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March 11, 2020

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Redraw the Balance – challenging gender stereotypes

March 11, 2020

Redraw the Balance continues to generate interest and inspire new versions around the world. The original two-minute film, which captures how young children define career opportunities as male and female, has attracted over 100 million views. Education and Employers launched the original Redraw the Balance film during International Women’s Day in March 2016. 66 children were […]

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February 28, 2020

World Economic Forum publishes report on careers and Davos school visits

February 28, 2020

Young people’s career aspirations have remained largely frozen since 2000. Gender and social class play a big role in framing their expectations. Davos school visits show how these limited preconceptions can be broken. A major new international study highlights the mismatch between young people’s career aspirations and jobs, and the impact this will have on […]

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February 21, 2020

New report on the career aspirations of 7-13 year olds in New Zealand

February 21, 2020

A major new report has been published which examines the career aspirations of 7-13 year olds in New Zealand. The research format and methodology is based on Drawing the Future which charity Education and Employers and its partners TES Global, the NAHT, OECD Education and Skills, and UCL Institute of Education published during the World […]

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February 17, 2020

Employers across the country sign-up to become School Governor Champions

February 17, 2020

It has been 4 months since Inspiring Governance launched the ‘Be A School Governor Champion’ campaign and in that time we are delighted that a range of employers from all sectors have signed-up to inspire their employees to support local schools by volunteering to become Governors and Trustees. Since October, we have had commitments from Universities, […]

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February 4, 2020

Four principles that guide the best employer engagement in education

February 4, 2020

‘Four principles that guide the best employer engagement in education’ by Nick Chambers, CEO of Education and Employers, is included in the latest OECD report Dream Jobs: Teenagers’ Career Aspirations and the Future of Work. Launched at the 2020 World Economic Forum, this major report analyses PISA data stretching back two decades about how job aspirations […]

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December 4, 2019

Your Voice survey presented at OECD’s The Future of Education Conference in Paris

December 4, 2019

On 3rd December, Education and Employers presented some of the letters from young people that had been submitted as part of the Your Voice survey at OECD’s The Future of Education: Where do we go from here? Conference in Paris. The conference organised by the OECD and the Forum for World Education brought together education leaders “to […]

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November 27, 2019

Children from across New Zealand take part in Drawing the Future

November 27, 2019

Over 7,500 primary aged children from across New Zealand have taken part in Drawing the Future. They have been drawing pictures of the jobs they aspire to and indicating how they have heard about these jobs. Education Minister Chris Hipkins visited one of the schools taking part – the Porirua East School to meet the […]

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November 20, 2019

The impact volunteers are having on primary children in rural Uganda

November 20, 2019

Three years ago, John Ssentamu, Head Teacher of the Good Shepherd School, Uganda contacted Education and Employers. His school is situated in the Masake District, a very rural part of Uganda and a five hour drive from the capital, Kampala. John had seen an article about the launch of Primary Futures in Blackpool and the […]

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