May 3, 2012

Health sector embraces Inspiring the Future

May 3, 2012

The health sector embraces employee volunteering in education programme Inspiring the Future. Anyone from apprentices to CEOs can give free Career Insight Talks to young people aged 11 – 19. Read the Nursing Standard magazine cover story

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May 1, 2012

Employers warn UK job applicants lack basic skills

May 1, 2012

Hotel chain Malmaison and Hotel du Vin has joined the growing list of employers warning that UK job applicants are unemployable because they lack basic skills, with most of its jobs taken up by foreign workers. Read the full story.

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April 25, 2012

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

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April 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 […]

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April 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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April 5, 2012

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.

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April 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.

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