June 19, 2009
June 19, 2009
A report by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills UKCES assesses the current state of research on employability skills, identifies existing good practice, advises on how to develop these skills in schools and makes detailed recommendations for the involvement of employers. The conclusions of this report rest upon a combination of site visits, telephone […]
Read moreApril 22, 2009
April 22, 2009
A report by Ipsos MORI, commissioned by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) This study aimed to discover what kind of work-related learning (WRL) pupils were receiving in English schools; how they perceived different types of WRL; which pupil categories learners thought should be taught about jobs and working life (e.g. all pupils, those leaving […]
Read moreMarch 18, 2009
March 18, 2009
A report by Muthri, J,N., Matten, D. and Moon, J., in the British Journal of Management, 20(1), pp.75-89 This report describes research into the ways social capital is generated and maintained within Employee Volunteering (EV) schemes, situating their observations within broader debates about Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The authors frame their findings using models of […]
Read moreAugust 26, 2008
August 26, 2008
H. Oosterbeek, M. van Praag and A. IJsselstein, Institute for the Study of Labor Discussion Paper No.3641 Oosterbeak et al (2008) evaluate the impact of the Junior Achievement Student Mini-Company (SMC) entrepreneurship education programme, the European and American equivalent of the Young Enterprise programme in the UK, on college students’ entrepreneurship competencies and intentions. They […]
Read moreJune 22, 2008
June 22, 2008
A report by the National Support Group for Work Experience and the National Education Business Partnership Network (NEBPN), commissioned by the Institute for Education Business Excellence (IEBE) and the Department for Children, Schools and Families (now the Department for Education) This report charts the development of a framework for measuring the impact of work experience […]
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June 22, 2008
A report by MDRC (James J. Kemple and Cynthia J. Willner) The US Career Academy programme, delivered within some 2,500 high schools across the country, works in active partnership with employers, tailors curricula around career themes and teaches in smaller student groups. Public policy research agency MDRC has been evaluating nine high schools since 1993. […]
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June 22, 2008
A report by research agency AIR UK, commissioned by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (now the Department for Education) This review of “the most robust evidence on the impact of education links with employers” in the UK and USA focuses on “evidence of a measurable improvement in grades, or other measures of students’ […]
Read moreJune 19, 2008
June 19, 2008
A report by the University of Bath, commissioned and summarised by Business in the Community The University of Bath were commissioned by Business in the Community to undertake research examining the effectiveness of school governance. Their findings were published in a report entitled The School Governance Study and used to inform the production of a […]
Read moreJanuary 21, 2008
January 21, 2008
A report by Hatcher, R. and Le Gallais, T., Birmingham City University This report examines whether the distribution of work experience (WEX) placements among secondary school age students is differentiated by class and gender, the processes by which this may occur and whether this therefore impacts on the widening of students’ horizons and future employment […]
Read moreDecember 22, 2007
December 22, 2007
A report by the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Ofsted) This report was the conclusion of a three-year evaluation of the Young Apprenticeships (YA) programme. The YA programme allows schools to offer young people aged 14 to 16 (Key Stage Four) a course of study that is heavily reliant on work-related […]
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