Education and Employers

Read some of our amazing volunteer stories

…visit out volunteer page. Charlie Oginni – Runner, Sky News I remember specifically not knowing what I was interested in for a career, I knew I enjoyed communicating with people…

We’re hiring a Marketing, Communications and Public Relations Officer

…public relations activity across a range of its programmes. This will include generating innovative content and supporting the management of the charity’s websites with news, events and downloadable content for…

Dragon Peter Jones urges employer engagement

Entrepreneur Peter Jones, famous for his role in TV’s Dragon’s Den, calls for more employer involvement in education. Read the full article in The Guardian newspaper…

City AM financial literacy campaign

Newspaper City AM says businesses “must back our financial literacy campaign”. Millions of people are unable to grasp fully even the most basic of financial products, such as mortgages or…

Film series shows impact of skills based volunteering in US

A new US documentary film series shows how skills-based volunteering helps non-profits achieve long-term social impact. Read the full Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire article….

Work-Related Courses in a Canadian Province – How Teachers and Students create a Culture of Vocationalism

…number of national evaluation and research projects on curriculum change in the UK, with research council and governmental reports, journal articles, papers and books in this area. Download Jeremy Higham’s…

Young People’s Career Aspirations

…first phase of the study, which involved a national survey of over 9,000 pupils and 160 interviews with parents and pupils. Download Louise Archer’s presentation Watch the full seminar http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-S6h6fiAqo…

Comparative Research into the Experiences of Vocational Learners Across Seven European Countries

…teachers and lecturers and contributed to initial teacher training and CPD. Julian co-directed the evaluation of the national support programme for the development of enterprise education in England (The Enterprise…

Business in Schools Research Findings – Weighted Data

…equally split between secondary and primary schools with a good balance across the English regions. Findings include high levels of engagement with employers across the National Framework activities, notably in…

Do School-to-Work Programs Help the “Forgotten Half”?

…for those less likely to go to college in their absence – often termed the “forgotten half” in the STW literature. The analysis is based on the 1997 National Longitudinal…