March 30, 2024

Evaluation of The Careers & Enterprise Company’s Teacher Encounters Programme

March 30, 2024

Executive Summary Teachers and the wider education workforce play a key role in supporting young people’s career decision-making. However, the pace of change in the economy and industries can make it challenging for teachers to stay up to date with the skills employers need in a future workforce and the variety of opportunities and career […]

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October 8, 2021

Our Future Derby: New findings from ground-breaking regional project

October 8, 2021

This report discusses impact of  Our Future Derby project. Executive Summary  The project engaged at least 7,500 children and teachers through a range of inspirational career-related learning (CRL) activities involving volunteers from a wide variety of backgrounds and industry sectors. the aims of the project were to raise the aspirations of all pupils, inspire teachers […]

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December 2, 2016

The impact of career development activities on student attitudes towards school utility: an analysis of data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)

December 2, 2016

By Dr Elnaz T. Kashefpakdel (Senior Researcher, Education and Employers), Dr Anthony Mann (Director of Policy and Research, Education and Employers) and Matteo Schleicher   This study seeks to analyse whether greater teenage engagement in school-mediated career development activities, which include elements of direct exposure to the working world can be associated with more positive attitudes towards […]

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