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On 16 June the Education and Employers Taskforce hosted an event for our charity Trustees, education and business leaders. The event was hosted by Sir Martin Sorrell CEO, WPP and…

Shadow education secretary, Stephen Twigg, calls for a culture change in the UK for high-level practical courses to be viewed with as much prestige as degrees. Parents are ‘urged to…

A quarter of teenagers say they have never received any careers advice, according to poll conducted for City and Guilds. The survey of 15-19 year olds found those on vocational…

How state schools can benefit from looking at the ways independent schools engage with the private sector? Attend our Education and Employers Taskforce and Times Educational Supplement (TES) free Manchester…

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…

The Taskforce is taking part in a conference on ‘Social mobility and education: improving life chances, raising aspiration and widening access to the professions’ with Alan Milburn, the Government’s Independent…

Speakers for Schools inspires pupils. One of the first speakers to take part in the programme was Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg who addressed pupils at Charles Edward Brooke School…

BBC business editor Robert Peston’s Speakers for Schools is being launched this week with a series of 25 talks in state secondary schools and colleges by high profile speakers such…

A new Joseph Rowntree report has been published about ‘Influence of parents, places and poverty on educational attitudes & aspirations’. This report aims to better understand the relationship between young…

The Government is looking to provide grant funding to help scale up and improve brokerage between businesses and the youth sector (young people aged 13-19) in England. The specification document…