‘Visit our schools’ campaign

The Taskforce and its partners are planning a major campaign with the aim of encouraging leading CEOs from the private and public sectors, at the invitation of headteachers, to “visit…



Taskforce welcomes new European initiatives

The Taskforce welcomes two recent European level developments in education- employer engagement. European Entrepreneurship Education report unveiled The final report and evaluation of the pilot High Level Reflection Panels on…


‘Visit Our Schools’ campaign update

The date for the Education and Employers Taskforce Visit our Schools campaign has been confirmed as the week of 18 – 22 October 2010. To sign up for campaign bulletins…


Taskforce Research Conference announced

The Education and Employers Taskforce is sponsoring its first research conference to bring together leading academics and analysts from the fields of education policy and human resource management to share…


Invitation to tender

There is a call for tenders to evaluate the effectiveness of the National Centre for Languages (CILT) language learning programme during the current funding period. This is a national programme…


Speakers for Schools launches in Scotland

Charity Speakers for Schools launches today in Scotland with talks in state secondary schools by Alex Salmond, First Minister rand Michael Moore, Secretary of State for Scotland. Talks from leaders…


Demand for highly skilled staff to grow says CBI/EDI

The demand for skilled people will intensify during the recovery, and employers’ top recruitment priorities are employability skills such as problem solving and team working, above exam results, a new…


Social mobility lagging behind other nations

Social mobility in the UK is lagging behind other nations, says a major new Sutton Trust report. Life chances remain stubbornly linked to your parent’s education. Read the full Telegraph…


Speak up article about charity launch

The (NAHT) Leadership Focus magazine latest issue carries a ‘Speak up’ article about the launch of charity Speakers for Schools. Read the National Association of Headteachers’ full article….