October 10, 2011
October 10, 2011
BBC business editor Robert Peston’s Speakers for Schools is being launched this week with a series of 25 talks in state secondary schools and colleges by high profile speakers such as: Martha Lane Fox Nick Clegg George Alagiah Andy Haldane and Baroness (Shriti) Vadera. Speakers for Schools is being administered by the Education and Employers […]
Read moreOctober 5, 2011
October 5, 2011
The Taskforce is taking part in a conference on ‘Social mobility and education: improving life chances, raising aspiration and widening access to the professions’ with Alan Milburn, the Government’s Independent Reviewer on Social Mobility and Child Poverty, taking place in London on 14 December 2011. Read the event agenda.
Read moreOctober 5, 2011
October 5, 2011
A new independent evaluation of the Creative Apprenticeships programme provides evidence of their ‘significant economic impact’. The evaluation was conducted by non-profit sector consultants Baker Tilly and the Education and Employers Taskforce. Read the full evaluation report.
Read moreSeptember 29, 2011
September 29, 2011
The shadow education secretary, Andy Burnham, has called for the creation of a national UCAS-style system for apprenticeships to provide a clear path for teenagers who do not go to university. Rea the full Guardian story.
Read moreSeptember 28, 2011
September 28, 2011
How state schools can benefit from looking at the ways independent schools engage with the private sector? Attend our Education and Employers Taskforce and Times Educational Supplement (TES) free Manchester fringe event on Wed 5 October. Full details of the TES and Taskforce free fringe event
Read moreSeptember 20, 2011
September 20, 2011
A quarter of teenagers say they have never received any careers advice, according to poll conducted for City and Guilds. The survey of 15-19 year olds found those on vocational courses were least likely to have been given guidance. Some 22% of those studying for A-levels and university courses said they had not received careers […]
Read moreSeptember 16, 2011
September 16, 2011
The latest edition of Taskforce News has been published today. This issue covers the launch of Speakers for Schools the week of 10 October across schools in England and our European conference on social mobility featuring Professor Robert Schwartz from Harvard University – only 20 places left.
Read moreSeptember 15, 2011
September 15, 2011
The Sept/Oct issue of the National Union of Teacher’s (NUT) The Teacher magazine carries a news story about our soon to be launched Inspiring the Future volunteering in education initiative. Read the full The Teacher Magazine story.
Read moreSeptember 14, 2011
September 14, 2011
Ed Balls backs a petition calling for financial education to become a compulsory part of the school curriculum. If the petition gets 100,000 signatures, the issue will be eligible for debate in the House of Commons. Read the full Ed Balls calls for compulsory financial education story.
Read moreSeptember 9, 2011
September 9, 2011
A mentoring project to encourage able students from disadvantaged backgrounds to apply to the top universities is a success. Read the full Telegraph story.
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