News Archives - Page 18 of 85 - Education and Employers

March 27, 2018

Work of the charity featured on Malaysian TV news and current affairs programme

March 27, 2018

Education and Employer’s CEO, Nick Chambers was interviewed by Kamarul Bahrin, Vice President & Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Astro Awani, the Malaysian news and current affairs channel. The 30 minute interview which took place at Davos during the World Economic Forum looked at how schools can tackle some of societies issues such as social mobility, diversity and gender stereotyping […]

March 21, 2018

‘Drawing a scientist’ test in the US supports Drawing the Future findings

March 21, 2018

Children in the US are drawing more women scientists than in previous decades, according to a new study by researchers at Northwestern University in the United States. They have analysed five decades of “Drawing the Scientist” test designed to investigate children’s perceptions of the scientist. When asked to draw a scientist, less than one per […]

March 15, 2018

Inspiring the Future calls for No More Female CEOs

March 15, 2018

Inspiring the Future's new campaign NO MORE FEMALE PROFESSIONALS asks whether the language we all use when talking about jobs, contributes to the problem of unconscious gender bias which limits the opportunities that children perceive they have.

March 13, 2018

Tell us what you think about introducing children to the world of work in primary school

March 13, 2018

Do you work in a primary school? A new survey, launched in collaboration with the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) and the Tes, asks primary school heads and teachers for their opinions on introducing children to the world of work. Specifically, the survey asks what primary schools are doing to help children’s understanding of […]

March 12, 2018

Article by Dr. Elnaz Kashefpakdel for FE News. Teenage apprenticeships: awareness deficit?

March 12, 2018

Read the article in FE News here. Over recent years significant public resource has been devoted to improving young people’s awareness of apprenticeships. Yet while teenage applications have increased, teenage apprenticeship starts have stagnated. Recent government data has shown that fewer than 26% of apprenticeship starts come straight from school or college. If apprenticeships are […]

March 8, 2018

Drawing the Future report discussed in OECD podcast on gender imbalances in STEM

March 8, 2018

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March 8, 2018

The British Council in China launches #RedrawTheBalance film

March 8, 2018

To mark International Women’s day 2018, they launched a Chinese version of our #RedrawTheBalance film.

March 8, 2018

Inspiring Apprenticeships event at Eastbrook School, Dagenham during National Apprenticeship week

March 8, 2018

This National Apprenticeship Week and on International Women's Day, Inspiring the Future ran an Inspiring Apprenticeship event at Eastbrook School in Dagenham.

March 1, 2018

New apprenticeship report reveals gender stereotyping and negative perceptions are major issues

March 1, 2018

The report, funded by the Commercial Education Trust, revealed that the negative perceptions around apprenticeships among students, teachers and parents hampers take-up and highlights how more needs to be done to ensure equal guidance for both academic and vocational pathways and challenge views about the suitably of different apprenticeships across genders. The report demonstrates the […]

February 13, 2018

Inspiring Wakefield launches at South Parade Primary School

February 13, 2018

Primary schools across Wakefield are running a series of inspiring events throughout spring, designed to inspire children about the huge range of interesting and exciting career possibilities available to them. Inspiring Wakefield will launched on 13 February at South Parade Primary with volunteers from a wide range of interesting careers, coming in to schools to […]