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Prizes galore at ‘The Mix’

Posted: May 6th, 2010 | Author: stephenhobbs | Filed under: Education, Further Education, News | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

Winner's statuette

You’ve been labelled as a ‘NEET’*. You are one of 895,000 16-24 year olds in the same situation**. You don’t do ‘education’ or ‘training’ and you haven’t got a job.  Pretty depressing, probably. That’s where ‘The Mix’ comes in – a programme designed to help young people appreciate their talents, improve their skills and build their confidence. How does it work? The approach is not complicated; give young people something unexpected to do, watch curiosity overcome reluctance, help them with technical support when they need it and let their natural talents emerge.

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Who are Working Knowledge Experts?

Posted: May 4th, 2010 | Author: alisonlarkman | Filed under: Education, Further Education, Higher Education, News | Tags: , , , , , | No Comments »

Have you ever wondered who the experts are at a Working Knowledge Event? We took a close look at the 40 experts at this year’s FLUX Grand Final in Nottingham where experts gave up a day of their time to judge some of the UK’s top entrepreneurial students.

Read more about the experts here Who are our Experts?


Let’s breathe new life into apprenticeships

Posted: April 20th, 2010 | Author: andrewhatcher | Filed under: Education, Further Education, Higher Education, News | Tags: , , , | No Comments »

A broader scheme combining entrepreneurship and business skills, led by education providers and supported by several employers rather than one, would be good start, says Peter Jones.

Real-life experience of the world of work is not only desirable but essential if young people want to build a successful career in the modern economy.

But young people can’t be expected to become work-savvy without understanding how business works – and that is why we need more effective collaboration between the worlds of education and business.

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Students look to extra-curricular activities to give them employability.

Posted: April 20th, 2010 | Author: andrewhatcher | Filed under: Education, Further Education, Higher Education, News | Tags: , , | No Comments »

The Guardian 20th April – Faced with a competitive job market, undergraduates are teaching themselves the skills they need for work.  Tackling the UK’s awkward equation of more students but fewer jobs, students are helping each other to work on ways to boost their chances of finding employment.

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