This seminar focused on the success of the Skills Beyond School project in England. Abstract: Across the world’s most developed economies, countries are looking beyond secondary school to more advanced…
…actors claim that EV enables leverage of resources, institutional capacity building, and enhanced staff skills and knowledge. Exposure to the ‘business world’ enhances their ability to attract further company supports…
…existing systemic levers may be better utilised in addressing the continuing problem of school leavers and graduates being ill-equipped for the world of work. Download the Employability Incentivising improvement report…
…disaggregate what happens when a young person in a learning environment comes into contact with the working world. The paper considers the range of common employer engagement activities (work experience,…
…the worlds of education and employment, and be relevant to circumstances that are distinct to the educational institution. From the employers’ perspective, the document provides advice on key areas of…
A report by Pauline Wade, Caroline Bergeron, Karen White, David Teeman, David Sims and Palak Mehta, NFER This report evaluates the Pathfinder pilot, a programme run that was across seven…
…the professional working world and are thus influenced by parental choice. Another facet looked at by the report is how a more directive approach can help overcome the barriers in…
…a Diploma Longitudinal, qualitative case studies; in-depth semi-structured interviews (13 of these taking place with employers), 15 consortia which were in all nine GOR, a mixture of urban/rural areas and…
…identified the hallmarks of success in practice as: authenticity (students are aware that their actions have ‘real-world’ effects, achieved via the technical elements of the course), an “auspicious atmosphere” (which…
…same world view or career aspirations. Instead, the authors suggest four types of individualised social capital: weak, strong, changing and fluid. These capture the different constraints and opportunities afforded to…
