Universities should offer courses in communication, problem solving, presentation skills and customer relations to get students ready for full-time employment, claims a study by charity Edge. Edge warns of a…
The Taskforce’s 2011 research conference keynote speaker is Professor Robert Schwartz who is Francis Keppel Professor of Practice of Educational Policy at Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is a…
London is in the grip of a literacy crisis with one in four children practically illiterate on leaving primary school. The London Evening Standard highlights the issue in the capital….
A study from the University of the West of England of more than half a million pupils has found that young people who passed Certificate of Personal Effectiveness (CoPE) raised…
The Education & Employers Taskforce is supporting the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development’s Learning to Work campaign to create a step-change in the relationship between young people and employers….
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….
The Independent Taskforce on Student Finance Information has launched part-time student finance materials to coincide with Adult Learners’ Week (12-18 May). Part-time guide Part-Time Student Guide Part-time video featuring Martin…
Skills Minister John Hayes has appointed Dr Deirdre Hughes OBE as the Chair of the new National Council for Careers. The council will be a driving force in careers guidance…
The health sector embraces employee volunteering in education programme Inspiring the Future. Anyone from apprentices to CEOs can give free Career Insight Talks to young people aged 11 – 19….
A’ levels in a string of subjects don’t give teenagers the maths skills fit for the workplace or higher education according to new reports. Read the full story….
