…findings come from a new report by the Education and Employers research team. It analyses the opinions of 390 British secondary school teachers on the value of 16 different employer…
The What is to be gained through partnership? report pulls together robust evidence about the benefits of education and employer engagement to young people, schools and employers, including recent research:…
The iCeGS annual lecture will be presented this year by Professor Ewart Keep, Deputy Director of the ESRC Centre on Skills, Knowledge and Organisational Performance based at Cardiff University. The…
International Nurses Day is coming up on 12 May and to celebrate and help promote this global event NHS Employers has produced a free Toolkit for promoting the nursing profession….
…students study at A-level. It says these schools are failing to counter the idea that certain subjects are for girls and others are for boys. Read the full BBC story….
…quarters (72%) said they viewed vocational qualifications as essential for preparing young people for work, says research by City & Guilds and charity Edge Foundation. Read the full BBC story….
The Russell Group of leading universities has been asked to produce research on what teenagers need to get into their universities, after a study has cast doubt on so called…
…her 2011 review of vocational education, said that it was “scandalous” that half of 16-year-olds were leaving school without good GCSEs in English and maths. Read the full BBC story….
…2010-11, against 24% of state school pupils. The Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) data is published a week before this year’s A-level results. Read the full BBC story….
…speaking at his former school Jedburgh Grammar. Listen to Speakers for Schools founder, Robert Peston, talk about the overarching aims and the Scottish launch on BBC radio ‘Good Morning Scotland’…
