Education and Employers

Work for us

Our team believes that every young person deserves to have encounters with people from the world of work to help them reach their potential in school and beyond. Based in…

Employer skill survey 2018

By Department for Education (published August 2018) The UK Employer Skills Survey (ESS) is one of the largest business surveys in the world, with the data in this report based…

Youth Voice Census Report 2018

…advise that further research is needed to understand the barriers facing young women in their aspirations and confidence towards entering the world of work. The national curriculum should also be…

ASK Project Engagement Coordinator (Dorset and Thames Valley Berkshire Region)

…charity delivers this through pioneering research into the effectiveness of employer engagement for young people and children, and through programmes and campaigns to support volunteers from the world of work…

ASK Project Engagement Coordinator (Dorset and Thames Valley Berkshire region)

…charity delivers this through pioneering research into the effectiveness of employer engagement for young people and children, and through programmes and campaigns to support volunteers from the world of work…

Skills shortages in the UK economy – Edge Bulletin 4

…‘Over-skilled and Underused’ report, the RSA and the World Economic Forum’s perspectives on the future of work, and finally the Edge Foundation’s investigation and case study on labour shortages and…

More Than a Job’s Worth: Making Work Experience Fit for Purpose

…can help benefit young people by offering them an insight into the world of work, develop employability skills and improve long-term careers outcomes, such as wage-premiums, employability and a reduction…

Career education that works: an economic analysis using the British Cohort Study

…recent decades have created a complex world for young people; and that this can partly be addressed by enhanced career education while individuals are at school. This paper draws on…

Lessons from employer led learning

…a rapidly changing world? Research commissioned by the Commercial Education Trust (CET) and the Edge Foundation suggests that the innovative approach taken by institutions known as Career Colleges could offer…

Implementing employability skills frameworks in schools

…and systematise the skills and attributes that contribute to this complex definition of employability and identify skills that are important in the world of work. In school contexts, Employability Skills…