Education and Employers

James Dyson Foundation injects passion into D&T teaching

A new scheme from the James Dyson Foundation hopes to inject passion into design and technology teaching. Under a new initiative, to be launched in September, the country’s best DT…

Mayor’s new literacy and numeracy campaign

London mayor Boris Johnson has launched a new literacy and numeracy campaign, which seeks to raise £3m to increase literacy and numeracy rates among the capital’s children under 12. Coming…

Surge in the number of female apprentices

With the labour market for the under-24s looking grim students are becoming more entrepreneurial and take up of apprenticeships has increased for both sexes. Colleges are reporting a sudden upsurge…

Importance of vocational learning stressed by government advisor

At least 40% of teenagers should be required to do apprenticeship-style qualifications that lead directly to a job at the age of 16, a leading education expert has said. Tim…

Charity warns of need to “promote employability in higher education”

Universities should offer courses in communication, problem solving, presentation skills and customer relations to get students ready for full-time employment, claims a study by charity Edge. Edge warns of a…

Harvard professor to speak at Taskforce research conference

The Taskforce’s 2011 research conference keynote speaker is Professor Robert Schwartz who is Francis Keppel Professor of Practice of Educational Policy at Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is a…

A city of children who cannot read

London is in the grip of a literacy crisis with one in four children practically illiterate on leaving primary school. The London Evening Standard highlights the issue in the capital….

Certificate of Personal Effectiveness raises GCSE grades

A study from the University of the West of England of more than half a million pupils has found that young people who passed Certificate of Personal Effectiveness (CoPE) raised…

Government’s Social Mobility Strategy ‘one year on’

Nick Clegg unveils updated Social Mobility Strategy ‘one year on’. Within this strategy the Government is committed to encouraging all civil servants to volunteer via the Taskforce’s Inspiring the Future…

Learning to Work campaign launches

The Education & Employers Taskforce is supporting the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development’s Learning to Work campaign to create a step-change in the relationship between young people and employers….