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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 […]

January 31, 2020

Children from across the UK visit 10 Downing Street to ask the PM questions

January 31, 2020

On Thursday 30th January 2020 Year 5 and 6 pupils from six schools visited 10 No Downing Street. Ballysally Primary School, Coleraine NI Bramble Brae Primary, Aberdeen Culcheth Primary, Warrington Lainesmead Primary School, Swindon Soho Parish Primary School, London Welton Primary School, Bath & North-East Somerset They had been invited to take part in a […]

January 22, 2020

World Economic Forum: 50 WEF delegates talk to the young people of Davos to mark the 50th anniversary

January 22, 2020

To mark the 50th anniversary of the World Economic Forum 50 delegates took time out of their busy schedules to talk to the young people of Davos. To see pictures of the event click here Davos Platz Primary School The primary school event took place on the 21st January and built on last year’s highly successful […]

January 22, 2020

Launch of Dream jobs? Teenagers’ career aspirations and the future of work

January 22, 2020

On the 22nd January 2020 during the World Economic Forum the OECD launched a report at Davos Platz Secondary School on the career aspirations of 500,000 15 year olds from 41 countries. The Dream Jobs? report showed that the huge changes that have taken place in the world of work over the past two decades […]

January 22, 2020

New report reveals major disconnect between young people’s career aspirations and jobs

January 22, 2020

The aspirations of young people in the UK are poles apart from the reality of the labour market, with significant implications for the economy, a new report reveals today. Based on a survey of 7,000 young people aged 14-18, the report, ‘Disconnected; Career aspirations and jobs in the UK’ by Education and Employers, shows a three-fold […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

November 13, 2019

BBC shines the spotlight on an exemplary primary school

November 13, 2019

BBC Teach have just unveiled a series of short films which look at how schools and careers practitioners from across the UK approach careers support and examines what’s working well for them. One of the films looks at what Ballysally Primary School in Coleraine, Northern Ireland, is doing to raise aspirations. The Headteacher Geoff Dunn […]

November 11, 2019

New international survey launched today

November 11, 2019

What do young people feel about the future? A new international survey is being launched today looking at what 14-18 year olds think about the future. The findings will be published in a report entitled “Facing the Future” with the OECD during the World Economic Forum in late January 2020 in Davos. The international survey asks 14-18 […]