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The National Careers Service is the publicly funded careers service for adults and young people (aged 13 or over) in England.. Launched in April 2012, it brought together elements of previous publicly funded careers services for adults and young people such as Connexions and Next Step.
A gap year is described as “a semester or year of experiential learning, typically taken after high school, and prior to career or post-secondary education, in order to deepen one’s practical, professional, and personal awareness.” [6] During this time, students engage in various educational, work-related, and developmental activities [7] such as internships, work experience, travel ...
Year On, formerly UnCollege, is an organization which aims to equip students with the tools for self-directed learning and career building. [1] Its flagship program is a yearlong gap year program involving training in work skills and life skills, volunteer service in a foreign country, and internship or personal project.
The Year in Industry (YinI) is a UK scheme, which organises gap year placements for pre-university and undergraduate students. Each year The Year in Industry places around 750 students in engineering , science , IT , and business . [ 1 ]
Gapyear.com (company name The Gap Year Company Ltd) [1] was started in the UK, in 1998, by Peter Pedrick and Tom Griffith. [2] [3] [4] It was one of the world's first social media networks [5] [6] and focused on assisting young and old volunteers and backpackers to take a gap year.
Government guidance from 2011 stated that "There will be no expectation that local authorities should provide universal careers services once the new careers service is established." [2] The new career service referred to is the National Careers Service, which was established on 1 April 2012.
Adult gap year: Taking time off work in the midst of your career. Gray gap year: Taking a sabbatical from work when you’re over the age of 50. Family gap year: ...
Skills for Life was also a national strategy in England for improving adult literacy, language (ESOL) and numeracy skills and was established as part of the wider national skills strategy by the Labour Party from 2001 to 2010. The strategy set out how the government aimed to reach its Public Service Agreement (PSA) target to improve "the basic ...