February 28, 2011
February 28, 2011
‘Time to Read – a 10 year review’ is available in summary and as a full report. This Business in the Community commissioned report looks at business volunteers helping deprived pupils with literacy.
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February 28, 2011
A new scheme called IT Ambassadors has been set up by e-skills UK as part of the drive to excite young people about the potential of technology, and to give them a better understanding of the creativity of an IT career. IT Ambassadors is a partner scheme to STEM Ambassadors. More than 40 guides are […]
Read moreFebruary 18, 2011
February 18, 2011
How can CSR be made to matter? The Evening Standard’s Christ Blackhurst talks about the culture change needed for the Big Society to be successful. For the Big Society to be a truly transformative mass movement it needs to be made to appeal to companies. Read the London Evening Standard article.
Read moreFebruary 18, 2011
February 18, 2011
Schools will be held accountable for the career success of their pupils under a government plan to publish information about the proportion who go on to university or get jobs after they leave. The plan is part of a strategy to increase pressure on schools to deliver good outcomes for pupils. Ministers are concerned that […]
Read moreFebruary 16, 2011
February 16, 2011
A record number of 16 to 24-year olds are out of work and more people than ever are in part-time jobs because they can’t find full-time employment, official figures revealed today. The youth unemployment rate is now 20.5% following a 66,000 increase to 965,000, the highest figures since records began in 1992. This adds to […]
Read moreFebruary 15, 2011
February 15, 2011
Almost twice as many teenagers are studying science in Scotland compared with the rest of the UK, according to a leading scientific institution. The Royal Society has said schools elsewhere in the UK should look north to emulate successes in the Scottish education system, and have called for an overhaul of the A-level system to […]
Read moreFebruary 14, 2011
February 14, 2011
Los Angeles area automotive high school students compete for the title of ‘America’s Top Technician’. The competition is the auto industry’s largest school-to-work initiative. Read the full PRWeb story.
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February 14, 2011
Professor Ewart Keep, SKOPE, Cardiff School of Social Sciences, will talk about ‘Education and Industry – An Overview and Critique of Current Thinking’ 12.30 on 23 March 2011 at the Education and Employers Taskforce office in Holborn, London. This seminar reflects on three decades of education and industry interaction. The aim will be to explore […]
Read moreFebruary 11, 2011
February 11, 2011
Nearly half of children in England are not reaching what teachers consider a good level of development by the age of five, public health professionals say. Child development experts say simple things like reading to children every day will have a positive impact on their development, this highlights the role that reading buddy and number […]
Read moreFebruary 10, 2011
February 10, 2011
Suliat Ogunyinka says she would never have got to study medicine without a university’s access scheme for disadvantaged teenagers. Read the full Guardian Story.
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