September 21, 2022
September 21, 2022
We are delighted to announce a partnership between Education and Employers’ programme Primary Futures and STEM Learning. It will offer primary school teachers across the UK free access to an even greater range of STEM-specific volunteers from the world of work. The partnership will enable teachers to access STEM Ambassador volunteers directly through their free Primary Futures […]
Read moreSeptember 20, 2022
September 20, 2022
The Education and Employers charity is excited to announce the launch of Inspiring the Future Jersey. Thanks to a partnership between the charity Every Child Our Future, Skills Jersey (part of the Government of Jersey) and ourselves, schools and volunteers in Jersey can now connect easily, quickly and freely via the online match-making service. Primary […]
Read moreJuly 14, 2022
July 14, 2022
A report published today by the charity Education and Employers, highlights the importance of exposing children to a breadth of different jobs and learning more about the world of work whilst at school. Commissioned by the Ipswich Opportunity Area (IOA) Partnership Board, the report investigates the career aspirations of primary-aged children in Ipswich and Felixstowe. […]
Read moreMay 25, 2022
May 25, 2022
Coinciding with the World Economic Forum taking place this week, today 25th May 2022, the OECD have launched a new report entitled Meet the Future: How employers gain from helping young people get career ready. The report looks at how employers benefit by engaging with schools and young people. It builds on substantial work, done […]
Read moreMay 23, 2022
May 23, 2022
To coincide with the first day of the World Economic Forum 2022, a number of participants, including Hilde Schwab, took time out of their busy schedules to visit a school in Davos and talk to primary-aged children. Hilde Schwab is the Chairperson and Co-founder of the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship with her husband, Klaus […]
Read moreMay 18, 2022
May 18, 2022
Today, the 18th May 2022 the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan launched a new primary school outreach programme that will showcase potential career paths in the infrastructure and construction sectors to primary-aged pupils across London. The programme will help pupils, teachers and parents to better understand the world of construction and infrastructure, the range of jobs […]
Read moreApril 26, 2022
April 26, 2022
On the 12th of April 2022, St Mary’s Primary School in Pomeroy hosted a fantastic in-person and virtual Primary Futures event. The purpose of the event was to enable the children in Years 6 and 7 (Years 5 and 6 in England) to learn more about the wider world and different types of jobs and […]
Read moreApril 19, 2022
April 19, 2022
An evaluation report published today shows how role models from the world of work are helping to improve children’s motivation as part of the post-pandemic catch-up and tackle gender stereotypes. The report, Inspiring Dorset 2021, looks at the impact of a programme of aspiration-raising activities in Dorset between April 2021 to February 2022, focusing on […]
Read moreMarch 31, 2022
March 31, 2022
We are delighted to confirm that the Education and Employers charity will continue to provide governor recruitment services to schools and academies, following our reappointment by the Department for Education. The service enables schools to access a wide range of skilled volunteers from diverse backgrounds who are committed to making a difference. Our charity will […]
Read moreMarch 8, 2022
March 8, 2022
“Four inspirational women with pretty cool jobs” top today’s edition of CBBC’s Newsround, which shows our activities with schools in action. Firefighter Amy, robotics engineer Caroline, train driver Tahira and construction project manager Cassie met with Year 6 children at Coppull Parish Primary School, Chorley to help challenge gender stereotypes. The children had the chance […]
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