Secondary Research

Secondary Research for Documentary

http://www.theimi.org.uk/news/government-must-address-careers-advice-if-it-expects-attract-16-18-year-olds-apprenticeships-0 - This article talks about how the government has to address apprenticeships and how they will get 16-18 year olds to want apply to them. Steve Nash who is the CEO of the Institute of the Motor Industry says "Currently, with no formal careers advice in schools, young people aren't getting the direction they need to make the best choices for their future. There is a real conflict of interest between schools holding onto 16-18 year old pupils to bolster their funding and the clearly stated desire by government to see more taking the apprenticeship route.” What Steve said I agree with as when I was in High School I didn’t really understand how apprenticeships worked and have never got to try that type of education and I was so use to being taught in a class so I was leaning towards college before I knew anything about apprenticeships which is bad as I might of got a lot more out of an apprenticeship rather than wasting my time at college which at the end of it will be me getting an apprenticeship. The survey conducted by the IMI shows that only 10 per cent think advice offered by the National Careers Service has any impact on apprentice recruitment.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-31061905 - This news article by BBC talks about how teenagers are dropping out of school or college due to bad career advice. The researchers combined dropout and failure figures on A-levels, apprenticeships and further education courses to give a total of 178,000 16 to 18-year-olds not completing their courses., of these, 92,000 students withdrew from schools, primarily from AS and A-levels; 24,200 did not complete apprenticeships or training courses and an estimated 61,900 withdrew from FE courses.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/9072482/OECD-fifth-of-British-teenagers-drop-out-of-school-at-16.html - Figures show almost one-in-five pupils currently leave school at 16 before taking A-level style qualifications. Recent statistics show that children in most other countries including Slovenia, Estonia, Slovakia and the Czech Republic educate students to a much higher standard than in Britain. It placed Britain 25th out of 35 countries in terms of the number of adults who failed to stay in education up to the age of 18.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/11192026/Poor-careers-advice-failing-to-address-STEM-skills-crisis.html - This article talks about how a lot of teens want to pursue a career science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) related industry, but more than half of those surveyed admitted that they knew very little about the type of jobs on offer. A lot of teens are relying on parents and friends to deliver career advice.