…more privileged backgrounds. It’s possible young people with the grades and potential to benefit from a top university are being turned away because they have only ‘Saturday jobs’ to talk…
The shadow education secretary, Andy Burnham, has called for the creation of a national UCAS-style system for apprenticeships to provide a clear path for teenagers who do not go to…
…England. The seminar will be taking place on Tuesday 30th October, 2012 between 10.15am-3.15pm at the Education and Employers Taskforce, 2nd Floor, Weston House, 246 High Holborn, London, WC1V 7EX…
…Charity in November 2017. Prior to this, she worked for a number of charities focusing on building young people’s skills, addressing poverty and disadvantage, both nationally and in developing countries….
Further education students are being invited to rate their college on a new website run by the watchdog Ofsted. In particular, they are being asked how well they think their…
Our technology enables schools to connect with inspirational volunteers from the world of work quickly and easily, revolutionising the way in which young people and children get insights into exciting…
…Read the full Evening Standard story. What can be done to help schools, young people and parents? New research shows that employee volunteering improves reading. Mentoring programmes such as Time…
…on the 7% of young people the independent sector educates, to provide such a high proportion of future generations of scientists, engineers, medics or linguists.” Read the full BBC story….
Teachers say it is important for pupils to hear directly from employers about careers a new TES/Taskforce survey shows. View the statistics: TES- Education and Taskforce Teacher Survey Spring 2012….
