One of our volunteers has gone the extra mile to help young people engage with the world of work by hosting a workplace visit at the University of Westminster Psychology…
…personality test. The Career Footsteps programme, run in partnership with the Edge Foundation, aims to open students’ eyes to the wide range of routes they can follow into the world…
…was also supported by the Edge Foundation, and was delivered under the Career Footstep Programme. The programme has been run in partnership for three years between the two charities; it…
…with UK Theatre and Society of London Theatre (SOLT), to encourage people from the world of theatre to visit local schools and speak to children about their job. 21 volunteers…
…has held smaller Primary Futures events in the past and has been a champion for introducing its pupils to the world of work for a number of years. Volunteers were…
…could otherwise hold. Peter Thorpe, the Director of Learning, Skills, and Culture, said: “Research has shown that encounters during education with people from the world of work has a direct…
…they can have high aspirations for themselves. The school and community can develop these aspects to some extent but the real gains start to happen when partners from the world…
…which charity Education and Employers and its partners TES Global, the NAHT, OECD Education and Skills, and UCL Institute of Education published during the World Economic Forum in January 2018….
…and young people who are already facing disadvantages of many sorts. Teachers have told us that interactions with volunteers from the world of work can help children and young people…
…on life-long learning is an integral part of the classroom. The school runs mastery courses, as well as weekly university afternoons, designed to help link learning with the wider world….
