Mentoring for university access
A mentoring project to encourage able students from disadvantaged backgrounds to apply to the top universities is a success. Read the full Telegraph story….
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Leading European conference on education, work and social mobility
The leading European conference on education and employer engagement takes place at Warwick University on 12 October. This year’s keynote speaker is Professor Robert Schwartz, Academic Dean, Harvard University. The…
Reforming careers advice a school priority for 2012
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…
Call for views on enterprise education
Pearson and the Education and Employers Taskforce are asking for your views in a research project on enterprise education. This research will explore three key questions: What is enterprise education?…
Alan Milburn ‘call for evidence’ on social mobility
The Independent Reviewer on Social Mobility & Child Poverty, Alan Milburn, has launched his call for evidence. It explores questions around how child poverty and social mobility are linked, what…
TES & Taskforce to host fringe at Conservative Party Conference
TSL Education and the Education and Employers Taskforce will be hosting a breakfast fringe event at this year’s Conservative Party Conference in Manchester on Wednesday 5 October. The event will…
UKCES report on transforming career guidance
The UK Commission for Employment and Skills has just published a report on career guidance. This work was led by Liz Sayce a UKCES Commissioner and Chief Executive of Radar….
Changes to careers reduce capacity in FE
Overhaul of careers advice will “reduce substantially the capacity to deliver career support in FE”, claim experts at Derby University. They argue that FE colleges are being marginalised by the…
Secrets of university access for schools
University access: why some schools are so much more ‘successful’ than others? How can one school get more pupils into top universities than another with the same exam marks? Read…
Higher education should ‘plan for employability’
Edge Foundation and the University of Glasgow have teamed up to research the employability of UK graduates. The report sets out recommendations including placing employability at the centre of HEIs’…