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Helen Hayes MP, MP for Dulwich and West Norwood and recently elected Chair of the Education Select Committee, today joined CEC to hear about tailored careers education delivered in her local area.

Young people have revealed the top 10 jobs they want to do when they leave school and how their choices change during their time in education, in the largest ever survey of its kind. 

In July, the Government launched its Curriculum and Assessment Review, read The CEC's response.

Leading businesses increasingly see working with young people in schools & colleges as a good way to develop skills in their future workforce, promote jobs in their sector & answer skills challenges.

The pilot will target support for disadvantaged young people to increase digital skills and opportunities.

The Department for Education has transferred the contract management of the Apprenticeship Support & Knowledge programme to The Careers & Enterprise Company, the national body for careers education.

Young people in schools and colleges will learn more about how to start up and grow their own business due to a new initiative announced today with Enterprise Nation.

More than nine in ten young people (94%) on the programme successfully moved on to college or training courses after leaving school at 16.

A new primary school careers pilot (Start Small; Dream Big) to help children learn about jobs, is boosting their knowledge and confidence about what their future could look like.

Young people say jobs in construction are among their top 5 career choices, as a result of companies in the sector working in schools & colleges to develop skills & showcase routes into the industry.

Girls are less likely than boys to consider their earning potential when thinking about their future careers, according to new CEC data being shared today, on International Women’s Day.

Young people are now more ready for jobs, business is tackling skills gaps and the impact of disadvantage is being targeted as a consequence of careers education, according to a new report.