May 27, 2015
May 27, 2015
By Dennis K Orthner, Hinckley Jones-Sanpei, Patrick Akos and Roderick A Rose In Journal of Educational Research 106 (2013) pp. 27-38 Student engagement and attainment are closely linked concepts, as pupils who can see the value in their education and learning for their future goals are more likely to be engaged in their schoolwork and […]
Read moreMay 18, 2015
May 18, 2015
As youth unemployment has become the subject of ever greater concern around the world, interest has grown in those countries which appeared to have bucked the trend. Germany has attracted particular interest, not only for the excellence of its vocational provision, but also for the apparent smoothness of transitions from school to work. Comparative analysis […]
Read moreMay 15, 2015
May 15, 2015
June 3, 1530 – 1730. Westminster, London. As youth unemployment has become the subject of ever greater concern around the world, interest has grown in those countries which appeared to have bucked the trend. Germany has attracted particular interest, not only for the excellence of its vocational provision, but also for the apparent smoothness of […]
Read moreMarch 27, 2015
March 27, 2015
It is an unusual industry, employer engagement in education. It depends on hundreds of thousands of individual employers and employees taking time out of working days to provide help to schools and colleges, teachers and young people. They offer work experience placements, provide careers talks, participate in mentoring, enterprise activities and reading and numeracy programmes, […]
Read moreMarch 6, 2015
March 6, 2015
The Education Act 2011 handed over responsibility for the provision of careers guidance in England to schools. Schools are now required to provide ‘independent’ and ‘impartial’ career guidance to all pupils from year 8 upwards. In the past, careers work was the responsibility of local authority funded Careers Services, and from 2001-11, of Connexions, the […]
Read moreMarch 5, 2015
March 5, 2015
Given what we know about 15-year-olds’ performance in school, who do you think is well-prepared to look for a job or continued studies after compulsory education ends: girls or boys? A new PISA study, The ABC of Gender Equality in Education: Aptitude, Behaviour, Confidence has an alarming answer to this question: neither. In a rare, […]
Read moreFebruary 16, 2015
February 16, 2015
A report edited and with an introduction by Dr Anthony Mann and Prue Huddleston, Professor Emeritus at the University of Warwick. The report features interviews with eight leading commentators on how schools can and should respond to a changing labour market to help young people succeed through school to work transitions.
Read moreFebruary 12, 2015
February 12, 2015
This Education and Employers Taskforce research seminar, kindly hosted by UKCES, reported on an action research project conducted in two schools in East London, which aimed to enhance careers work for Years 7-9 in the context of the new requirements for schools to provide careers guidance. Presentation: Enhancing School-based Careers Work for Years 7-9 Full report: Enhancing School-based […]
Read moreFebruary 10, 2015
February 10, 2015
By Dr Anthony Mann (Director of Policy and Research, Education and Employers). Governments around the world, with the strong encouragement of the OECD and other international agencies, are determined on seeing closer engagement of employers in the schooling of young people. This short report commissioned by Skills Development Scotland and the Edge Foundation looks […]
Read moreJanuary 16, 2015
January 16, 2015
Since the launch of Inspiring the Future in July 2012, more than 7,500 teachers at state schools and colleges across the United Kingdom have registered on the system. Together they’ve sent nearly 70,000 invitations to Inspiring the Future volunteers and thousands of employee volunteers have gone into schools to talk about their jobs and careers and help […]
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