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February 3, 2011

Harvard School of Education calls for sea-change in employer engagement

February 3, 2011

A Harvard Graduate School of Education report calls for a sea change in business and employer engagement in education, so that every American school student to have access to employer involvement in their education including career counselling, job shadowing, employer-designed school projects and work-based learning to better prepare young people for the twenty-first century labour […]

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February 2, 2011

Christian Percy has new DfE post

February 2, 2011

Christian Percy, Operations Director at the Education and Employers Taskforce, is returning to the Department for Education at the end of his secondment to take up a new role as ‘Private Secretary to the Advisers Office’. Christian will be running the team that supports the two Special Advisers and the two Senior Policy Advisers in […]

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February 2, 2011

OECD review of vocational education in South Carolina

February 2, 2011

The OECD’s review of vocational education and training in South Carolina calls on the state to provide high school students with more substantial UK-style work experience while in school, targeting efforts to ensure that students from disadvantaged backgrounds share the opportunities. The review argues that the lack of work experience in South Carolina means fewer […]

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February 1, 2011

Just the job for girls

February 1, 2011

Year 9 pupils across Devon attend a ‘Women in Construction’ event at Exeter College. The aim was to find out more about the many opportunities available in the construction industry. Read the Mid Devon Star report.

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February 1, 2011

Children ‘locked’ out of work by jobless parents

February 1, 2011

Tens of thousands of London children are “trapped” in homes where no adult has ever worked. New statistics show the number of London homes where no one has ever held down a full-time job has passed the 100,000 mark. The crisis is worst in inner-London where one home in 15 has people who have never […]

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January 31, 2011

Science and maths teaching in Wales not up to scratch

January 31, 2011

Science, technology, engineering and maths skills in Wales are not up to scratch, a critical report claims. The report, by the National Assembly’s Enterprise and Learning Committee, calls for “concerted action” by the Assembly Government to improve the skills of young people in the areas. It highlights a lack of high-quality specialist teachers, poor student […]

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January 31, 2011

Government to expand work experience for young unemployed

January 31, 2011

Young unemployed people will get much more help to access extended work experience opportunities to get the best possible start in life, Employment Minister Chris Grayling announced today. Under a new scheme young people will be allowed to do work experience for up to eight weeks so they can get a proper stint in a […]

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January 28, 2011

Vince Cable and Nick Clegg visit Brompton Bicycle

January 28, 2011

Brompton Bicycle Ltd played host yesterday to Dr Vince Cable MP, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, and Nick Clegg MP, Deputy Prime Minister. As the UK’s largest bicycle manufacturer, Brompton’s London factory was the venue to launch the Manufacturing Growth Review, through which the government will promote manufacturing in the UK and […]

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January 24, 2011

4,000 to attend Careers Fest

January 24, 2011

More than 4,000 students aged 12 upwards from across the UK are attending the Careers Fest at the Kassam Stadium in Oxford. They will meet local and national employers including BMW, BT, Microsoft and BP. Vikki Gledhill, manager at the Oxfordshire Education Business Partnership, which is helping to organise the event, said: “In the current […]

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