Source · Select Committees · Education Committee
Recommendation 10
10
Accepted in Part
Paragraph: 38
Adapt National Careers Service website content for under-18s or establish an accessible alternative platform.
Conclusion
The Department should either work with DWP to ensure that the National Careers Service website has content appropriate and accessible to young people under 18 or create an alternative to the National Careers Service website which is accessible to and useful to young people. In the meantime, it should update the National Careers Service website to provide links to suggested websites which are more appropriate for those aged under 18.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government partially accepts, stating it is investing to develop content, improving website navigation and branding, enhancing the helpline, and committing to providing links to suitable websites for under 18s and creating a one-stop-shop for skills training.
Summary of the government's response below — read the verbatim text to verify.
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Government Response
Accepted in Part
HM Government · verbatim extract
Accepted in Part
75. The Department agrees with the Committee that there is more to be done to make the National Careers Service website more accessible and to increase content that is more appropriate to young people. We are in the process of doing just that.
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