Education and Employers

Speakers for Schools site live

Initial information about the new ‘Speakers for Schools’ site founded by Robert Peston is now live. The official website launch will be in early 2011. Visit: http://www.speakers4schools.org/…

Learning outside the classroom crucial, says Ofsted

The new government’s response to the Commons Education Committee’s report both acknowledges the importance of learning outside the classroom and promises to investigate the constraints on schools arising from unnecessary…

More new graduate jobs predicted for 2013

There will be more jobs for new graduates in 2013, a survey of leading employers suggests. The High Fliers study suggests that top employers plan to hire 18,306 graduates in…

Financial Times editor participates in Visit our Schools and Colleges

Financial Times editor, Lionel Barber, and David Cruickshank, chairman of Deloitte visited Harris Academy in Bermondsey on 2 November at part of the Visit our Schools and Colleges campaign. Recordings…

ICAEW urges accountants to engage with young people

Michael Izza, CEO of ICAEW, urges accountants everywhere to engage with young people in state schools via the Education and Employers Taskforce’s free, national volunteering programme Inspiring the Future. Read…

National Work Experience Conference ‘Making Work-related Learning Work’

22 – 23 November 2010 at the University of Warwick Keynotes will be given be John May (Young Enterprise), Gary Forrest (SSAT), Dr Anthony Mann (Education and Employers Taskforce) and…

Closing the Gap: altering perceptions of Apprenticeships

The charity Education and Employers Taskforce and PWC have published a thought piece ‘Closing the Gap: How employers can change the way young people see Apprenticeships’. It highlights Inspiring the…

Operation Black Vote Director speaks in Hackney school

Simon Woolley, Director of Operation Black Vote, is speaking with pupils at state school Mossbourne Academy, Hackney, for education charity Speakers for Schools today. Read the press release – Press…

Global survey sees science standards slip in English schools

English schools have received a mixed assessment overall from one of the biggest regular studies of global educational attainment, rising up the table for reading, holding steady for maths and…

University personal statements ‘further disadvantage’ poorer pupils

State school pupils are often disadvantaged by the university application process in the UK, a report by an educational charity says. The Sutton Trust says pupils from independent schools are…