April 24, 2013
April 24, 2013
The Government Response to the Education Select Committee’s report on careers guidance for young people’ has been published. Inspiring the Future is mentioned as an effective way to facilitate diverse speakers talking with young people about different career paths. Read the full Government response. Careers guidance for young people
Read moreApril 19, 2013
April 19, 2013
The volunteering spirit seen during the London 2012 Olympic Games is in danger of “fizzling out”, a group of MPs has warned. The Public Accounts Committee said the Cabinet Office needed to show it was not “missing the boat” in securing a long lasting legacy for volunteering. Read the full story.
Read moreApril 18, 2013
April 18, 2013
2013 marks Aston Martin’s Centenary year, the British sports car maker is embarking on a programme of special events including a school visit to William Morris Sixth Form in Hammersmith to talk with pupils about working in the automotive industry and apprenticeships. This visit has been arranged via free employee volunteering initiative Inspiring the Future. […]
Read moreApril 15, 2013
April 15, 2013
Middle class parents are hiring a Premier League sports psychologist to boost their children’s exam results. Read the full story.
Read moreApril 12, 2013
April 12, 2013
Thirteen new ‘studio schools’ have been announced for England from September next year, involving organisations as diverse as Barclays, The National Trust, RSPCA and The National Space Centre among others. Read the full story.
Read moreMarch 28, 2013
March 28, 2013
Four pupils from Bishop Challoner School in Tower Hamlets had lunch at 10 Downing Street and the chance to quiz top civil servants questions about government policy. The pupils won a competition at the launch of employee volunteering in schools programme Inspiring the Future. The challenge was to come up with the best policy questions […]
Read moreMarch 26, 2013
March 26, 2013
Schools in England will no longer be rated as “outstanding” by inspectors if they fail to close the attainment gap between poor and affluent children. Schools Minister David Laws said schools should not be relying on their brightest pupils to score well in inspections and league tables. Read the full story.
Read moreMarch 20, 2013
March 20, 2013
On 19 March the Education and Employers Taskforce unveiled the ‘Nothing in Common’ report at an evening reception hosted by Sir Martin Sorrell, CEO WPP at the British Museum in London. Speakers were; Joanna Mackle, Director of Public Engagement, British Museum, Sir Martin Sorrell, CEO, WPP, David Cruickshank, Chairman Deloitte and Education & Employers Taskforce, […]
Read moreMarch 19, 2013
March 19, 2013
A new Education and Employers Taskforce report maps the career aspirations of 10,729 British teenagers against the projected demand for UK employment over the period 2010-2020. It shows that teenagers aspirations to have nothing in common with projected employment demand. The report includes full details of teenage occupational aspirations segmented by age and by the […]
Read moreMarch 13, 2013
March 13, 2013
According to a poll of 1,774 people who graduated in the last two years, 76% said they were not informed about the alternatives to university before leaving school. Of these, more than half (54%) said they would have picked an Apprenticeship or vocational training route instead of their degree had had they received better information. […]
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