December 11, 2020
December 11, 2020
We have published a new report entitled ‘The Value of Volunteering – volunteering in education and productivity in work’. Read the report: The Value of Volunteering If you would like to volunteer, please click here. If you are an employer looking to set up a volunteering scheme, please get in touch with us. The report […]
Read moreDecember 9, 2020
December 9, 2020
On Wednesday 9th December, children at Ossett South Parade Primary School in Wakefield got to meet exciting volunteers from the world of work – a Minister and MP, an engineer and a graphic designer! The Year 4 and 5 children were in different classrooms but were able to simultaneously interact with the volunteers from across the UK via the interactive virtual Classroom Chat. After a welcome from Deputy Head Emma Fieldhouse, the school played […]
Read moreDecember 4, 2020
December 4, 2020
The Our Future Derby programme aims to design and deliver innovative career-related learning (CRL) intended to develop a primary schools employer engagement initiative to inform and support children, parents, teachers and volunteers. Commissioned and funded by the Opportunity Area Board, the programme works in partnership with 32 primary schools across the 7 most disadvantaged wards […]
Read moreDecember 2, 2020
December 2, 2020
After such a difficult year, especially for young people, we’ve been asked by teachers and parents if we could help bring a bit of much-needed festive cheer. So with teachers and some mystery ‘festive’ volunteers, we have put together something we hope will bring us all a few smiles and laughs! View now: For teachers […]
Read moreNovember 12, 2020
November 12, 2020
The online library provides a comprehensive repository of the different and effective approaches to employer engagement and careers education. It brings together the latest thinking with selected research published over the past 40 years. Free to access and searchable by keyword, it features summaries of a wide range of studies with abstracts and links to […]
Read moreOctober 15, 2020
October 15, 2020
“In times of uncertainty and change, the need to inspire our next generation is more important than ever.” These are the opening words of our event at Drapers’ Hall, exactly a year ago, when we were joined by over 400 guests to launch the “I am #InspiringTheFuture” Campaign to coincide with the charity’s 10th anniversary. Of course, so much has changed since then but these words are even more relevant today. […]
Read moreSeptember 25, 2020
September 25, 2020
In its latest working paper “Youth Aspirations and the Future of Work – A Review of the Literature and Evidence” published on the 14 September 2020, the International Labour Organization (ILO) used the Education and Employers study Drawing the Future, as part of its evidence demonstrating the ongoing lack of alignment between young peoples’ aspirations […]
Read moreSeptember 17, 2020
September 17, 2020
New research by the Social Mobility Commission identifies the local authorities facing the lowest social mobility in England and the underlying factors contributing to the lack of opportunities available to those who grew up in “cold spots”. The report, entitled “The long shadow of deprivation: Differences in opportunities across England“, uses newly available data to track the school and career journeys of all state-educated boys in England born between 1986-1988. The […]
Read moreAugust 26, 2020
August 26, 2020
We recently hosted a webinar with the OECD to launch Education at a Glance 2020. This annual publication provides the latest data on the performance of education systems in the UK and across other OECD countries. It was followed by a discussion on vocational education and training. If you are interested then you can […]
Read moreAugust 6, 2020
August 6, 2020
To coincide with the 150th anniversary of the Elementary Education Act, the first piece of legislation to deal specifically with the provision of education in Britain (receiving Royal Assent on the 9th August 1870) we are publishing this paper by Prof. Prue Huddleston. Since our launch in 2009 the Education and Employers Charity has sought […]
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