January 4, 2016
January 4, 2016
International lawyer and Inspiring Women champion, Miriam González-Durántez, was among the festive guest editors of BBC Radio 4’s Today programme this Christmas. Miriam González-Durántez said before the show was broadcast: “I am a big fan of the Today programme. I am hoping to give it a practical twist to discuss some of the issues related […]
Read moreJanuary 4, 2016
January 4, 2016
The first “Inspiring Women” style event took place as a pilot in Dhaka on 23rd December 2015. Modelled on the UK campaign, it brought together many successful women from the world of work to talk with over 200 female students from different schools. The event was hosted by Scholastica, a school in Dhaka, and supported by […]
Read moreDecember 1, 2015
December 1, 2015
Dr Catherine Calderwood, Scotland’s Chief Medical Officer today visited Sciennes Primary School to launch the Primary Futures ‘Who’s in Health?’ campaign to help young children understand how people in the health sector use literacy, maths and science in their jobs. Who’s in Health? is a free initiative for state primary schools run by the Education […]
Read moreNovember 20, 2015
November 20, 2015
Lord Nash, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Schools, visited The Charles Dickens School, Broadstairs in Kent on 19th November with Inspiring the Future, run by national education charity Education & Employers. The purpose was to inspire students to consider careers in the jobs, professions and sectors that they may not be aware of. Inspiring […]
Read moreNovember 5, 2015
November 5, 2015
Inspiring the Future, the free service for UK state schools run by charity Education & Employers, has reached three major milestones in October 2015. These are: individual volunteers registering to talk about their job with young people has passed 25,000 individual schools with registered teachers has passed 5,000 – including 80% of all secondary schools […]
Read moreOctober 21, 2015
October 21, 2015
The Chief Medical Officer for Northern Ireland, Dr Michael Mc Bride, visited Tor Bank School on Tuesday 20th October on behalf of the Primary Futures ‘Who’s in Health?’ campaign. The Primary Futures Who’s in Health? campaign sees volunteers from all roles in the health sector talking with primary school and special school pupils about their […]
Read moreOctober 14, 2015
October 14, 2015
The Chief Medical Officer for Wales, Ruth Hussey, visited Tredegarville C.I.W. Primary School on Tuesday 13th October on behalf on the Primary Futures ‘Who’s in Health?’ campaign. The Primary Futures Who’s in Health? campaign sees volunteers from all roles in the health sector talking with primary school pupils about their job and how they use […]
Read moreSeptember 11, 2015
September 11, 2015
Today the Department of Transport’s hosted a maritime themed careers day with Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, Department for Transport in partnership with charity Education and Employers who run free programme for schools Inspiring the Future. Coordinating with International Shipping week, the themed day gave students from two Scarborough Primary […]
Read moreSeptember 11, 2015
September 11, 2015
Two new publications from Education and Employers Research provide new insight into the question. Previous research by Education and Employers and others has demonstrated that young people who have rich employer engagement as part of their teenage education go on to do better in the workplace: earning more and being less likely to be unemployed […]
Read moreSeptember 9, 2015
September 9, 2015
The Inspiring Women campaign in partnership with MOBO today hosted a flagship ‘career speed networking’ event in the Royal Albert Hall. It saw 35 women representing a wide range of careers in the music industry talk with 200 state school girls about their jobs and experiences. Career speed networkers included; singer and pop icon Sandie […]
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