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The UK has scored below average for education and skills in a worldwide study of the best places to live and work. Britain’s rich-poor divide also widened at a faster…
…“world of work, business and industry”. He backed calls for further education teachers to carry out their own form of work experience each year, “gaining first-hand experience in the workplace…
An OECD study finds that 15-year-old girls outperform their male counterparts around the world – except in the US, Britain and Canada. The cause for poor performances is said to…
Global Entrepreneurship Week, the world’s largest campaign to promote entrepreneurship, is taking place this week 12 – 16 November 2012. Inspiring the Future is working with the Department for Business,…
…informed by real and early exposure to the business world. It’s who you meet: why employer contacts at school make a difference to the employment prospects of young adults. Read…
…year olds are not IT and digitally savvy as too often assumed. Action is needed to ensure that everyone can work in our increasingly digital world. Read the full story….
…Demos. “Reward, reach, relevance – these will be my 3Rs,” he says. Read the full speech: 21st Century Learning: what do young people need to succeed in the modern world?…
…to give every secondary school pupil a path to employment if they met a set of required standards, under a revamped curriculum, more geared to the world of work. Read…
Rising youth unemployment, gender stereotyping and low up-take of STEM subjects are just some of the global challenges facing countries across the world. So the overarching theme of this year’s…