March 18, 2020
March 18, 2020
In line with the latest government advice concerning non-essential travel and contact, we have suspended all face-to-face events with schools until further notice. The health, safety and wellbeing of our volunteers, schools, and the wider community is our top priority. Working with schools, we are exploring other ways to inspire young people, including remote access options. […]
Read moreMarch 11, 2020
March 11, 2020
Four years after its launch, the two-minute film ‘Redraw the Balance’ which provocatively captures how young children define career opportunities as male and female continues to generate interest. A version has just been created in Denmark. Filmed in Helsingør near Copenhagen, a class of 6-year-old students is asked to draw a picture of a captain […]
Read moreFebruary 28, 2020
February 28, 2020
Young people’s career aspirations have remained largely frozen since 2000. Gender and social class play a big role in framing their expectations. Davos school visits show how these limited preconceptions can be broken. A major new international study highlights the mismatch between young people’s career aspirations and jobs, and the impact this will have on […]
Read moreFebruary 21, 2020
February 21, 2020
A major new report has been published which examines the career aspirations of 7-13 year olds in New Zealand. The research format and methodology is based on Drawing the Future which charity Education and Employers and its partners TES Global, the NAHT, OECD Education and Skills, and UCL Institute of Education published during the World […]
Read moreFebruary 17, 2020
February 17, 2020
It has been 4 months since Inspiring Governance launched the ‘Be A School Governor Champion’ campaign and in that time we are delighted that a range of employers from all sectors have signed-up to inspire their employees to support local schools by volunteering to become Governors and Trustees. Since October, we have had commitments from Universities, […]
Read moreFebruary 4, 2020
February 4, 2020
‘Four principles that guide the best employer engagement in education’ by Nick Chambers, CEO of Education and Employers, is included in the latest OECD report Dream Jobs: Teenagers’ Career Aspirations and the Future of Work. Launched at the 2020 World Economic Forum, this major report analyses PISA data stretching back two decades about how job aspirations […]
Read moreJanuary 22, 2020
January 22, 2020
On the 22nd January 2020 during the World Economic Forum the OECD launched a report at Davos Platz Secondary School on the career aspirations of 500,000 15 year olds from 41 countries. The Dream Jobs? report showed that the huge changes that have taken place in the world of work over the past two decades […]
Read moreJanuary 22, 2020
January 22, 2020
The aspirations of young people in the UK are poles apart from the reality of the labour market, with significant implications for the economy, a new report reveals today. Based on a survey of 7,000 young people aged 14-18, the report, ‘Disconnected; Career aspirations and jobs in the UK’ by Education and Employers, shows a three-fold […]
Read moreDecember 4, 2019
December 4, 2019
On 3rd December, Education and Employers presented some of the letters from young people that had been submitted as part of the Your Voice survey at OECD’s The Future of Education: Where do we go from here? Conference in Paris. The conference organised by the OECD and the Forum for World Education brought together education leaders “to […]
Read moreNovember 27, 2019
November 27, 2019
Over 7,500 primary aged children from across New Zealand have taken part in Drawing the Future. They have been drawing pictures of the jobs they aspire to and indicating how they have heard about these jobs. Education Minister Chris Hipkins visited one of the schools taking part – the Porirua East School to meet the […]
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