14-19 Education - Teenagers face basic skills tests (BBC, 20 August 2007)
The August exam results season would not seem complete without a complaint about school leavers' skills from the employers' organisation the CBI.
14-19 Education - Schools skills failure 'a scandal' (Guardian, 23 August 2007)
The failure of schools to equip teenagers with the basic skills they need for work is a "national scandal", business groups have warned.
14-19 Education - Five good GCSEs 'net £2,200 more' (BBC, 23 August 2007)
Employers would pay an extra £2,261 a year to staff with the benchmark five good GCSEs, research suggests.
14-19 Education - Employers bemoan teens' lack of skills (Guardian, 23 August 2007)
Employers have called the failure of schools to equip teenagers with the basic skills they need for work a "national scandal" and urged curriculum reform.
14-19 Education - Stop harking back to the past (BBC, 24 August 2007)
Opinion piece: The award for the year's most pointless activity must surely go to those commentators who, this August like most others, tried to prove that today's exams are easier than they were in the past.
Adult Learning - Diverse UK attitudes to learning revealed(Learning and Skills Council, 30 August 2007)
A new study by the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) has revealed that over half of adults in England consider training a worthwhile investment of time and money.
Further Education - A-Levels vital for future jobs (Learning and Skills Council, 16 August 2007)
Employer research undertaken by the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) shows that close to three quarters (74 per cent) of recruiters think it is now vital for job-seekers to have at least two A-Level grades or a vocational equivalent before entering the workplace.
Sectors (Early Years) - Almost half of all Childcarers in Sheffield are outstanding or good(Ofsted, 29 August 2007)
New data released by Ofsted reveals that the majority of registered childcarers in Sheffield are at least satisfactory and almost half are outstanding or good.
Vocational Education - Vocational students are quids in(THES, 17 August 2007)
Accounting technicians will be £70,000 better off than their university-educated peers at 21.
Vocational Education - Is it time for a vocation?(Guardian, 23 August 2007)
Opinion piece: For people considering the way forward after GCSEs, a vocational course can be a flexible and lucrative option, says Dick Winterton, Managing Director of the City & Guilds Awards.
