Connexions in Buckinghamshire is holding events focusing on helping young people gain diplomas that will widen their choices after leaving education:
The diplomas have been developed with employers, schools, colleges and universities and are currently in 10 different subjects.
They aim to provide students with a route into higher education or employment combining learning with practical experience.
For more information young people can visit www.buckschoices4me.com or contact their Connexions Personal Adviser in school or call 0845 313 3413.
via Bucks Free Press

In a move to get more young people out of NEET status and into employment, the careers office in Coventry and Warwickshire will be sending out letters to over 1500 young people inviting them to take part in the government’s Entry to Employment scheme:
There are 1,692 16, 17 and 18-year-olds in Coventry and Warwickshire who fall into the category.
Numbers have increased this year because of the credit crunch which is hitting 18-year-olds leaving college or school and looking for a job particularly hard.
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Figures from Halton Borough Council aere showing that NEET figures have fallen from 13.2% in October 2008 to 10.5% in October 2009:
The reduction in a year-on-year comparison equates to an additional 127 of the borough’s young people who have found work, training placements or returned to education.
The council said more teenagers are staying on in education, and figures show that at the end of October, 81.01% of 16 to 18-year-olds were in continued learning compared with 73.45% at the end of October last year.
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