September 3, 2010
September 3, 2010
Construction company Lovell’s people development manager, Bruce Boughton, has won an Education and Business Partnership award for the company’s work supporting school students studying for the Construction and Built Environment Diploma.
Read moreSeptember 3, 2010
September 3, 2010
In a new report, Fulfilling potential, the business role in education, the CBI, the UK’s largest employers’ body is calling for the anticipated government White Paper on school reform to set out a clear strategy on how businesses can get involved in education.
Read moreSeptember 1, 2010
September 1, 2010
As fewer university places force young people into gap-year placements, a Lantra survey has revealed nearly three-quarters of animal care and welfare businesses have recruited staff directly from work experience. Lantra is the Sector Skills Council for the Environmental and Land-based Sector representing over 230,000 businesses and 1.5 million employees. Visit: http://www.cisionwire.com/lantra/work-experience-survey-shows-long-term-employment-win
Read moreAugust 31, 2010
August 31, 2010
Entrepreneur Peter Jones, famous for his role in TV’s Dragon’s Den, calls for more employer involvement in education. Read the full article in The Guardian newspaper
Read moreAugust 6, 2010
August 6, 2010
Every two years the National Governors’ Association (NGA) runs national awards for outstanding school governance. The awards aim to celebrate good school governance and spread examples of best practice throughout the school governor community. Don’t let great work go unnoticed! NGA wants to thank good governors for their time and efforts in contributing to school […]
Read moreJuly 23, 2010
July 23, 2010
The Visit our Schools and Colleges campaign was publically launched on 13 July. Hundreds of schools, colleges and employers have now registered online and schools, colleges and employers can continue to do so until 30 September. We want young people across England to benefit from contact with employers of all sectors and sizes. SMEs have […]
Read moreJuly 12, 2010
July 12, 2010
New KPMG research covering primary, secondary, special schools and academies shows that the quality and amount of education and employer engagement varies considerably between schools. A total of 63% of schools say that employer engagement is very beneficial or extremely beneficial. While 75% of school leaders believe that employer engagement has a positive impact on […]
Read moreJuly 5, 2010
July 5, 2010
This new School Governors One-Stop Shop (SGOSS) and University of Hertfordshire research report shows the ways in which Governors are valued by head teachers and schools. These include challenging and holding the leadership to account, monitoring, evaluation and getting to know the areas of school life in need of development. For the full report visit: […]
Read moreJune 22, 2010
June 22, 2010
The Education and Employers Taskforce has completed its first year of operation – here is our Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2010. Click here to view the 2010 accounts
Read moreJune 16, 2010
June 16, 2010
On 16 June the Education and Employers Taskforce hosted an event for our charity Trustees, education and business leaders. The event was hosted by Sir Martin Sorrell CEO, WPP and speakers included Chris Keates, General Secretary of NASUWT, Robert Peston, BBC business editor and Sir Martin Rake, Chairman of BT and UKCES. On 16 June […]
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