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The Department for Education (DfE) announced a market engagement last month to inform future careers education provision for young people from the 2027 academic year. The Careers & Enterprise Company (CEC) sees this as an exciting moment to build on the progress made to date and extend the impact of the current system.

We are excited to announce Ava Haymonds as our newest Youth Board Member. Ava joins Rylie as our second current Youth Board Member, following the footsteps of Mohammed, Lizzie and Ife.

To celebrate National Careers Week and Colleges Week, John Yarham had the pleasure of visiting Middlesbrough College alongside Susan Acland-Hood, Permanent Secretary at the Department for Education.  

Hear from two members of our Youth Advisory Group (YAG) about what enrichment opportunities in tandem with high-quality careers education means to them.

The South Yorkshire Careers Hub is working with HSBC and Zero Gravity through the Boosting Skills Pathways programme to build stronger digital and technology career routes for young people.

Nearly one million young people are now not in education, employment or training (NEET). Rising disengagement mean that too many learners experience difficult transitions from secondary education.

Our Youth Advisory Group (YAG) met with Jacqui Smith, the Minister for Skills, to discuss the barriers faced by young women in accessing careers and skills education.

The new report, from The Careers & Enterprise Company (CEC), finds that economic pressures are increasingly shaping employer school engagement.

We met Business Minister, Blair McDougall, to share our six-point plan for putting young people at the forefront of a modern skills-led industrial strategy.

Partnering with the national Health and Care Advisory Group, we are working to deliver a place-based approach to the 10-Year Workforce Plan.

A pioneering pilot project in Leicester has significantly increased young people’s understanding of the logistics industry, one of the region’s fastest-growing and strategically important sectors. 

58% of business leaders believe that the traditional two-week block of work experience is too time-consuming.