February 29, 2024
February 29, 2024
Today, Iceland launched their own version of our Inspiring the Future/Primary Futures programmes. They have called it ‘Stækkaðu framtíðina’, which translates into English as ‘Expand the Future’ as there isn’t quite a direct translation of the word ‘inspiring’ in Icelandic. The aim of the project is to help ensure equal opportunities and access to jobs […]
Read moreJanuary 22, 2024
January 22, 2024
We are delighted to announce that we are launching a new campaign to inspire and educate children and young people on the range of opportunities within aviation. The ‘Inspiring Aviation’ campaign will be a part of our Inspiring the Future programme and is being funded by the Department for Transport’s Reach for the Sky initiative. […]
Read moreDecember 13, 2023
December 13, 2023
Today Education and Employers launches a new video to raise vital awareness that stereotyping about jobs starts at a young age and risks limiting the futures of girls all across the globe. Children in the UK, Canada, China, Denmark, and South Africa were all asked to draw pictures of people doing typical jobs and the […]
Read moreOctober 27, 2023
October 27, 2023
This month, our Inspiring Governance programme and the National Governance Association relaunched the joint campaign, Everyone on Board, to diversify school and academy governance. Education and Employers deliver the Inspiring Governance school governor recruitment service funded by the Department for Education. We believe that a strong governing board, with a diverse range of effective governors […]
Read moreOctober 16, 2023
October 16, 2023
On Thursday 28th October, Brompton Bicycle teamed up with Inspiring the Future to celebrate National Manufacturing Day and introduce young people to exciting careers within the sector. Primary, secondary and college-aged children all had the chance to take part and discover the huge range of roles and people involved in producing and selling Brompton’s bikes. […]
Read moreSeptember 6, 2023
September 6, 2023
The Education and Employers charity are working with Region Skåne and Mälardalens University in Sweden to gain a better understanding of children’s career aspirations. The aim is to explore what factors are influencing their choices, and in turn, limiting their ambitions. The study will also look at how their ambitions compare with labour market demands. […]
Read moreAugust 31, 2023
August 31, 2023
With the new school year about to begin, our Charity’s mission is clear – Education and Employers wants to ensure that every young person, wherever they live, whatever their parents’ or carers’ circumstances, has the opportunity to meet a diverse range of volunteers from the world of work to hear first-hand about the possibilities open […]
Read moreJuly 7, 2023
July 7, 2023
Our National Health Service turned 75 on the 5th of July and to mark this momentous occasion, we invited 20 NHS ambassadors to talk to Year 8 and 9 students in Sheffield about their careers working in digital, data and technology. The event was organised in partnership with NHS England and Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park, […]
Read moreJune 29, 2023
June 29, 2023
Today, the House of Commons Education Committee published a report following its inquiry into the quality of careers education, information, advice and guidance (CEIAG) delivered in schools in England. After giving oral evidence on the importance of career-related learning in primary schools at an inquiry session earlier in the year, Education and Employers are pleased […]
Read moreJune 14, 2023
June 14, 2023
Education and Employers are working with Northern Ireland’s Department of Education and Education Authority to gain a better understanding of children’s career aspirations and to explore what factors may be influencing their choices, and in turn limiting their ambitions. Schools across Northern Ireland are being invited to take part in a Drawing the Future study, […]
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