Helping young people succeed: the role of employers

Deloitte, the business advisory firm, has launched a report, commissioned by charity The Education and Employers Taskforce, examining how employers can contribute to improving careers education through inspiring and better…



Nancy Hoffman seminar free to download

The slides, podcast and video are now available online from the Nancy Hoffman seminar ‘Building a better “Pathways to Careers” system in the US’ hosted in London by the Education…


A capsule history of vocational education

From Vocational Education to Career-Technical Education: A Capsule History and Summary of Research, from the University of California, Berkeley looks at the evolution of what was once know as vocational…



Volunteer of the year announced

The Personal Finance Society (PFS) has awarded Tony Cohen of Nsure the prestigious award of Volunteer of the Year at this year’s PFS conference. The award, now in its second…


US careers academies – proof of effectiveness

New on the Taskforce research pages, a longitudinal study of the US careers academies programme showing young people enrol in the initiative where they work closely with employers over the…