Redundancies pending for Connexions Staff?

18-March-2005

[ Connexions ]
The TES had an article headed 'Careers jobs to go in £80m purge' on the 14 March 2005.

The TES article suggests that 'around £150m has been earmarked for reforms in 2008, when the Connexions for 13-19 year olds will be split in two.  But only half the money will be spent on the new service.  The rest will be spent on redundancies and re-organisation.'

The ICG website notes that the institute has responded by requesting a meeting with senior officials from within the department.  They comment further that 'The article which is somewhat misleading as the TES often refer to the Connexions Service as 'Careers', actually discusses potential redundancies in the Connexions Service as a whole, and appears to stem from a departmental leak.

You can access the ICG response and the text of the article from the Latest News section of the ICG site.

How are services, and individuals within them reacting to this news?


Lucy Marris; 18-March-2005 10:19:37 forum (1)

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Redundancies now here for Connexions staff - 2007; 19-April-2007 13:33:13 by Terry Wilson

Charles Hendry MP -> Press Statements

09-February-2005

[ Connexions ]
More food for thought about the future for Connexions - this is the Conservative view as described by Charles Hendry MP
Wealden’s MP, Charles Hendry, has announced that a Conservative government would abolish the Government’s Connexions service - under which career guidance is currently being administered alongside personal and social advisory services for young people – and replace it with a new national all-age careers service for England

Lucy Marris; 09-February-2005 14:25:25 forum (0)