The missing piece of the puzzle in the NEET crisis

Joe Shalam: Gove did not create the NEET crisis – but Britain's obsession with university must end

Joe Shalam, policy director at the Centre for Social Justice. Lucy Powell has saved Alan Milburn the trouble of finishing his independent review of youth worklessness. Like a Scooby-Doo villain, the true culprit behind the Neet crisis has been unceremoniously unveiled. It was Michael Gove all along. Apparently. According to the new education secretary, the introduction of a knowledge-rich curriculum, rigorous examinations and focus on attainment…

Joe Shalam: Gove did not create the NEET crisis – but Britain’s obsession with university must end

Joe Shalam, policy director at the Centre for Social Justice. Lucy Powell has saved Alan Milburn the trouble of finishing his independent review of youth worklessness. Like a Scooby-Doo villain, the true culprit behind the Neet crisis has been unceremoniously unveiled. It was Michael Gove all along. Apparently. According to the new education secretary, the...

The missing piece of the puzzle in the NEET crisis

The Government-commissioned Milburn Review confirmed the problem that many of us in business have seen coming for years.  Nearly one million young people in the UK are not in education, employment or training (NEET).  That’s around one in eight. I have been watching this problem loom for the better part of two decades…