May 15, 2014
May 15, 2014
A campaign to improve the quality and number of school governors has been launched by a group of school leaders, employers and governors’ organisations. The Inspiring Governors Alliance – which includes charity the Education and Employers Taskforce – wants to encourage more “high-calibre people” to volunteer. Education Secretary, Michael Gove, said the “the school system […]
Read moreMay 7, 2014
May 7, 2014
A new campaign is launched by George Osborne, the Chancellor, and Elizabeth Truss, the Education Minister, to get more pupils to study science and engineering as it emerges that no girls take physics A-levels in half of mixed schools. Great to see a female STEM Ambassador in The Stylist Magazine this week kicking off the […]
Read moreMay 2, 2014
May 2, 2014
Primary Futures launches today to widen the horizons and aspirations of primary school children by helping them make the connections between their lessons and their futures. Primary Futures has been developed by school leaders’ union NAHT in partnership with the Education and Employers charity. It is completely free to all state primary schools and is […]
Read moreApril 26, 2014
April 26, 2014
The Education and Employers Taskforce charity has a Business Development Coordinator vacancy on an initial 3 month contract. You would be working for the ground breaking Inspiring the Future programme. Business development coordinator job description The closing date is Friday 2nd May and interviews will take place w/c 12th May. If you are interested please […]
Read moreApril 16, 2014
April 16, 2014
As part of the Inspiring the Future programme which gives young people insights into different careers and broadens their horizons we are running a special week (30 June – 4 July) focusing on careers in design and manufacturing. In celebrating great British design and manufacturing our aim is to encourage far more young people to […]
Read moreApril 10, 2014
April 10, 2014
A report from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (Hefce) found the number of students being accepted onto modern foreign language courses dropped by nearly a quarter (22%) between the academic years 2010-11 and 2012-13. Read the full story. Join our Inspiring Languages campaign – pledge an hour a year to talk about how […]
Read moreApril 1, 2014
April 1, 2014
After disappointments in OECD rankings English teenagers score well in applied knowledge and problem solving. England’s teenagers are “significantly above average” in problem-solving skills, according to the results of international tests. The OECD puts England as second highest in Europe, behind Finland, in tests of how pupils can apply their knowledge. Read the full story.
Read moreMarch 31, 2014
March 31, 2014
1 in 10 said Isambard Kingdon Brunel when asked ‘name a woman scientist’ showing desperate lack female role models. The YouGov poll questioned nearly 3,000 people and was conducted on behalf of ScienceGrrl, a pressure group aiming to boost the take up of science, technology, engineering and maths among girls. A new report from ScienceGrrl, […]
Read moreMarch 28, 2014
March 28, 2014
State school pupils do better at university than independent school candidates who have achieved the same A-level grades, a study shows. The Higher Education Funding Council (Hefce) tracked 130,000 students beginning degrees in 2007, looking at schooling, background and ethnicity. It found on some measures state pupils were significantly more likely to get a 2:1 […]
Read moreMarch 25, 2014
March 25, 2014
Almost one in four primary schools in England have no teachers with a language qualification higher than GCSE, new research suggests. The study, published by the CfBT Education Trust and the British Council, examined the state of foreign language learning in English schools in 2013-14. Read the full story.
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