Education and Employers

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…

Inspiring the Future with a Maritime themed day in Scarborough schools

…and Employers who run free programme for schools Inspiring the Future. Coordinating with International Shipping week, the themed day gave students from two Scarborough Primary Schools and one Secondary School,…

The Future of Work – A new report by CASCAID supported by Education and Employers

…and the types of jobs that exist today. Download the report. The current meta trends impacting on young people’s transitions into the labour market are first presented. Difficulties and opportunities…

Oxfordshire pupils play ‘What’s my line?’ with UK’s 1st female RAF Air-Vice-Marshal

…visit and talk about their job. Primary Futures aims to raise aspirations and help children understand the link between learning in school and the world of work so they will…

How should schools respond to the 21st Century jobs market?

…and skills at the world’s most influential international body working on these questions (Andreas Schleicher of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), the head of the world’s leading academic…

The launch of the Year of Engineering with Primary Futures

…run by our charity Education and Employers in partnership with the National Association of Head Teachers, endeavours to raise aspirations and improve outcomes, enabling every child to achieve their best…

New report – How are schools developing the employability skills demanded by employers?

…the National Education Union with the support of City and Guilds – explores how schools are providing young people with opportunity to develop and exercise the vital skills and competencies…

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

Switzerland is known as a nation that has postcode scenery, trains that run on time and cows that “ring their bells”. What is not so well known is that the…

‘I don’t know where to find the careers adviser… He has disappeared’

…The authors argue that experiences of the world of work are oh increased importance during a period of labour market complexity when young people can accrue high value from advice…

Early stages in building hybrid activity between school and work: The case of PénArt

By Sylvie Barma Professeure titulaire/Full professor, Université Laval (Quebec, Canada) Since 2002, the International Labour Organization has viewed partnership between the education world and the world of work as one…