October 2, 2019

Enhancing graduate employability, especially in humanities, arts and social sciences, and particularly for female graduates

October 2, 2019

This 2019 work by Professor Simon O’Leary of Regent’s University London, published in Studies in Higher Education, builds upon his earlier 2017 work published in the Journal of Education & Work and pulls together three sets of data to reveal opportunities for enhancing graduate employability across all subject areas that would have a notably positive […]

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July 19, 2019

Employer Career Interventions

July 19, 2019

Ian McIntosh and Julia Yates (City, University of London) Journal of the National Institute for Career Education and Counselling, 42(1), pp. 9-17. Read the full paper. The debate over the different roles and contributions made by employers and careers practitioners in English secondary schools’ careers work is not new.  But there is limited research comparing […]

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July 8, 2019

Socialised social capital? The capacity of schools to use careers provision to compensate for social capital deficiencies among teenagers

July 8, 2019

Anthony Mann, Christian Percy and Elnaz Kashefpakdel A chapter from Mann, A., Huddleston, P. and Kashefpakdel, E. (eds.). (2018). Essays on Employer Engagement.  London: Routledge.   The book is available here. Introduction Recent papers by Mann and Percy (2013) and Kashefpakdel and Percy (2016) have used statistical analysis to identify wage premiums accruing to young British […]

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June 21, 2019

Evaluating employer career interventions in English schools

June 21, 2019

Ian Mcintosh and Julia Yates Journal of the National Institute for Career Education and Counselling, 42(1), pp. 9-17. Read the article. Government policy on English schools’ careers activities indicates an emphasis on employer interventions over traditional career guidance. This article by researchers with City, University of London begins with a literature review suggesting that the […]

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June 21, 2019

Evaluation of Nuffield Research Placements – Interim Report

June 21, 2019

The Nuffield Foundation Read the interim report. Work placements offered to Year 12 students are effective in increasing access to university courses in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), according to findings from this report from the Nuffield Foundation. It is widely recognised that there is a shortage of skills in STEM subjects in the […]

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June 17, 2019

Independent panel report to the Review of Post-18 Education and Funding Presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Education by Command of Her Majesty May 2019

June 17, 2019

Department for Education Read the report In February 2018, Theresa May announced that there would be a “wide-ranging review into post-18 education” led by Philip Augar. This new review of Post-18 Education and Funding presented to Parliament in May 2019 drew evidence from an extensive literature review of post-18 education provision and funding, 370 submissions […]

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June 17, 2019

Teachers’ engagement with research: what do we know? A research briefing

June 17, 2019

Education Endowment Foundation and NFER Read the research briefing This new report from the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) and the Education Endowment Foundation summaries the findings from a nationally representative survey of schools and teachers investigating their use of research. The findings are based on survey results from 1,670 teachers in England administered […]

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June 17, 2019

Engaging with evidence

June 17, 2019

Institute for Effective Education (published March 2019) Read the report With teachers and schools being encouraged to become more evidence-based, the Institute for Effective Education has released this resource to help education practitioners understand research methods, interpret evidence and decipher jargon. The guide provides explanations of the different kinds of evidence found within educational research […]

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