About the Taskforce

Our vision and objectives

The Taskforce vision is to ensure that every school and college has an effective partnership with employers to provide its young people with the inspiration, motivation, knowledge, skills and opportunities they need to help them achieve their potential and so to secure the UK's future prosperity.

In practice, effective partnerships take many forms and the Taskforce recognises the important role of local relationships and the local organisations which facilitate links between the worlds of education and employment. Everyone has a part to play in making our vision a reality. To work towards this vision alongside national and local partners the Taskforce has set itself the following specific objectives:

To help ensure that all young people achieve their potential through school and further education and training gain the relevant skills, knowledge, aspirations and motivation to engage in further learning and enter the workforce with the attributes employers require.
To provide clarity, simplicity and efficiency in linking education and employers
To support schools and colleges in inspiring, guiding and motivating young people about the world of work
To inspire and motivate employers through working with schools and colleges to:
- provide all young people with first-hand knowledge and experiences through high quality work-related activities and curriculum enrichment
- raise young people's confidence and aspirations
- provide additional support to schools which operate in particularly challenging circumstances
- ensure that young people are enabled to make better informed choices about their career options

The work of the Taskforce is undertaken through four streams which, working with partners, aim to:

Understand current activities and develop the case for engagement
Make the existing system better through collaboration & coordination
Undertake discrete projects to improve effectiveness of partnership
Inspire employers and schools and colleges to work together