January 25, 2019
January 25, 2019
What a week! – the publication of two major reports, a primary school visit and presentations at the Education World Forum in London and in Davos for the World Economic Forum. This is the second year in a row that the charity has been invited to both. Here are Katy Hampshire’s, Director of Operations and […]
Read moreJanuary 23, 2019
January 23, 2019
On Wednesday 23rd January, Education and Employers published a new report for Teach First all about career related learning in primary schools. It provides evidence on the benefits of career development activities for children in the primary phase, and the range of teacher roles when delivering it. In doing so the research attempts to map […]
Read moreJanuary 23, 2019
January 23, 2019
Following last year’s publication of the “Drawing the Future” report at Davos, Education and Employers has been liaising with the primary and secondary schools in Davos. Asked to draw the jobs that they would like to do when they grow up, this table shows the results. Strikingly, the jobs they chose were based on solely […]
Read moreJanuary 23, 2019
January 23, 2019
On Wednesday 23 January, the OECD and the UK-based charity Education and Employers launched a new report at Davos during the World Economic Forum: Envisioning the Future of Education and Jobs: Trends, Data and Drawings. The report looks at the future of education and jobs and the challenges and opportunities presented by the Fourth Industrial Revolution. […]
Read moreJanuary 22, 2019
January 22, 2019
On Wednesday 16th January, staff from Bramble Brae Primary School in Aberdeen organised their first Primary Futures event. Over 30 volunteers from the world of work took part and spoke to the children about their jobs and careers routes and were joined by a variety of guests including Heads and teachers from local schools. Amanda […]
Read moreDecember 20, 2018
December 20, 2018
Research carried out by Education and Employers has been published by the Careers and Enterprise Company in their latest ‘What Works’ series. This paper draws together the existing evidence of the benefits of career-related learning in primary school. Find out more and read the full report here. “We were delighted to have been commissioned […]
Read moreNovember 29, 2018
November 29, 2018
Winners of our Drawing the Future competition received their prizes at an awards ceremony at the British Academy and were thrilled to meet career models representing the jobs they drew. The nine winners were selected by judges – Neal Layton, author and illustrator; Ann Mroz, editor and digital publishing director of TES and Darren Henley […]
Read moreNovember 22, 2018
November 22, 2018
The report was launched in Central London on the 22nd November 2018. The event was chaired Caroline Roberts (City and Guilds), with the lead researchers joined by Dr Mary Bousted (NEU) and John Cope (CBI) to discuss the key findings. You can download the slides here. This new report – by researchers from Education and Employers, […]
Read moreNovember 15, 2018
November 15, 2018
This article is an extended version of the blog Primary career education should broaden children’s horizons by Nick Chambers (CEO, Education and Employers) published by TES on 14 November 2018. The last few months have seen a sudden interest and enthusiasm for ‘careers education’ in primary schools. But many teachers and parents have expressed their concerns […]
Read moreNovember 12, 2018
November 12, 2018
Here at Primary Futures we are always looking for ways to broaden children’s horizons by introducing them to a huge range of exciting futures. Which is why we’re delighted to announce that we have partnered with First News to help widen the access children have to first-hand information about the huge range of possibilities […]
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