September 8, 2011
September 8, 2011
Nearly a quarter of UK engineering graduates are working in non-graduate jobs or unskilled work such as waiting on tables and shop work, research from Birmingham University suggests. Read the full BBC story.
Read moreSeptember 7, 2011
September 7, 2011
The leading European conference on education and employer engagement takes place at Warwick University on 12 October. This year’s keynote speaker is Professor Robert Schwartz, Academic Dean, Harvard University. The conference considers the relationship between employers and education from primary through to higher education, focusing particularly on the role of employers and practical issues to […]
Read moreSeptember 5, 2011
September 5, 2011
Promoting maths & science, improving discipline, exam results and reforming careers advice are likely to be school priorities for 2012, says new research by Encyclopaedia Britannica. Read the full Encyclopaedia Britannica story.
Read moreAugust 30, 2011
August 30, 2011
The Independent Reviewer on Social Mobility & Child Poverty, Alan Milburn, has launched his call for evidence. It explores questions around how child poverty and social mobility are linked, what the challenges are and asks for ideas on what potential solutions might be. It seeks views on the Government’s strategies, ideas on how to measure […]
Read moreAugust 30, 2011
August 30, 2011
Pearson and the Education and Employers Taskforce are asking for your views in a research project on enterprise education. This research will explore three key questions: What is enterprise education? What impact does it have? How should it be delivered? Findings from the first phase of research will be used to produce an interim report, […]
Read moreAugust 12, 2011
August 12, 2011
TSL Education and the Education and Employers Taskforce will be hosting a breakfast fringe event at this year’s Conservative Party Conference in Manchester on Wednesday 5 October. The event will take place from 8.30am-10.30am in the Banqueting Room at Manchester Town Hall (outside the secure zone). Confirmed panel guests include Graham Stuart MP, Chair of […]
Read moreAugust 10, 2011
August 10, 2011
Head teachers’ leader, Brian Lightman from ASCL, says there need to be “hard questions” and “uncomfortable truths” for parents and families, after youngsters were caught up in nights of violence and looting. They lack good role models and he warns that too often schools are faced with pupils who have never had any boundaries in […]
Read moreAugust 9, 2011
August 9, 2011
Careers advice is important to improving social mobility, says head teachers’ leader, Brian Lightman from ASCL. The National Careers Service Advisory Group is concerned that schools – rather than local authorities – will be expected to provide advice for pupils but without funding being transferred. Read the full BBC story.
Read moreAugust 8, 2011
August 8, 2011
The UK Commission for Employment and Skills has just published a report on career guidance. This work was led by Liz Sayce a UKCES Commissioner and Chief Executive of Radar. ‘Helping individuals succeed: transforming career guidance’ identifies the characteristics of effective career guidance, the role of new technologies in enhancing this and the part that […]
Read moreAugust 5, 2011
August 5, 2011
Overhaul of careers advice will “reduce substantially the capacity to deliver career support in FE”, claim experts at Derby University. They argue that FE colleges are being marginalised by the new market in careers support that is being created, which focuses on the needs of schools.
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