March 5, 2020
March 5, 2020
The Working Futures series by the Warwick Institute for Employment Research is a study of past and possible future employment prospects in the UK labour market over 10-year periods. Working Futures primarily investigates demand for skills by occupation and qualification. This most recent report, covering 2017 to 2027, is an attempt to give a detailed […]
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March 3, 2020
March 3, 2020
New research shows the extent to which the aspirations of young people are influenced by inequalities such as class, gender and ethnicity. The work, by the UCL Institute of Education (IOE), finds that the ways in which young people identify with science are also influenced by whether a young person has been able to experience […]
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February 21, 2020
February 21, 2020
A major new report has been published which examines the career aspirations of 7-13 years olds in New Zealand. The research format and methodology is based on Drawing the Future which charity Education and Employers and its partners TES Global, the NAHT, OECD Education and Skills, and UCL Institute of Education published during the World […]
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January 29, 2020
January 29, 2020
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) have released their report Dream Jobs: Teenagers’ Career Aspirations and the Future of Work. The report, based on PISA 2018 data, analyses changes (or lack of) of career aspirations of young people since 2000. Read the full report here.
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December 10, 2019
December 10, 2019
Over the past decade ‘aspirations’ have received considerable attention within UK policy. The emphasis on aspirations has proved extremely evocative, in particular the notion that raising the aspirations of poor families is an important device in improving low educational attainment and social mobility. The issue of low aspirations has featured in White Papers and educational […]
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June 21, 2019
June 21, 2019
Ian Mcintosh and Julia Yates Journal of the National Institute for Career Education and Counselling, 42(1), pp. 9-17. Read the article. Government policy on English schools’ careers activities indicates an emphasis on employer interventions over traditional career guidance. This article by researchers with City, University of London begins with a literature review suggesting that the […]
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June 21, 2019
June 21, 2019
The Nuffield Foundation Read the interim report. Work placements offered to Year 12 students are effective in increasing access to university courses in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), according to findings from this report from the Nuffield Foundation. It is widely recognised that there is a shortage of skills in STEM subjects in the […]
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June 17, 2019
June 17, 2019
Department for Education Read the report In February 2018, Theresa May announced that there would be a “wide-ranging review into post-18 education” led by Philip Augar. This new review of Post-18 Education and Funding presented to Parliament in May 2019 drew evidence from an extensive literature review of post-18 education provision and funding, 370 submissions […]
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June 17, 2019
Education Endowment Foundation and NFER Read the research briefing This new report from the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) and the Education Endowment Foundation summaries the findings from a nationally representative survey of schools and teachers investigating their use of research. The findings are based on survey results from 1,670 teachers in England administered […]
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June 17, 2019
June 17, 2019
Institute for Effective Education (published March 2019) Read the report With teachers and schools being encouraged to become more evidence-based, the Institute for Effective Education has released this resource to help education practitioners understand research methods, interpret evidence and decipher jargon. The guide provides explanations of the different kinds of evidence found within educational research […]
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