Teachers say it is important for pupils to hear directly from employers about careers a new TES/Taskforce survey shows. View the statistics: TES- Education and Taskforce Teacher Survey Spring 2012….
The Education Committee has announced an inquiry into careers guidance for young people, in the light of the new statutory duty on schools to secure access to independent and impartial…
Promoting maths & science, improving discipline, exam results and reforming careers advice are likely to be school priorities for 2012, says new research by Encyclopaedia Britannica. Read the full Encyclopaedia…
…‘Helping individuals succeed: transforming career guidance’ identifies the characteristics of effective career guidance, the role of new technologies in enhancing this and the part that government and national agencies might…
…experts at Derby University. They argue that FE colleges are being marginalised by the new market in careers support that is being created, which focuses on the needs of schools….
…the centre of HEIs’ strategic planning, widening access to work placements, and promoting partnerships between employers and HEIs. Read the full report: Employers’ perceptions of the employability of new graduates…
New research by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) investigated how higher education can increase the uptake of high-quality work experience by students and graduates, including broadening the…
In a new report by the Institute of Directors and education researchers CFE, the consequences of a flawed skills system to the economy are laid bare. Despite ten years of…
…Read the full Evening Standard story. What can be done to help schools, young people and parents? New research shows that employee volunteering improves reading. Mentoring programmes such as Time…
Scottish children from age four will learn two foreign languages for later employability, under innovative new proposals from the Scottish Government. Read the full story….
