Education and Employers

A short history of employer engagement

…view and for this reason we are keen to invite further contributions and comments. We also encourage reflection on what, if anything, we can learn from past endeavours to engage…

A short history of employer engagement

…view and for this reason we are keen to invite further contributions and comments. We also encourage reflection on what, if anything, we can learn from past endeavours to engage…

Aspirations and the Future of Work (International Labour Organization)

…expectations, how they might be biased and how they might fail); What shapes and drives aspirations (poverty, policy shocks, role models, community structures and peers’ networks); and finally The effectiveness…

Gender Stereotyping in Parents’ and Teachers’ Perceptions of Boys’ and Girls’ Mathematics Performance in Ireland (Geary Institute, University College Dublin)

…disparities from primary to secondary to postsecondary school. Previous research suggests that teachers at secondary level were more likely to believe mathematics requires innate ability compared with teachers of primary…

Alice Amegah

Alice assists part-time with research activities at the charity which includes the compilation of the monthly research digest. She grew up in rural Ghana and obtained a 1st class B.A….

Gillian Keegan MP, Minister for Apprenticeships and Skills, takes part in a Primary Futures virtual event

…now looks after the process of producing car seats and the technology involved in this. She showed children images of her work and pupils commented that they hadn’t realised the…

Career Ready? How schools can better prepare young people for working life in the era of Covid-19 (OECD)

…how countries compare and explores variations by social characteristics. The analysis is influenced by Arjan Apparadui’s conception of the Capacity to Aspire, and sees indicators as evidence of young people’s…

Primary Futures launches today to broaden horizons

…developed by school leaders’ union NAHT in partnership with the Education and Employers charity. It is completely free to all state primary schools and is part of the successful Inspiring…

Up to the Job? More apprentices would boost GDP £4bn a year

…for National Apprenticeship Week argues that raising apprentice levels by up to 300,000 required to match other G20 countries would help bridge the productivity gap between Britain and competing nations….

Do parents’ occupations impact on student performance? OECD research

Students whose parents work in professional occupations generally outperform other students in mathematics, while students whose parents work in elementary occupations tend to underachieve compared to their peers. However, the…