Education and Employers

Inspiring apprenticeships with Airbus

…the world of work. Students learnt about the different jobs and apprenticeships at Airbus, and attended presentations from current and past apprentices, a Graduate Project Demonstration – Space Oddity –…

Manisha Sandhu

Manisha is responsible for providing support and assistance to recruiters and volunteers using the Inspiring Governance Programme. Manisha graduated from university with a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and International Relations….

Apprenticeship Outreach: Engaging with under-represented groups to improve social mobility

…schools and teachers should be addressed with better access to information and resources. Third, universities should step up access and outreach activities for degree apprenticeships, working in collaboration with employers…

Jude Waites

…Durham University, from which Jude graduated in 2020, he has a passion for utilising extra-curricular educational activities as a tool for social mobility. Prior to joining the charity, Jude worked…

Inspiring young people about careers in hospitality at the Grosvenor House Hotel

…House Hotel in Mayfair, London. The first event of the year brought together over 100 students from schools across London. Volunteers were in attendance from organisations including Red Carnation Hotels,…

Career ready? Preparing young people for working life

…inequalities. Unfortunately, data for UK from the PISA2018 survey shows that it is young people from the most disadvantaged quarter of students by socio-economic status who routinely have less access…

Education to Work Transitions: How the Old Middle Went Missing and Why the New Middle Remains Elusive (University of Liverpool)

…they have been overshadowed by sociological attention to the young unemployed/NEETs on the one side, and university students and graduates on the other. Simultaneously, economists have been crowding out sociologists…

A Multination Study of Socioeconomic Inequality in Expectations for Progression to Higher Education: The Role of Between-School Tracking and Ability Stratification (Australian Catholica University, University College London)

…expectations are detached from reality. Importantly, the gap between expectations and actual attainment differs both by country and is larger for those who are poorer. Educational expectations are an important…

Youth Voice Census Report 2018

By Youth Employment UK (published October 2018) This annual census from Youth Employment UK explores the views of 14-25-year olds in education, training and employment. 1,498 young people were surveyed…

Creating Pathways to Prosperity: A Blueprint for Action

…to these issues, but whose active involvement will be absolutely necessary for achieving the vision. It offers a framework for understanding how civic leadership and other key components of the…