Education and Employers

Degrees alone are not enough, employers warn graduates

As graduate unemployment continues to rise in 2011, employers are sending a clear message that even strong academic performance is not enough, unless it is combined with skills and experience….

Harvard School of Education calls for sea-change in employer engagement

A Harvard Graduate School of Education report calls for a sea change in business and employer engagement in education, so that every American school student to have access to employer…

OECD review of vocational education in South Carolina

The OECD’s review of vocational education and training in South Carolina calls on the state to provide high school students with more substantial UK-style work experience while in school, targeting…

Christian Percy has new DfE post

…‘Private Secretary to the Advisers Office’. Christian will be running the team that supports the two Special Advisers and the two Senior Policy Advisers in advising the Secretary of State…

Children ‘locked’ out of work by jobless parents

Tens of thousands of London children are “trapped” in homes where no adult has ever worked. New statistics show the number of London homes where no one has ever held…

Just the job for girls

Year 9 pupils across Devon attend a ‘Women in Construction’ event at Exeter College. The aim was to find out more about the many opportunities available in the construction industry….

Government to expand work experience for young unemployed

Young unemployed people will get much more help to access extended work experience opportunities to get the best possible start in life, Employment Minister Chris Grayling announced today. Under a…

Science and maths teaching in Wales not up to scratch

Science, technology, engineering and maths skills in Wales are not up to scratch, a critical report claims. The report, by the National Assembly’s Enterprise and Learning Committee, calls for “concerted…

Vince Cable and Nick Clegg visit Brompton Bicycle

Brompton Bicycle Ltd played host yesterday to Dr Vince Cable MP, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, and Nick Clegg MP, Deputy Prime Minister. As the UK’s largest…

New evidence from NI shows employee volunteer reading schemes work

New evidence from Northern Ireland demonstrates that employee volunteer reading schemes in primary schools raise both achievement and aspiration. Read the full Queens University Belfast report….