…Committee chair Robert Halfon MP quoted the Sutton Trust’s Life skills report during the Education Select Committee hearing, asking Justine Greening what her department was doing to improve non-academic skills….
Silent Pupils
…‘Life Skills’ report released today is cited in an article for The Sun. ‘Life Skills’ also received coverage by Press Association. Read the full article here. Read ‘Life Skills’ here….
Pupils from wealthy homes tend to earn more
…lack essential life skills such as confidence, articulacy and social skills,” he said. “The state system needs to do a better job of equipping youngsters with these skills, which are…
Thousands of young people face a “lost opportunity” because they can’t access top jobs, unless firms take potential employees’ background into account
…widening access to the professions, organisations benefit from an increased pool of skills and experience.” “Employers look for confidence, resilience, social skills and self-motivation in their employees, but for those…
Able to succeed
…so many of their students into Oxford, Cambridge and other leading universities and develop essential life skills such as confidence, articulacy and social skills that are essential to success. Programmes…
Keith Budge: Why top professions favour independent school pupils
…most interesting. The report’s executive summary refers to the idea that “increasing importance is being attributed by recruiters to ‘soft skills’, including certain social skills which are not always as…