Education and Employers

Pupil Interest in Physics: A Survey in Finland

…they might need to think and act scientifically as a member of the local, national and global communities (How electricity has affected the development of our society; Electricity, how it…

Inspiring Apprenticeships at Saint George’s School in Kent

…of the drive to remove the barriers that prevent more women, people with a disability, those from ethnic minority backgrounds or LGB&Ti communities, and those from lower socio-economic backgrounds from…

Lord Nash visits Charles Dickens School in Broadstairs with Inspiring the Future

…a BBC commissioned study about economic resilience in the downturn. Unemployment levels are nearly twice the South East of England as a whole, and as a result a great deal…

New Ofsted review on enterprise in schools and business engagement

…UK Commission for Employment and Skills UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation. Further invited speakers will be announced soon prior to release of the full conference programme in…

Work exposure, exploration and experience

…Dave Turner, an Australian with 30 years of international experience in youth employment and careers education and was commissioned by Toi Economic Development Agency in Eastern Bay of Plenty, New…

Everyone on Board – increasing governing board diversity

Around a third of young people currently in our schools are from an ethnic minority. Yet, the people leading schools generally do not reflect this diversity of the school community….

Defining Effective Employer Engagement

…meant by ‘effective’ employer engagement, it will not be possible for the Taskforce, working with partners, to benchmark current practice and assess if new initiatives, campaigns and communications have any…

What will education look like in the future?

…different scenarios describing what education might look like in the future, and then discuss what each scenario might mean for students. We will then give you a chance to comment…

The Impact of Formal Work Experience and Part-Time Work

…the education they were receiving. Importantly, working part-time during school years tends to reduce the time spent not in education, employment or training (NEET) after compulsory education, even after controlling…

The Aspiration Gap (The Prince’s Trust)

…ambitions for the year ahead, compared with 38% of those in education, employment or training. Other findings include: 45% say they will have to take a lower paid job just…