1 million denied the skill of ‘working with others’
One million young people in Britain are being denied the essential life skill of ‘knowing how to work with others’. Read the full Guardian story….
One million young people in Britain are being denied the essential life skill of ‘knowing how to work with others’. Read the full Guardian story….
Louise Archer, Professor of Sociology of Education at King’s College London, spoke at a free Taskforce research seminar about young peoples’ career aspirations aged 10 – 14. She shared the…
The Taskforce’s Inspiring the Future initiative will get entrepreneurs into state schools and colleges across England in partnership with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). This is on…
The Education and Employers Taskforce and Pearson Enterprise Education Project event is on 14 November at Pearson Headquarters, the Strand, 5pm – 6pm. The Taskforce will present interim findings from…
Work experience is seen as an increasingly important step towards a pupil securing their dream career. But new research suggests that those who attend independent schools are much more likely…
Lifetime earnings value of degrees to be revealed for the first time as the official workforce survey will start to ask respondents about institution attended and subject. Read the full…
Shadow education secretary, Stephen Twigg, calls for a culture change in the UK for high-level practical courses to be viewed with as much prestige as degrees. Parents are ‘urged to…
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) is calling on the government to introduce a new tax incentive to encourage companies to take on young unemployed people, as part of a…
Young people are ‘aiming high but with no idea of how to get there’. Low aspirations are not found to be the biggest problem. A gap has exists between their…
A study has investigated the problem of early school leaving (ESL).It found one in seven young Europeans leaves the education system without the skills or the qualifications necessary to make…