June 17, 2011
June 17, 2011
The next Taskforce research seminar is on Friday 24 June and features a discussion from Professor Chris James (University of Bath) on School Governors and Employer Engagement in Education.
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June 17, 2011
Do you know someone who’s played an outstanding role in promoting and encouraging business enterprise skills in the UK? Then nominate them for The Queen’s Award for Enterprise Promotion. From entrepreneurs to educators, the award recognises people who have gone that extra mile to work with others who need help setting out in business, perhaps […]
Read moreJune 15, 2011
June 15, 2011
Universities UK reveals that 63% of students have volunteered since starting university. The Education and Employers Taskforce’s Inspiring the Future campaign aims to get 100,000 people volunteering in education, including current students. They will help young people at school and college to make career and course choices by talking about the jobs they do and […]
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June 15, 2011
UK universities add at least £1.31 billion a year in value to UK society in the form of health and well-being, citizenship and political engagement, according to a report released today by the New Economics Foundation and Universities UK. Read the full UK Universities story.
Read moreJune 15, 2011
June 15, 2011
MP Elizabeth Truss says we need more state school pupils to study science, maths and languages. She says: “As a nation, we can’t carry on relying on the 7% of young people the independent sector educates, to provide such a high proportion of future generations of scientists, engineers, medics or linguists.” Read the full BBC […]
Read moreJune 14, 2011
June 14, 2011
A new scheme from the James Dyson Foundation hopes to inject passion into design and technology teaching. Under a new initiative, to be launched in September, the country’s best DT teachers are to be given passports to the frontline of British industry and then encouraged to feed back their experience to other DT teachers at […]
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June 14, 2011
All children should be forced to study mathematics up the age of 18 to prevent the vast majority of pupils leaving school with poor numeracy skills, according to experts. The Advisory Committee on Mathematics Education (ACME) said fewer teenagers in Britain studied the subject to a high level than in other developed nations. Read the […]
Read moreJune 13, 2011
June 13, 2011
This report by the National College shows the findings on effective practice from nine school visits across England based on recommendations from the Education and Employers Taskforce. The visits focused on the leadership of employer engagement, how it was done, the impact on students and how it fitted into the overall careers advice and guidance […]
Read moreJune 9, 2011
June 9, 2011
London mayor Boris Johnson has launched a new literacy and numeracy campaign, which seeks to raise £3m to increase literacy and numeracy rates among the capital’s children under 12. Coming in the wake of the Evening Standard’s recent literacy campaign, Flying Start for London will focus on the city’s seven poorest boroughs. Read the full […]
Read moreJune 8, 2011
June 8, 2011
A new report highlights the need to review the equivalency of vocational business qualifications that are assessed wholly or mainly by internally set and marked assignments with more traditional GCSEs and A-levels. In this latest study, inspectors analysed standards in economics, business and enterprise subjects over a three-year period. Read the full BBC story.
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