Research Archive - Page 20 of 43 - Education and Employers

February 1, 2018

When job training is not enough: The cultivation of social capital in career academies

February 1, 2018

By Michael Lanford and Tattiya Maruco In this article, published in the American Educational Research Journal, the authors used a qualitative data set of 52 academy coordinators and teachers as well as 41 students from a single American school district to examine social capital in career academies and the factors that potentially make them viable […]

February 1, 2018

London Ambitions Research: Shaping a Successful Careers Offer for all Young Londoners

February 1, 2018

By Zoe De Clayes, Tami McCrone and David Sims This NFER and London Councils report identifies emerging promising practice in the delivery of careers education and guidance (CEG) through ‘London Ambitions’ careers strategy. The report used 22 semi-structured interviews with staff and five focus groups with young people in case-study visits to four schools and one FE […]

February 1, 2018

Career guidance for social justice: Contesting neoliberalism

February 1, 2018

Edited by Tristram Hooley, Ronald Sultana and Rie Thomen This edited collection examines the intersections between career guidance, social justice and neo-liberalism. Contributors offer an original and global discussion of the role of career guidance in the struggle for social justice and evaluate the field from a diverse range of theoretical positions. Drawing on education, sociology, […]

February 1, 2018

User insight research into post-16 choices: A report by CFE Research with Dr Deirdre Hughes OBE

February 1, 2018

In this research paper, commissioned by the Department for Education, the authors (CFE Researchers and Dr Deirdre Hughes OBE) set out to test the hypothesis: given the current complexity of the post-16 educational landscape, learners can experience difficulties making fully-informed choices and navigating technical education routes in particular. The aim of the conducting the survey was […]

February 1, 2018

An analysis of the duration and achievement of apprenticeships in England

February 1, 2018

By Matthew Bursnall, Vahé Nafilyan and Stefan Speckesser In this new paper by researchers at the Centre for Vocational Education Research (CVER) the authors aim to provide evidence about starts, achievement rates and duration for a recent cohort of UK apprentices. For the cohort of all 516,880 intermediate and advanced apprenticeships starting in England in 2011/12, […]

February 1, 2018

‘I’m good, but not that good’: digitally-skilled young people’s identity in computing.

February 1, 2018

By Billy Wong Computers and information technology are fast becoming a part of young people’s everyday life. However, there remains a difference between the majority who can use computers and the minority who are computer scientists or professionals. Drawing on 32 semi-structured interviews with digitally skilled young people (aged 13–19), this paper explores their views […]

February 1, 2018

The changing nature and role of vocational education and training in Europe. Volume 1: Conceptions of vocational education and training: an analytical framework.

February 1, 2018

In this two-part research paper developed by Cedefop, the authors provide an overview of the changing nature and role of vocational education and training (VET) in Europe. This first volume assesses the multiple attempts in academic literature to define or explain vocational education and training and to develop a theoretical model to analyse national definitions […]

February 1, 2018

Peer effects and social influence in post-16 educational choice

February 1, 2018

This paper investigates whether the educational choices that young people make after the completion of their GCSEs (at age 16) are influenced by their peers. More specifically, it takes advantage of the variation in peer groups that arises when students move from primary to secondary school in order to isolate the impact of secondary school […]

February 1, 2018

Our plan for Higher Education: Diverse, employment-focused, value for money

February 1, 2018

By Olly Newton, Andrea Laczik and Christian Percy This new report by The Edge Foundation brings together international, historical and economic evidence as well as brand new survey data by YouGov, to support the need for higher education to offer a range of focused and cost-effective routes for students to prepare for their careers. The […]

January 24, 2018

Tracktion – Strategic partnership for vocational education and training

January 24, 2018

Tracktion aims to improve Vocational Education and Training (VET) schools’ understanding of “VET-to-work transition systems” through a tracking protocol that simplifies data collection and provide a guide for schools to build and sustain successful alumni relations. You can subscribe and read the Tracktion newsletter by clicking here and pressing “Subscribe” on the bottom right hand […]