Education and Employers

Work experience ‘key to job hunt’ for graduates

…chance of getting a job with many employers, a recruitment survey says. The High Fliers’ graduate jobs survey was based on 100 leading UK employers. Read the full BBC story….

‘Drawing a scientist’ test in the US supports Drawing the Future findings

…media. Read more about the new study published on BBC here. Watch a movie about Drawing the Future here. Some the children’s drawings from our Drawing the Future report: …

Primary Futures Bury

…An aspirational and inspirational project with huge impact on Children’s thinking about the future.” The first part saw five volunteers, an electrician, higher officer for Home Office Border Control, BBC…

Students’ Perceptions of Work Experience by the National Support Group for Work Experience: Report of Impact Measures

A report by the National Support Group for Work Experience and the National Education Business Partnership Network (NEBPN), commissioned by the Institute for Education Business Excellence (IEBE) and the Department…

Efforts to Increase Students’ Interest in Pursuing Mathematics, Science and Technology Studies and Careers: National Measures taken by 16 of European Schoolnet’s Member Countries

…a testimony-based website where mathematics teachers describe their personal career paths. Almost 75% of all country respondents have a national strategy and/or dedicated local and national centres for the promotion…

Speakers for Schools

Speakers for Schools is the sister charity of Inspiring the Future. The founder of Speakers for Schools is Robert Peston, BBC Economics Editor who approached the Education and Employers Charity…

The DCMS supported one of our Primary Futures events on 15 March in Coventry

A huge thank you to Howes Primary School, Coventry who looked after our twenty volunteers associated with the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) so well today. We…

The Mayor of London launches primary schools programme supported by Primary Futures

Today, the 18th May 2022 the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan launched a new primary school outreach programme that will showcase potential career paths in the infrastructure and construction sectors…

New evaluation shows impact of role models on primary-aged children

An evaluation and impact research report published today shows how meeting a diverse range of role models from the world of work has helped to raise children’s aspirations, broaden their…

Our Future Derby

…Area Programme’. The aim is to inspire children and connect primary schools in Abbey, Arboretum, Boulton, Chaddesden, Derwent, Normanton, and Sinfin with the world of work. Research conducted by the…