April 25, 2012
Call for background checks on university students
April 25, 2012
Alan Milburn calls for social background checks on university students during the admission process to help social mobility. Read the full story.
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Toolkit to promote nursing to youngsters launched
April 25, 2012
International Nurses Day is coming up on 12 May and to celebrate and help promote this global event NHS Employers has produced a free Toolkit for promoting the nursing profession. The Taskforce’s Inspiring the Future is recommended as a free and effective means to reach young people aged 11-19. See the toolkit: http://www.nhscareers.nhs.uk/PDFs/international-nurses-day-toolkit.pdf
Read moreApril 19, 2012
Report identifies clear link between work-experience at school and job prospects in later life
April 19, 2012
The quality of teenagers’ work experience is strongly linked to future careers but must rely on more than just their parents’ connections, a heads and employers report by the Education and Employer Taskforce says. Read the full Work Experience report Our research report received extensive media coverage, including the following: Financial Times. BBC News. Watch […]
Read moreApril 5, 2012
New commission on mass ‘academisation’ of schools
April 5, 2012
PearsonCPL and Royal Society of Arts launch a new commission into the mass ‘academisation’ of schools. The impact of the government’s drive to increase the number of academies in the school sector will be put under the spotlight in a new independent commission chaired by Christine Gilbert, former Chief Inspector, Ofsted. The Commission Secretariat is […]
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New National Careers Service published
April 5, 2012
The department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) strategy for the new National Careers Service has been published today. The Taskforce’s employee volunteering in education initiative Inspiring the Future and the careers website to help teachers guide young people Growing Ambitions both feature. Read the full publication and strategy.
Read moreApril 4, 2012
It’s who you meet
April 4, 2012
The Education and Employers Taskforce’s groundbreaking ‘It’s who you meet that stops you being NEET’ research report has already had 2,000 downloads. Read the report and watch the video.
Read moreMarch 30, 2012
OECD’s skills strategy
March 30, 2012
The OECD is developing a Skills Strategy with the aim of fostering a cross-government, peer-learning approach towards improving the supply of, anticipating the demand for, and optimising the use of skills in the workforce to promote economic growth and social inclusion. Read: Director for Education – OECD Skills Strategy Presentation on the skills strategy by […]
Read moreMarch 29, 2012
Helping social mobility in the legal profession
March 29, 2012
The legal profession is moving to improve social mobility by a number of initiatives. A good example is the Bar National Mock Trial Competition which is only open to state school pupils. Read the full story.
Read moreMarch 27, 2012
New duty on schools to secure careers guidance
March 27, 2012
New Education Act 2011 places state schools under a duty to secure access to independent careers guidance for pupils in Years 9 – 11. Read the full DfE guidance.
Read moreMarch 26, 2012
Family background more impact than school
March 26, 2012
Parental effect on exam results aged 16 – 17 is five times more powerful than the influence of schooling, says Royal Economic Society. Read the full story.
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