Vocational

Why are functional skills important?

Aug 17, 2020 | Life Skills | 0 |

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Functional skills are important because they provide the skills, knowledge and understanding for young people and adults to progress in work, education and life.

It relates to transferring to learner’s ability to solve problems to real-life contexts. Functional skills are the fundamental English, Maths and ICT skills to aid their working and personal lives. People can study for these qualifications in practical ways.

This blog post explains what functional skills are and why they are important.

V Certs – will they bridge the skills gap for employers?

Nov 15, 2018 | Alternative Curriculum, Employment | 0 |

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V Certs are the most recent vocational qualification open to students who are 14 – 16 years old but could they really provide a solution for the skills gap in the UK?

What can teachers do to increase the number of school leavers taking up apprenticeships?

Nov 2, 2018 | Employment, Pupils | 0 |

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Despite the introduction of the Apprenticeship Levy in April 2017, there have been four successive quarters of decline in the number of reported apprenticeship starts.

If all parties have a role to play in increasing the uptake of apprenticeships, what can teachers do to help facilitate this?

How to encourage apprenticeships in your school

Jul 19, 2018 | Employment, BTEC | 0 |

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Apprentices earn, on average, £100,000 more than other employees over the course of their life, and today can take their pick from over 200 differing professions – from plumbing and music, to social media and marketing. And, as it turns out, apprentices are good for business, too…

Offering relevant career guidance in schools

Jun 6, 2018 | Employment, Teaching | 0 |

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The requirement of schools to offer career guidance has become more important since the Education Act 2011 enshrined this in law. As a consequence, many schools have increased the impact of their in-house career guidance tools.

5 potential career paths for…geography students

May 23, 2018 | Employment | 0 |

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Geography is far from just studying countries and maps. Indeed, careers utilising geography skills involve research, data analysis, and exceptional communication. As you can imagine, these translate to a wider range of careers for geography students.

5 potential career paths for…economics students

Jan 15, 2018 | Employment | 0 |

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Economics influences every aspect of the modern world. As such, students who have an interest in, and choose to study, economics have a variety of career paths to choose from.

The skills learned through economics are also highly transferable, allowing students to move into fields they wouldn’t initially have contemplated.

Alternative provision for school refusers

Aug 17, 2017 | Alternative Curriculum, Attendance | 0 |

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Whilst the dangers of ‘off-rolling’ or ignoring/marginalising pupils by moving them to poorly managed alternative provision are real, when it is properly managed, alternative provision can be a very useful tool in encouraging school refusers to re-engage with their education.

Vocational qualifications for disengaged students

May 11, 2017 | Curriculum, NEET | 0 |

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The negative connotations that come along with a student who is disengaged do little to help the pupil or school in tackling underlying issues, and in fact there has long since been a link between low teacher expectations and a self-fulfilling prophecy of a student who underperforms.

Allowing students to struggle in the traditional classroom setting has now been recognised as counterproductive for all – for teacher, for pupil and for fellow pupils.

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