Education and Employers

Inspiring Wakefield launches at South Parade Primary School

…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 talk to children about the…

SEN, school life and future aspirations

…took part in this study had a SEN at both age 11 and 14. 9.8% of boys had a persistent SEN status compared to 4.2% of girls. The most identified…

The Role of Work Experience in the UK Higher Education Admissions Process

…applicants from different school types may not be competing on a level playing field when it comes to work-related activity. When considering the role of the school in providing work-related…

Leadership and Careers Provision: A New Dawn (FETL)

…can best create career pathways to success for young people and adults during volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) times. The content builds upon recent announcements in the Comprehensive Spending…

5th International Conference on Employer Engagement in Education and Training: 2018

…day event, with support from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the Careers and Enterprise Company . and the Commercial Education Trust, focussed on employer engagement in education…

Governing Our Schools: 10 Years On

…of school and academy governance and the varying degrees of local governing board autonomy in Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs) have made some roles more complex. 2. Skills/Composition a) Since 2008, there…

Business in Schools Research Findings – Weighted Data

A report by EdComs, commissioned by Business in the Community (BITC). These are the results of a 2007 employer engagement survey in which 400 school leaders took part. Data was…

Switzerland: postcode scenery, punctual trains and the world’s best practice in education-employer partnerships

…vocational route to learning highly That employer commit to the collaboration for reasons of both productivity/self-interest and for the common good of their nation. It is the Swiss way!! That…

The launch of the Year of Engineering with Primary Futures

…PR and Communications, Ocado Engineering James Westhead – Executive Director of Communications, Development and Technology, TeachFirst Roshni Wijesekra – CFD Analyst / Fire Engineer, AECOM Maria Wright – Ealing Council…

All Party Parliamentary Group on Apprenticeships call for evidence

…communicate key information about themselves, including how an individual could go about joining the company. Exposure to volunteers is an effective way for young people to explore career options and…