Conference Programme
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the list of speakers and presentations below. Where we have the
full papers, you can click on the links. You can also download the
abstracts for the Conference, in a document that includes a
clickable contents page so you can skip to the abstract that
interests you. Further down this page you can also find details of
the Programme Committee, whose
members assessed the submissions.
Speakers and presentations
KEYNOTES
Prof. Hugh Lauder:
How the Global Auction for Jobs is Breaking the Promise of
Education
Hans van der Loo:
Mathematics, Science & Technology Education: a European
Coordinating Body
Heidi Agbenyo and City&Guilds Centre for Skills
Devopment:
Listening to learner voices: a study of vocational
aspirations and educational choices among young learners
Dr Stephanie Allais:
National Qualifications Frameworks: solving the
education/labour market 'mismatch'?
Prof. Louise Archer:
Making Jobs 'Thinkable': engaging with the
complexity of young people's career aspirations
Michelle Brassell and CILT:
Developing young people's international
communication skills through employer engagement in language
learning
Jill Collins and Dr Pat Morton:
Widening horizons in science, technology,
engineering and maths (STEM) work experience
Marthe Geiben, Dr. Philipp Grollmann, Dr. Georg
Hanf:
INDUCT - Recruitment, induction process and
development of career entrants as an indicator for the quality of
educational systems? (work in progress: interim report
only)
Sarah Gracey, Raj Patel and LSN Learning:
Employer Engagement in the FE and Skills Sector -
A Strategic Review
Dr Annie Haight:
Nurturing engineering talent in the inner
city
Prof. Jeremy Higham:
What makes a course vocational? School-based
work-related programmes in Canada
- Watch Jeremy's 3-minute summary of this paper
Dr Cathy Howieson, Sheila Semple, Prof. Jim
McKechnie:
'They're already IN the labour market!' Working
pupils: challenges and potential for employers and schools
Prof. Chris James and Christian Percy:
The notion of the employee governor
Dr Susan James:
What is apprenticeship?
Prof. Ewart Keep:
Education and Industry - Taking Two Steps Back and
Reflecting
Prof. Prue Huddleston, Dr Andrea Laczik:
Employer Engagement in Curriculum Development in
England - The new Diploma qualification
Kevin Lowden:
Perceptions of the employability skills of new
graduates
Dr Andrew McCoshan:
Partnerships for enterprise education in Europe:
states of play and potentials to develop
Dr Linda Miller:
Employers! Put your best where it will do the
most
Faith Muir & Caroline White:
Making it happen: employers working with disaffected learners in
key stage 4
Christian Percy:
How does term-time paid employment in Key Stage 4
relate to participation outcomes in Key Stage 5? Evidence from the
Longitudinal Study of Young People in England
Prof William Richardson & Dr Sue Sing:
The impact of practical and applied learning on
13-15 year olds of high ability in England and Wales
Andrew Wilson:
The benefits of employer engagement with
education
Dr Margaret Wood & Arijit Chatterjee:
Understanding the Learning-Working Nexus in Higher
Education
The Conference
Programme Committee
Submissions were assessed by the Conference Programme
Committee, which comprises the following people:
- Prof. Prue Huddlestone, Centre of Education and Industry,
University of Warwick (Chair)
- Prof. Hugh Lauder, University of Bath, editor of the Journal of
Education and Work
- Prof. Chris James, University of Bath
- Prof. Irena Grugulis, Professor of Employment Studies, AIM/ESRC
Services Fellow, Bradford University School of Management
- Alison Morris, UK Commission for Employment and Skills
- Andrew Wilson, Corporate Citizenship
- Dr Desiree Lopez, Institute of Education / EdComs
- Dr Anthony Mann, Director of Policy and
Research, Education and Employers Taskforce
- Michelle Brassell, CILT
- Dr Rachel Crossley, STEMNET
- David Harbourne, Director of Policy and
Research, Edge Foundation / Institute for Education Business
Excellence
- Derek Kozel, Young Chamber
- Graham Rowlands, McDonalds