticeships in Osborne’s Budget
National Apprenticeship Week: schools must do more to inform students, says apprentice
National Apprenticeship Week: apprenticeships in numbers
National Apprenticeship Week: London bus tour to promote apprenticeships
National Apprenticeship Week: apprenticeships could bridge the education gap between rich & poor
National Apprenticeship Week: students apply to university on ‘auto pilot’
National Apprenticeship Week: Lloyds doubles its apprenticeship target to 8,000
National Apprenticeship Week: new Degree Apprenticeships very popular with parents
National Apprenticeship Week: 77% of apprentices get full-time jobs with their apprentice employer
Brexit would impact on graduate jobs market, warns industry boss
International Women’s Day: gender pay gap is even wider among apprentices
International Women’s Day: encouraging more women into computer programming careers
BT is creating 1,400 apprenticeship & graduate posts around the UK
Brexit could cost 50,000 manufacturing apprenticeships
Money worries are driving school leavers straight into work
Almost a third of apprentices don’t complete their work schemes
The number of young adults living with their parents reaches 20 year high
A fifth of young people fear apprenticeships will leave them trapped in an industry for life
Girls at single-sex schools outdo their co-educated peers
Jaguar Land Rover is voted the UK's best employer
University invites employers to design their own degree apprenticeships
Ofsted: apprentice employers need to be ‘more involved’ in schools
Careers advice under the microscope: apprenticeships ‘are largely ignored’
Government publishes its five-year apprenticeships plan
Over a quarter of students start a business while at university
Autumn Statement: schools & sixth form colleges protected from cuts
Autumn Statement: student loans to be increased
Deloitte is using a computer game to recruit apprentices
Girls limit their career options by pursuing "worthwhile" jobs while young men chase big salaries
Autumn Statement: apprenticeships levy to raise £3 billion
England’s university fees are the most expensive in the industrialised world
UCAS going ‘name blind’ to stop racism affecting university applications
UCAS forms should include school exam results to help disadvantaged students
‘Generation selfie’ weirdly shy about self-promotion
UK city boasts 373% job creation increase & it’s not London
Fund launched to help young people facing enterprise postcode lottery
New scheme launched to link up business people with schools
Extra-curricular experience means faster progress at work
Schools still refusing to let girls wear trousers
Half of students are worried about finding a job & lack confidence in careers advice
Tory minister Matthew Hancock says under-25s don't deserve the minimum wage
Government criticised in new report, Making Apprenticeships Work
Microsoft’s apprentice lead wants a UCAS-style apprenticeship system
Apprentice National Minimum Wage goes up by record amount
University of Surrey is named University of the Year
Fake apprenticeships: government crackdown begins
Ethnic minority students are less likely to get into university
Are normal jobs being rebranded as “apprenticeships”?
GCSE results 2015: more girls are taking STEM subjects
Businesses will have to prove they employ apprentices to win government contracts
GCSE results 2015: rise in number of students taking STEM subjects
GCSE results 2015: English & maths improve while A* grades drop
The number of school leavers going to uni through clearing could double
Parents think extra-curricular activities are as important as education
A-level results 2015: record number of people taking up university places
A-level results 2015: more women than men entering university
A-level results 2015: clearing offers on Facebook, Twitter & Skype
Parents are adding to students’ exam results stress
School leavers need to get better at selling themselves on social media
Universities say they’ll take more disadvantaged Students
Over 70% of Parents think University is Unaffordable
Girl spent £500 on a Prom Dress…then got banned from Prom
Lack of Education is as dangerous as Smoking
Employers are to be taxed for having Apprentices
Support to poorest Students is to be scrapped
UK School Leavers lack skills compared to rest of Europe
Parents say their Children are “too clever” to do Apprenticeships
National Women in Engineering Day
Apprenticeships are to be legally protected
Students were so mad at their Maths Exam they got it trending on Twitter
What was in the Queen’s Speech for School Leavers?
Gamers, are you ready? New School Leaver courses announced
School & College Leavers vote for top Employers
Kickstart your Career with Camden Apprenticeships!
Top Employers for School & College Leavers Awards to be announced
PwC will stop using A-level Results to assess Grad Scheme Applicants
School Girls still think Engineering, Construction and Finance are “for Boys”
First ever Youth Leader Debate
What’s in the Green Party Manifesto for School Leavers?
University of Bath is best in the UK for Students
Graduates with Disabilities fear discrimination when Job hunting
New Online Courses hope to ‘bridge the Learning Gap’ between School & University
World Health Day: 10 Foods to help with your Studies
Students base University choices on Online Reputation, apparently
Richer Pupils more than twice as likely to take the right A-levels to get into University
The only way is up: Apprenticeships & Traineeships are on the rise
Even People Working at Oxford University think Fees aren’t worth it
Apprentices More Loyal Than Other Employees
Women in Tech: Apprentice Wins National Award
'Early school leavers' less than half as likely to vote as those with degrees
High-End Tech & Engineering Industries in Skills Crisis: Could You be the Answer?
Girls in Tech: Young Coding Winners Announced
Apprentice National Minimum Wage is Increasing
International Women's Day & National Apprenticeship Week: What Industries have the Most Female Apprentices?
National Apprenticeship Week & International Women’s Day: The Number of Girls starting Apprenticeships is Falling
National Apprenticeship Week: UK’s top 40 Richest Apprentices revealed
National Apprenticeship Week: Apprentices Earn Almost £4K More than Grads in their First Jobs
National Apprenticeship Week: UK Businesses could make an extra £18 Billion from Apprenticeships
National Apprenticeship Week 2015 Launches Today
Nearly Half of Young People Say They're Not Taught Essential Skills
National Careers Week Launches Today
Clare Balding & Tom Daley Inspire the Next Generation of Young Women in Sport
Labour Party will Cut Tuition Fees by £3K if it Wins the Election
Numbers of Young People Not in Education, Employment or Training have Fallen since Last Year
UCAS Extra Opens Today & Could Help Thousands of University & College Applicants
Businesses need more Apprentices and these Events will show them why
Digital Literacy is just as important as Maths & English if You Want a Job in the Future
New Apprenticeship Launched as Pub and Bar Sector Seeks New Talent
Young People Face Work Experience Post Code Lottery
Apprenticeship Vacancies Up Almost A Third
University a ‘Disaster’
UCAS End of Cycle Report Shows Record-breaking Numbers
UCAS Deadline Thursday 15 January
Russell Brand to Feature in New English A-level
Government Announces Two Millionth Apprenticeship
Top Ten Apprenticeship Sectors in 1914 and 2014 Compared
Parents Unaware of School Leaver Options
Apprentices Contribute £34bn to UK Economy
Ifs University College to Launch Junior Membership
Survey suggests Plumbers Viewed as More Employable than Lawyers or Scientists
12 November Most Likely Drop-out Day for University Students
Apprentices Can Be Key to UK Growth, Says AAT Report
UCAS Answer Big Questions on 2012 University Tuition Fee Rise Impact
Survey Suggests More Action Needed for University Alternatives Awareness
Up to 40 Apprentices Set to Join TSB
More than 700 Employers to Design New Apprenticeships
UCAS Deadline for Medical and Veterinary Courses Approaching
National Apprentice Minimum Wage Rises
High Percentage of Aspiring Young Entrepreneurs Don’t Believe They Need a Degree
140 Barclays Apprentices Graduate at Westminster Ceremony
100 New Traineeships Available at BDO
Apprenticeships, “Just as Good” as University, Vince Cable States
GCSE Results Day: Rise in A*-C Grades
Civil Service Apprenticeship Positions Set to Double for 2015
Record 8% More Students from Disadvantaged Backgrounds Earn University Places
A-level Results: Record Numbers Get into University
Competition for Apprenticeships Toughens as Results Day Approaches
Research Suggests Half of University Applicants Have No Plan-B
Exam Officers Warn GCSE and A-level Results May be Lower This Year
Over 30,000 UCAS Applicants Accepted into Scottish Universities and Colleges
Employers Making Further Efforts to Reel in Young Talent
Apprenticeship Graduation Ceremonies to Take Place
EY Welcomes School Students across UK onto Their Smart Futures Programme
More Women in ‘Male’ Apprenticeships Could Narrow Gender Pay Gap
Statistics Show Thousands More School Leavers Choosing Apprenticeships
Research Shows Employers Say Helping Young into Work is a ‘Must Do’
Alternative Work Experience Ideas
UCAS Reveals World Cup Countries’ Favourite University Subjects
Youngest Ever UK PhD Student at University of Leicester
School Leaver ‘Positive Destinations’ at Record High in Scotland
Essex Council to Hire Two New In-house Legal Apprentices
Health & Safety Preparation Push for Work Experience Students
Vocational Qualifications in Demand Over Next Ten Years
Vince Cable Calls for UCAS to Include Higher Apprenticeships
Government Support Firms with £25 Million for Training
Lancaster Royal Grammar School Win the EY Arcade
National Space Academy Higher Apprenticeship Takes Off
Kennedys Makes Room for More Apprentices
Man City Player Mucks in Ahead of National Apprenticeship Week
Survey Shows Former Apprentices Reach the Boardroom
Report Shows Many Graduates Earning Less than Apprentices
PwC Business Insight Week for Year 12 Students Launched
2014 UCAS Deadline Fast Approaching!
The London Professional Apprenticeship (LPA): New Year, New Scheme!
CBI Report Predicts More Jobs for Apprentices and Graduates in 2014
Government Announces ‘Tech Levels’
DAC Beachcroft Extend Apprentice Intake
Higher Apprenticeship in Legal Studies in Wales Gains Government Support
Record Numbers of Apprenticeships Confirmed
Parents’ Perceptions of Apprenticeships Changing
New Secret Services Apprenticeship Opportunity for School Leavers
New High-quality Graded Apprenticeships Announced
Legal Apprentices Kick Off Their Training
First Legal Apprenticeship in Wales to Trial
NCTJ Journalism Apprenticeships in Action as Evening Standard Launches Programme for Non-graduates
Demand for Apprenticeship Places Up with 11 Applications per Position
‘TechBacc’ for Vocational Course Students Announced
One in Three Drop Out from A-Levels
Five Day Warning: UCAS Deadline Fast Approaching
Unemployed Young People More Likely to be Depressed
One Million Apply for Apprenticeships
Finding Employment Tops Young People’s Concerns
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