Education and Employers

Get a friend to sign up to Inspiring the Future to win a Brompton bike

Inspiring the Future has 5,000 volunteers from a range of professions and sectors pledged to give an hour a year to go into a school or college to talk about…

Inspiring the Future at Coronation Festival at Buckingham Palace

Inspiring the Future was invited by the Royal Warrant Holders Association to take part in the Coronation Festival at Buckingham Palace 11 to 14 July. The Queen, Prince Charles and…

Fall in graduate vacancies sees 85 apply for each job

This summer’s university leavers face a tough jobs market, with a forecast of a 4% fall in graduate vacancies. The Association of Graduate Recruiters annual survey shows that leading UK…

Birmingham MPs attend Inspiring the Future and National Apprenticeship Service careers fair

Three Birmingham MPs attended the Inspiring the Future and National Apprenticeship Service (NAS) apprenticeships careers fair at Birmingham Metropolitan College today. MPs Liam Byrne, Shabana Mahmood and Jack Droney gave…

This year’s graduates better job prospects

This summer’s graduates will have the best job prospects since the economic crisis began, according to research. A survey of the country’s 100 top graduate recruiters by High Fliers Research…

‘Who you know matters more than what you know’

Polling finds that the public believe ‘who you know’ matters more than ‘what you know’ in modern Britain. Report published by the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission. Read the…

Independent schools should end “splendid isolation” and work with state schools

Independent schools should end their “splendid isolation” and work with state schools, says England’s chief inspector of schools. Sir Michael Wilshaw said there was a moral obligation to help raise…

Underachievement shifted to suburbs, coastal towns and rural areas

Many of the poor children being left behind in schools now are in suburbs, market towns and seaside resorts rather than big cities, England’s chief inspector of schools has said….

Careers advice is on “life support” in many schools say CBI

The quality of careers guidance is not good enough, with many young people leaving school or college with little knowledge of the workplace, CBI Director-General John Cridland told headteachers. Careers…

Founding chairman of charity Education and Employers Taskforce knighted

Anthony Salz, founding chairman of the Education and Employers Taskforce has been knighted in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. Others knighted include Brendan Barber, former TUC general secretary who was a…