Helping young people turn experience into opportunity: introducing the Employability Skills Framework, by Gemma Marsh

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Every young person develops valuable skills throughout their lives.  Whether it is balancing study with caring responsibilities, captaining a sports team, volunteering in their community, organising events, or completing coursework projects, young people gain capabilities that employers consistently tell us …

What we've heard about employability skills in young people and the role Skills England can play, by Tessa Griffiths and Sarah Maclean

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ONS data shows that around one in eight young people aged 16-24 in the UK (about 957,000 individuals) are not in education, employment or training. The government’s recent announcement of a £1 billion youth employment package highlights just how urgent this …