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 …
Is a ‘career’ a string of jobs which we retrospectively say were all part of a masterplan? I don’t think so, certainly not for most of us. For me, the key element which makes a string of jobs a career …
In our latest guest blog, Dr Jan Germen Janmaat, reader in Comparative Social Science at University College London Institute of Education, discusses the key points from his latest UKCES Masterclass on the influence of educational pathways on active citizenship. You can …
In our latest guest blog, Professor Ewart Keep, Director of Oxford University’s Centre on Skills, Knowledge & Organisational Performance discusses the key points from his latest UKCES Masterclass on the future of vocational education and training. You can watch the …
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 …
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. …
What is unemployment? Unemployment seems like it should be simple to define – if you’re not working, you’re unemployed. But it’s not quite that simple. How about a stay-at-home parent? Someone who’s retired? Or someone unable to work through illness? …
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 …
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