August 31, 2010
August 31, 2010
Entrepreneur Peter Jones, famous for his role in TV’s Dragon’s Den, calls for more employer involvement in education. Read the full article in The Guardian newspaper
Read moreAugust 6, 2010
August 6, 2010
Every two years the National Governors’ Association (NGA) runs national awards for outstanding school governance. The awards aim to celebrate good school governance and spread examples of best practice throughout the school governor community. Don’t let great work go unnoticed! NGA wants to thank good governors for their time and efforts in contributing to school […]
Read moreJuly 23, 2010
July 23, 2010
The Visit our Schools and Colleges campaign was publically launched on 13 July. Hundreds of schools, colleges and employers have now registered online and schools, colleges and employers can continue to do so until 30 September. We want young people across England to benefit from contact with employers of all sectors and sizes. SMEs have […]
Read moreJuly 12, 2010
July 12, 2010
New KPMG research covering primary, secondary, special schools and academies shows that the quality and amount of education and employer engagement varies considerably between schools. A total of 63% of schools say that employer engagement is very beneficial or extremely beneficial. While 75% of school leaders believe that employer engagement has a positive impact on […]
Read moreJuly 5, 2010
July 5, 2010
This new School Governors One-Stop Shop (SGOSS) and University of Hertfordshire research report shows the ways in which Governors are valued by head teachers and schools. These include challenging and holding the leadership to account, monitoring, evaluation and getting to know the areas of school life in need of development. For the full report visit: […]
Read moreJune 22, 2010
June 22, 2010
The Education and Employers Taskforce has completed its first year of operation – here is our Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2010. Click here to view the 2010 accounts
Read moreJune 16, 2010
June 16, 2010
On 16 June the Education and Employers Taskforce hosted an event for our charity Trustees, education and business leaders. The event was hosted by Sir Martin Sorrell CEO, WPP and speakers included Chris Keates, General Secretary of NASUWT, Robert Peston, BBC business editor and Sir Martin Rake, Chairman of BT and UKCES. On 16 June […]
Read moreJune 9, 2010
June 9, 2010
The Visit our Schools website has just gone ‘live’ and you can now register online to take part in Visit our Schools week. Participating is completely free (for school/colleges and employers of all sectors and sizes) and only requires 1 or 2 hours of your time in the week of 18-22 October to visit a […]
Read moreMay 26, 2010
May 26, 2010
The first Enterprise Education Unconference will take place 12-13 May 2010 in Gijón, Spain. It is an open event to engage in a fruitful conversation about the present and future of enterprise education in Europe. The event is backed up with a simple user-led online platform that follows the recommendations of the High Level Reflection […]
Read moreMay 20, 2010
May 20, 2010
The demand for skilled people will intensify during the recovery, and employers’ top recruitment priorities are employability skills such as problem solving and team working, above exam results, a new survey reveals. The CBI believes that business has a key role to play in the education system. The new CBI report, called Ready to grow […]
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