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Embedding the Good Career Guidance benchmarks in schools and colleges

Good career guidance has never been more important. Changes in technology, the technical education system and in the labour market mean that the jobs available and the skills and qualifications needed to reach them are changing all the time. The COVID-19 pandemic has added further disruption, with a disproportionate impact on young people as they enter the labour market. Many skilled jobs require specific education and training, and young people need more support to make better-informed decisions about their future.

Delivering Technical Education

Technical education offers young people a clear route from school into rewarding technician occupations, and progression to higher education for those who wish to study further before entering employment. The implementation of the Sainsbury Review recommendations will bring a step-change in the quality of technical education provision in England.

Good Career Guidance for Adults

Adults in England deserve a high-quality careers guidance system to help them navigate the ever-changing world of work. Our aim is to assist in improving and simplifying the guidance available to adults in this country, we recognise that in order for an adult to make better quality careers decisions they must have access to a trusted and effective career guidance infrastructure.

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Technicians Awarded the Royal Society’s Hauksbee Award

30 August 2023 Helen Esposito

Congratulations to all of the Technicians: We Make the Difference over 100 Technicians who have collectively been awarded The Royal Society Hauksbee Award 2023, which recognises them for generously offering their time, support and input to Technicians: The David Sainsbury Gallery at the Science Museum and Gatsby Foundation’s Technicians: We Make the Difference campaign. 

The Royal Society Hauksbee Award is awarded for outstanding achievements in science to an individual or team whose work is mostly ‘behind the scenes’ or in support, including technicians, research office staff or other contributors who might not normally be recognised. The Technicians Gallery and the campaign aim to inspire the next generation of the technical workforce a

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Building careers advisers’ awareness of technical education options

10 August 2023 Natasha Watkinson

Gatsby and the Career Development Institute (CDI) have today - 10 August 2023 - announced a new project to build careers advisers’ awareness of technical education options.

Careers advisers are key channels of communication for information about technical education options – including T-levels, Higher Technical Qualifications and apprenticeships. Gatsby and the CDI recognise that an up-to-date understanding of technical education options is crucial to careers advisers’ ability to provide impartial guidance to young people. Equipping young people with high