Education and Employers

The ‘Women who make London’

Today the Lord Mayor, Alderman Fiona Woolf CBE and Miriam González Durántez, Partner at Dechert LLP and wife of the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, attended a unique careers fair…

Kymberlie Andrew

Kymberlie also sits on the Governing Board of Ada – National College of Digital Schools, where she chairs the Education Committee. Featured on the BBC’s television programme The Speaker, she…

Primary Futures with the Department for Transport

…Paul’s Cray School in Bromley, Orpington today . They took part in a transport themed Primary Futures event chatting to children about their job and career route. Other volunteers from…

NHS ambassadors inspire a new generation of digital talent for NHS 75

…up the feeling of the event. She said: “On today, the 75th birthday of the National Health Service, University Technical Colleges and the Baker Dearing Educational Trust are proud to…

What do recruiters think about today’s young people? Insights from four focus groups

…than 31 different employers. The study draws on insights from eight commentators of international prominence including the OECD’s Andreas Schleicher who interviewed for the related publication: How should our schools…

Previous research on the career aspirations of teenagers

…teenagers had nothing in common with the projected demand for labour in the UK. Press release Nothing in Common (PDF) and BBC coverage here: BBC News Teenage mismatched job ambitions….

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Bill Gates visits Deptford school as part of Speakers for Schools

…their world-changing ideas. Read the press release – Bill Gates speaks with students at a Deptford school London Evening Standard BBC News Times Educational Supplement article Daily Record Brian Lightman,…

Routes through Education into Employment as England Enters the 2020s

Ken Roberts, 2019 Abstract: Throughout the 1980s and 90s there was international interest in the UK’s extensive experience (which began in the 1970s) with measures to alleviate youth unemployment. Today…

Aspirational Nation: employers help schools translate education to employment

…and David Way( Executive Director, National Apprenticeship Service) Read the full National Careers Council report: An Aspirational Nation- creating a culture change in careers provison Read the BBC News article….