Education and Employers

70,000 new Work Inspiration placements announced

…business leaders and young people at an event held in London. Results highlighted by Sir Stuart include 70, 000 new Work Inspiration placements across the UK and 400 new companies…

Dr Deirdre Hughes Chairs new National Council for Careers

Skills Minister John Hayes has appointed Dr Deirdre Hughes OBE as the Chair of the new National Council for Careers. The council will be a driving force in careers guidance…

New research on school and academy governance

…has been a seismic shift in schools and academies, raising a wide range of new and continuing issues for the future of governance in our increasingly diverse schools and communities….

Educating our economic future: Second report from an independent advisory group on skills chaired by Professor Roy Anderson

A new report by the Education Policy Institute and Pearson In 2012, with the education system at the start of a period of significant reform across all stages, Pearson invited…

Employer Engagement in British Secondary Education: Wage Earning Outcomes Experienced by Young Adults

…Christian Percy from the peer-reviewed international Journal of Education and Work exploring the links between the earnings of young adults and the extent of school-mediated employer contacts they were exposed…

Professional identity transformation: supporting career and employment practitioners at a distance

…familiarity with new theories, research and ways of working. This article draws on European research (2014–2018) that examined how career guidance counselling and employment practitioners can be supported at a…

Employer contact at school reduces likelihood of becoming NEET

Groundbreaking new research shows a significant link between young people’s experience of the world of work whilst at school and the chances of them becoming NEET (not in education, employment…

Chief Medical Officer supports Primary Futures ‘Who’s in Health?’ campaign being rolled out across Wales

The Chief Medical Officer for Wales, Ruth Hussey, visited Tredegarville C.I.W. Primary School on Tuesday 13th October on behalf on the Primary Futures ‘Who’s in Health?’ campaign. The Primary Futures…

A format that works

…world of work. Volunteers ranged from technologists to communication professionals to financial and strategy experts, illustrating just a few of the wide range of careers that can be pursued within…

Celebrating Apprenticeships with Vodafone

This week we were lucky enough to be able to attend the Vodafone Festival of technology, held at their Newbury Campus in Reading. Over 300 attendees came together to learn…