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January 21, 2010

Education and employer partnerships celebrated at Guildhall event

January 21, 2010

SSAT hosted a policy forum of business and school leaders to champion school/employer partnerships. The event also saw the launch of Creating effective partnerships with employers: guidance for teachers. Produced by the SSAT in collaboration with the Education and Employers Taskforce, the publication identifies the key characteristics of successful employer engagement, presenting case studies and […]

January 12, 2010

Taskforce welcomes 10th International Education and Business Partnership Conference

January 12, 2010

The 10th International Education Business Partnership Conference program focuses strongly on the increasing interaction between corporate social investment strategies, communities and learning partnership systems and programs in many countries. The common ground between schools, communities and business is becoming better defined as economies and societies become more knowledge-based and business becomes more aware of the […]

January 6, 2010

You Gov research findings

January 6, 2010

The EDGE Annual Programme of Stakeholder Research: Business in Schools published in January 2010 found that many teachers did not think there were enough opportunities for children to experience the workplace; 51% had this view, while only 28% though there were enough opportunities. Teachers were likely to think that there was insufficient employer engagement in […]