Over the last few weeks, we've been using the UKCES blog to highlight thoughts and reflections from some of the young people who worked with us this summer. As well as our longer-term Apprentices, graduate internship programmes and short-term work experience placements, …
As well as our longer-term Apprentices and graduate internships programmes, UKCES hosts a range of work experience placements for those at all stages of education - from schools up to college and throughout university. Over the next few weeks, we'll …
Summer jobs mean different things to different people. For those who are well established in their careers, they are often a cherished memory illuminated by the balmy, sun-kissed glow of youthful endeavours. For those actually doing a summer job they …
Monday On Monday morning, I was thankful to be starting at 10am and therefore waking up at 7:30am, the time I usually wake up, because I knew I would be waking up an hour earlier for the rest of the …
Summer jobs have always been important ways for young people to get started in the labour market. However the types of work opportunities out there, and their availability, are drastically changing. This is often to the detriment of young people. …
It can often feel like ‘it’s just another manic Monday’ when you’re working set hours and you can’t be late. Except this Monday it wasn’t. As new flexible working rules came into play on 30th June allowing all employees to request …
Monday I woke up early at 6:30 on Monday morning, earlier than I am usually up for school, to catch the train from Wokingham to London Waterloo. I was apprehensive about working in a London office and was hoping my …
When I got my first job as a Personnel Trainee in 1990 I remember feeling that the whole world was changing. Nelson Mandela had just been released from prison; East and West Germany were reunifying to create Europe’s largest national …
One of the reasons I became a commissioner for the UK Commission for Employment and Skills is that I like Fleetwood Mac. Well, sort of. Their songs resonated with me, and became one of the defining sounds of my generation. …
After leaving school at 16, I enrolled onto a Level 3 Extended Diploma in Construction at Chelmsford College. During these two years I made many attempts to gain work experience but all fell through. Towards the end of my second …
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