Business plan to prepare students for the workplace

The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) is demanding a transformation of the UK’s education system. They argue that young people are leaving school unequipped to succeed in the workplace. 

Yes, I know that we’ve had these ideas before but now the bandwagon is gathering momentum. “Although we believe that successive governments have failed our young people by not properly equipping them for their future careers, it is time to break away from the blame game,” says BCC president Nora Senior.

BCC say that:

• The Government must use the tax system to encourage apprenticeships and the learning of foreign languages, a move which could boost exports.

• Students should also have regular contact with employers, as part of a new programme of so-called careers education. The measures are part of a wider proposal, named the skills and employment manifesto.

• Universities should work with Chambers of Commerce across the country to help ensure that higher education courses are relevant to future job opportunities, it says.

In a nutshell, the BCC plan includes recommendations to improve young people’s transition from education to work, boost employers’ investment in in-work training and help them to find skilled workers among the nation’s jobseekers.

You can download the BCC publication from here.

As an aside, I spotted a BIS press release yesterday about further education learners: average earnings. A BIS report presents emerging results from analysis of average earnings for Further Education learners, and guidance on the limitations on their use.

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Martin Pollins

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Martin Pollins is a Chartered Accountant and MBA with wide experience in corporate finance and business management. He has served on the boards of several companies, including those listed on the London Stock Exchange, AIM and OFEX. He is Chairman and Founder of OneSmartPlace and was a Council member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales from 1988 to 1996. He was managing partner of PRB Martin Pollins, based in Sussex, the first Accountancy firm to advertise on British television.He went on to create and launch the CharterGroup Partnership (the UK’s first Accountancy network) and then LawGroup UK (at the time, one of the largest networks of lawyers in the UK). In recent years, he helped to raise several £millions to fund British films such as The Da Vinci Code, Bridge of San Luis Rey, Head in the Clouds and Merchant of Venice with actors such as Charlize Theron, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, F. Murray Abraham. Kathy Bates, Gabriel Byrne, Geraldine Chaplin, Tom Hanks, Ian McKellen, Audrey Tautou, Penélope Cruz, Steven Berkoff, Lynn Collins, Jeremy Irons, Joseph Fiennes and many more.

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