We know there are barriers to young people taking up technical and vocational pathways. Having spent the last few years working with governments around the world to improve skills and employment systems, I know if we’re to break these barriers down, we need to do two things, acknowledge the complexity of the issue and agree a shared understanding of what’s happening at a local and national level.

The mission of the Careers & Enterprise Company (CEC) is to help every young person to find their best next step. We do this through a national framework tailored locally to reach and meet the needs of schools, colleges, businesses and technical education providers. Our ability to convene these actors puts us in a position to start breaking down the complexity, build consensus and a shared understanding to unpick and overcome the ATE transitions riddle.

To read the full report please use the following link: FE News | Solving the Apprenticeships and Technical Education (ATE) transitions riddle