September 27, 2018
September 27, 2018
Analysis from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) has shown that not only is there a difference between dreams and reality, this difference is sizeable. By comparing the ambitions of those aged 16 to 21 in 2011 with the current occupations of 22 to 29-year-olds the ONS has found a reality gap with what really […]
Read moreSeptember 19, 2018
September 19, 2018
Their ‘Future of Jobs’ report, published on the 17th September 2018, predicts massive workforce changes in both workforce composition and skills demand as businesses expand the use of automation and artificial intelligence in their daily operations. It suggests that by 2022 133 million new jobs will emerge as businesses develop a new division of labour […]
Read moreJuly 18, 2018
July 18, 2018
“What do you want to be when you grow up?” this is precisely the questions that the OECD asked to half a million 15-year olds in PISA 2015. A new OECD research paper looks at the results and found that most 15-year-olds already have career plans: only around 15% of them have not decided what […]
Read moreJune 13, 2018
June 13, 2018
With just under a month to go before the 5th International Conference on Employer Engagement in Education and Training, here at Education and Employers we are focused on preparing for the event of the year. We’ve curated a packed schedule over the two days with speakers from around the world defining and debating how employer engagement […]
Read moreApril 19, 2018
April 19, 2018
In the third of a new collaborative seminar series, Education and Employers and the UCL Institute of Education (IOE) invited colleagues to discuss how schools, colleges, training providers and policy makers can support young people in their transitions in to further education and work. This half-day event set out to provide participants with the opportunity […]
Read moreFebruary 13, 2018
February 13, 2018
The Edge Bursary Fund, which is also supported by Education and Employers, aims to support PhD students whose research is about professional and technical education, apprenticeships at all levels, 14-19 education, employer engagement or work in areas that are of interests to the Edge Foundation and Education and Employers. We aim to support students to attend a national or […]
Read moreOctober 25, 2017
October 25, 2017
By Andreas Schleicher (Director for Education and Skills, OECD) Digitalization is connecting people, cities, countries and continents, bringing together a majority of the world’s population in ways that vastly increase our individual and collective potential. Yet the same forces have also made the world more volatile, more complex and more uncertain. The rolling […]
Read moreOctober 16, 2017
October 16, 2017
By Fiona Miller Head of Employability and Skills, IGD IGD, the education and training charity for the food and grocery industry, has launched new research that investigates the nature of the skills gap in food and grocery. This research will help to understand the underlying causes of the skills gap and what can be […]
Read moreOctober 13, 2017
October 13, 2017
Education and Employers were delighted to present at the annual Inspire2Learn Leadership Conference 2017. The event saw primary and secondary leaders from Redcar, Cleveland the wider Tees Valley come together to discuss new ideas in broadening the aspirations of young people and improving education and employment outcomes for young people as they come proceed through […]
Read moreOctober 9, 2017
October 9, 2017
Research carried out by the research team at Education and Employers has been published in a new Careers and Enterprise Company report. The report presents the evidence on the operation and impact of careers events held in UK schools and colleges. As modern school-to-work transitions have become increasingly complex, the need for adequate careers provision […]
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