March 8, 2018
March 8, 2018
This National Apprenticeship Week and on International Women's Day, Inspiring the Future ran an Inspiring Apprenticeship event at Eastbrook School in Dagenham.
Read moreMarch 1, 2018
March 1, 2018
The report, funded by the Commercial Education Trust, revealed that the negative perceptions around apprenticeships among students, teachers and parents hampers take-up and highlights how more needs to be done to ensure equal guidance for both academic and vocational pathways and challenge views about the suitably of different apprenticeships across genders. The report demonstrates the […]
Read moreFebruary 13, 2018
February 13, 2018
Primary schools across Wakefield are running a series of inspiring events throughout spring, designed to inspire children about the huge range of interesting and exciting career possibilities available to them. Inspiring Wakefield will launched on 13 February at South Parade Primary with volunteers from a wide range of interesting careers, coming in to schools to […]
Read moreFebruary 7, 2018
February 7, 2018
Westfield Arts College rounded off January by hosting a Career Footsteps event, which saw a small diverse group of volunteers engage with around 50 students. Westfield Arts College is a 4-19, Dorset special school serving the needs of 180 children and young people with moderate and complex learning difficulties. Half of the pupils have a […]
Read moreFebruary 2, 2018
February 2, 2018
Inspiring a Future in Childcare in partnership with The Department for Education and Tinies Childcare aims to inspire children to consider a future in childcare by showing them the wide range of career opportunities available in the sector. The campaign challenges individual and sector wide perceptions about the childcare profession and the stereotypes that have […]
Read moreFebruary 1, 2018
February 1, 2018
Salesforce has played a crucial role in making our free national network of volunteers for schools a reality. It enabled a radical innovation in ways in which schools and colleges could connect with local employers. The goal was to find a way of harnessing technological innovation to identify huge numbers of prospective volunteers, nationally and make them available to schools effectively, efficiently and equitably.
Read moreJanuary 25, 2018
January 25, 2018
This morning, Our Drawing the Future report was presented to the world’s political and business leaders at Davos. The international report revealed for the first time that gender stereotypes start at a very young age and that it is a global issue. The live streamed event from Davos discussed how these stereotypes may be a […]
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January 22, 2018
January 22, 2018
Our Drawing The Future report has been in the news this week. Here are some highlights: TES BBC Online BBC Online Education The Guardian science blog Mail Online OECD World Economic Forum BBC News Sky News
Read moreJanuary 18, 2018
January 18, 2018
Survey of 20,000 primary school children has significant implications for social mobility and gender equality. Read Drawing The Future Report (PDF) Education and Employers, today launched a landmark report, Drawing the Future, which revealed that the difference between children’s career aspirations from age seven to 17 are marginal, and too often based on gender stereotypes, socio-economic […]
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