Education and Employers

State-private school university entry divide revealed

…England sent more pupils to Oxford and Cambridge over three years than nearly 2,000 others ‘combined’, Sutton Trust research and BBC data analysis has found. Read the full BBC story….

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….

From apprentices to CEO: Inspiring the Future with Unilever

…the Chief Inspector of Schools, Sir Michael Wilshaw http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-38155858 highlights the need to do more to inspire young people and give them access to role models in Liverpool and neighbouring…

Visit today by John Hayes MP, Minister of State for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning

Visit our Schools and Colleges week starts with a visit today by John Hayes MP, Minister of State for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning and David Cruickshank, chairman of…

Published today: What the OECD found when they asked half a million 15-year olds “What do you want to be when you grow up?”

Launched today at the 5th International Conference on Employer Engagement in Education and Training is a new report from the OECD – “Career guidance and employer engagement”. The report was…

School to Work Transitions in a Liberal Economy

…have been reaching record and deeply worrying levels. But how far is this a result of financial crisis and recession? And how far does it reflect longer-running and intractable developments…

Mismatch between student aspirations and job market risks ‘Lost Generation’

…the world of work The solution both exists and is simple to implement. And going beyond that, it’s proven to work. We run a national programme called Inspiring the Future,…

World Economic Forum: 50 WEF delegates talk to the young people of Davos to mark the 50th anniversary

…the world of work can make to children’s aspirations was highlighted in a report Education and Employers published during the 2018 World Economic Forum: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/01/kids-draw-their-future-jobs-careers. The report showed that gender…

UK doesn’t make top 20 in international tests

…the Programme for International Student Assessment – have become the most influential rankings in international education, based on tests taken by 500,000 secondary school pupils. Read the full BBC story….

Work exposure, exploration and experience – The WE3 Continuum

…ensuring that young people have access to authentic insights into today’s working world. Research shows that the greater the engagement of young people with employers during their education, the higher…