Prior to the launch of the Connexions Service, the proportion of 16-18 year olds who are not in education, employment or training had remained fairly constant for some years at about 10 per cent, or approximately 181,000 people. As adults, these young people are much more likely than ...
As part of the UK government's commitment to developing a coherent strategy to assist young people, the Connexions service was launched in 2001 as a service designed to raise the aspirations, participation and achievement levels of young people in learning. Connexions is an advice service fo...
Purpose – The paper explores young people's experiences of having access to Personal Advisors, fromConnexions, a support and guidance service.Design/methodology/approach – Semi-structured interviews were conducted, in two phases, withyoung people in a large new town. Thematic analysis highlighted si...
Government 'Has Betrayed Young People' Today Is the Final Day of the Government-Backed Careers Service Connexions in Areas Including Northumberland. JEFF REYNAULDS, Who Retired from the Service Last Year and a Former President of the Institute of Career Guidance, Says It Is a Short-Sighted ...
house, Priscilla – who is married to the reclusive owner, Lord Brooks’s, grandson – is not so easily convinced. She perceives Justine as a threat for the male attention and her plans for the manor. And her two young daughters are a little too curious about the lion for their own ...
Department for Education and Skills (2001) The active involvement of young people in the Connexions Service, London: DfES (available at http://www.connexions.gov.uk/partnerships/publications/uploads/cp/1651_manager s_guide_SLATS.pdf, accessed 5 October 2005)....
The role of the Connexions service in supporting the transition from school to post-16 education, employment training and work for young people with a history of specific speech and language difficulties or learning difficulties Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs 2009; 9(2):100-112....
Reports on the response to the Connexions service to discuss education or work issues used by young people. Results of the first national survey of the scheme commissioned by the Great Britain Department for Education and Sk...
STUDENTS throughout Warwickshire and Coventry have access to a first-class service as the exam results come out.Connexions will give young people all the help they need if they find they've done worse, or better, than expected with A-levels or their equivalent. This year, as well as ...
Connexions is a new support service for all young people aged 13-19 in England. This article traces the origins of the Connexions Strategy and some of the main principles on which it is based. One of the main factors which brought it about was concern about the number of 16-18 year ...