…or medicine (SEM) majors or careers. The authors examine how students’ experiences and interactions within ‘communities of practice’ over the three years from tenth grade affect their persistence and achievement…
The European Union Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, Androulla Vassiliou, will address Cedefop’s conference on tackling skill mismatch through work-based learning and apprenticeships (12-13 June 2013 in Greece)….
Companies should ignore unpaid internships and degree classifications during the recruitment process to create a “level playing field”. The study by the Association of Graduate Recruiters and Association of Graduate…
The Government Response to the Education Select Committee’s report on careers guidance for young people’ has been published. Inspiring the Future is mentioned as an effective way to facilitate diverse…
…Employers Taskforce and Brian Lightman, General Secretary, Association of School and College Leaders. Read the ‘Nothing in Common’ press release Nothing in Common BBC News Teenage mismatched job ambitions. See…
…aspirations to have nothing in common with projected employment demand. The report includes full details of teenage occupational aspirations segmented by age and by the type of school attended. It…
The Taskforce’s Inspiring the Future headlines in the Government’s ‘Business Compact’ for social mobility which asks employers to open their doors to people from all backgrounds. Read the full version….
Andy Burnham, the Shadow Education Secretary, outlines his vision for a rethink of comprehensive education in a speech at think-tank Demos. “Reward, reach, relevance – these will be my 3Rs,”…
The ACEVO Commission on Youth Unemployment work has been published today ‘Youth unemployment: the crisis we cannot afford’. Education and Employers Taskforce research work incorporated. Read the full report Youth…
…these students; the first was completed three weeks before the day of the job shadowing programme and the second was completed four days after the site visits, both taken in…
