May 8, 2018
May 8, 2018
New Zealand’s Ministry of Education is taking an innovative approach to formulating its countries education strategy. It has organised two Education Summits as part of a public conversation with New Zealanders about the value of education and the future challenges and opportunities in their education system. The first Summit took place on Saturday and Sunday […]
Read moreMarch 21, 2018
March 21, 2018
Children in the US are drawing more women scientists than in previous decades, according to a new study by researchers at Northwestern University in the United States. They have analysed five decades of “Drawing the Scientist” test designed to investigate children’s perceptions of the scientist. When asked to draw a scientist, less than one per […]
Read moreMarch 15, 2018
March 15, 2018
Inspiring the Future's new campaign NO MORE FEMALE PROFESSIONALS asks whether the language we all use when talking about jobs, contributes to the problem of unconscious gender bias which limits the opportunities that children perceive they have.
Read moreMarch 13, 2018
March 13, 2018
Do you work in a primary school? A new survey, launched in collaboration with the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) and the Tes, asks primary school heads and teachers for their opinions on introducing children to the world of work. Specifically, the survey asks what primary schools are doing to help children’s understanding of […]
Read moreMarch 12, 2018
March 12, 2018
Read the article in FE News here. Over recent years significant public resource has been devoted to improving young people’s awareness of apprenticeships. Yet while teenage applications have increased, teenage apprenticeship starts have stagnated. Recent government data has shown that fewer than 26% of apprenticeship starts come straight from school or college. If apprenticeships are […]
Read moreMarch 8, 2018
March 8, 2018
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March 8, 2018
To mark International Women’s day 2018, they launched a Chinese version of our #RedrawTheBalance film.
Read moreMarch 8, 2018
March 8, 2018
This National Apprenticeship Week and on International Women's Day, Inspiring the Future ran an Inspiring Apprenticeship event at Eastbrook School in Dagenham.
Read moreMarch 1, 2018
March 1, 2018
The report, funded by the Commercial Education Trust, revealed that the negative perceptions around apprenticeships among students, teachers and parents hampers take-up and highlights how more needs to be done to ensure equal guidance for both academic and vocational pathways and challenge views about the suitably of different apprenticeships across genders. The report demonstrates the […]
Read moreFebruary 13, 2018
February 13, 2018
Primary schools across Wakefield are running a series of inspiring events throughout spring, designed to inspire children about the huge range of interesting and exciting career possibilities available to them. Inspiring Wakefield will launched on 13 February at South Parade Primary with volunteers from a wide range of interesting careers, coming in to schools to […]
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