Explain the post 16 options for young people and adults Once a young person finishes year 11 they have different options available to them they can choose to go on to further education this can be either within the school in the sixth form or they could go to college. The qualifications that can be gained through further education are: • AS and A levels- are full time courses studying mainly academic subjects but also some work related subjects and are generally taken over 2 years. • Diplomas-
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opportunities for pupils aged 16 and over have traditionally been either to leave school and start employment‚ or to stay and continue with their education. Although many pupils do still choose one of these options‚ it is likely there will be more opportunities available as there has been an increased government focus on and funding of education for 14 to 19 year old’s‚ and in particular a focus on reducing the number of young people not in education‚ and employment or training post 16. Under the old labour
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3. Explain the post-16 options for young people and adults Due to rise in levels of unemployment for those in the age brackets of 16-24year old over the last 10 years‚ the government set up the September Guarantee to give this age range more opportunity post education. It is predominantly aimed at 14-19yr olds and meant that once they left compulsory education‚ by the end of September that same year they would have a place in some kind of further education. This was to avoid them becoming ‘NEETS’
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1.3 EXPLAIN THE POST – 16 OPTIONS FOR YOUNG POPLE AND ADULTS POST 16 – OPTIONS Post 16 options are given to young people and adults after they finish year 11 from school. Each post-16 option offers you different qualification opportunities and a different mix of teaching methods and assessment. Post 16 options comprises on: STUDY FULLL TIME 6th form or college Take up an Apprenticeship‚ Traineeship or Supported internship Take a part-time education or training course if you are employed
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1.3 Explain the post 16 options for young people and adults The opportunities for pupils aged 16 and over has traditionally been either to leave school and start employment or to stay and continue with their education. Although many pupils do still choose one of these options‚ there is now more opportunities available as there has been an increased government focus on education for post 16 year old’s in particular a focus on reducing the number of young people not in education‚ employment or training
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Post 16 options are as follows; From Summer 2013 the participation age for school leavers is being raised to age 17 the from Summer 2014 the participation age will raise again to age 18. Stay at School Young people and adults can stay in full time education at either 6th Form or College. Depending on their grades they will be able to sit GCSE’s‚ A levels or courses then if desired can move on to University. Start a Training Course They may wish to further their education
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Northern Ireland The problems between Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland started a long time ago and more political than religious. For centuries the English had tried to gain control of Ireland. Until the sixteenth centrury‚England controlled only a small area of Ireland around Dublin. English rulers‚ including King Henry VIII‚ Queen Elizabeth I and Oliver Cromwell gradually conquered the whole of Ireland. Ireland became a British colony in 1607. The last area to resis the English
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Courtney Beitel Prof. Bonillas English 1020 March 4‚ 2013 Research Assignment 1. I would like to re-travel to Northern Ireland. 2. Research Question: How has life changed over time in Northern Ireland? This is important to me because I had recently traveled to the Northern part of Ireland on a 2 week tour in the summer of 2012. While I was there‚ I saw where my grandmother grew up; from looking at old family photos before‚ where she grew up the city looks more worn down and not
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Nothern Ireland The agreement determined that the Executive Committee would be a power-sharing government‚ representing both unionists and nationalists. It would be based on the power-sharing‚ Consociational model of democracy. Arend Lijphart designed this model for societies emerging from‚ or with the potential for‚ conflict. The main consociational features of the Northern Ireland power-sharing model are: -cross-community power sharing at executive level‚ including the joint office of First
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Charlotte Northern Ireland Conflict Transforming Conflict Containment to Conflict Settlement in Northern Ireland with the Power of Communication Michael Gleason POLS 4600 – International Relations Professor Combs 11-11-13 Introduction The territorial conflict between United Kingdom’s Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland dates back to the 1960s between the Unionists and the Nationalists‚ and focused on the constitutional status of Northern Ireland. The Unionists
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