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On the right careers path

Careers guidance
Schools now have a legal duty to provide year 9 to 11 students impartial and independent careers advice. Christine Buccella looks at some free web resources that might help.

With youth unemployment reaching more than 20 per cent, the scrapping of the Education Maintenance Allowance and a large hike in tuition fees, young people need decent careers advice more than ever. SecEd’s recent Guide To Careers Guidance set out the need for teachers to be able to access high-quality information following changes in legislation that, from this term, places the duty to provide independent careers advice for students in years 9 to 11 onto schools. However, teachers will be well aware that they are to get none of the £203 million in central funding that paid for the previous services. 

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