Education and Employers

One year on – in times of uncertainty and change…

…changed since then but these words are even more relevant today. Meeting a diverse range of volunteers from the world of work and experiencing “lightbulb moments” makes a real difference…

Volunteering boosts employees during lockdown, new research shows

…last ten years which shows that when students have encounters with volunteers from the world of work it has benefits to their education outcomes. This research found that meeting real…

Education and Employers launch primary career-related progamme in Canada

Primary-aged children in British Columbia were able to chat to volunteers from the world of work thanks to a pioneering project run by the charity Education and Employers. Commissioned by…

How can schools and employers best work together to benefit young people?

…experiences which they felt they could learn from – because they gave authentic insights into the working world. The results are set out in a new peer-reviewed article in the…

The British Council and Inspiring Women China are calling on the G20 nations to renew their commitment to women’s economic empowerment

…support to increase women’s participation in the global economy and greater prosperity for the world. As reported by McKinsey, realising gender equality could add an extra $12 billion dollars to…

Double gold: #RedrawtheBalance wins two national awards

Our #RedrawtheBalance video, kindly made for our charity by MullenLowe London, last night won two gold prestigious marketing awards. The video, which has now had over 30 million views worldwide,…

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…of volunteers and hear first-hand about jobs and the world of work. To help make this happen the charity works with state schools, employers, the national bodies that represent them…

OECD Financial Literacy briefing

…word problems’. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the OECD also find that real world experience of the financial world through realistic school-based enterprise activities and owning a bank account are also associated with…

The 2015 Top 10 most popular summaries in the Education & Employers research library

…from a randomised field experiment’. Institute for the Study of Labour, Discussion Paper Series. Find the summary and report here. This report evaluates the impact of BizWorld (an entrepreneurship education…

Engaging Employers in Education Reforms in the Western Balkans – How and Why?

…changed by 2010, according to the World Bank [1]. However, the private sector in the Western Balkans is still weak and suffered additionally as a result of the crisis, which…