Sir Gus creates a buzz in school visit
The country’s top civl servant, Sir Gus O’Donnell, spoke at Goffs School in Waltham as part of the new Speakers for Schools initiative. Read the story – Sir Gus creates…
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Employers train school leavers who lack work skills
When Morrisons planned a new store in the employment black spot of Salford, it promised to give jobs to local youngsters. Of the 210 staff who will start work when…
Robert Peston talks to The Times about Speakers for Schools
Robert Peston talks to The Times magazine about being the voice of the recession, a sense of fairness and his new charity Speakers for Schools. Read the full Robert Peston…
Tomorrow’s Engineers – application to deliver activities
The aim of the Tomorrow’s Engineers programme is to increase the pipeline of future engineers. They will do this by endeavoring to reach every state-funded secondary school in the UK…
Poor language skills a £7.3 billion ‘tax on trade’ for UK
A new research report The economic case for language learning and the role of employer engagement published today the Education and Employers Taskforce argues the economic case for language learning…
Curriculum changes pushed back to 2014
National curriculum changes have been pushed back by the government until 2014. The longer timescale is to allow further debate. Labour’s Stephen Twigg MP urges cross-party talks to achieve consensus…
You Gov research findings
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…
Education and employer partnerships celebrated at Guildhall event
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…
New research demonstrates the need for better education-employer engagement
The Taskforce releases today four research papers which collectively provide significant new data on the value of partnerships between employers and schools and colleges. Three Taskforce partners have worked with…
CBI’s Richard Lambert on tackling youth unemployment and the role of employers
Richard Lambert, Director-General of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), and an Education and Employers Taskforce Trustee, made a speech to a Deloitte breakfast meeting entitled ‘Breaking the cycle of…