This online library provides a comprehensive repository of the different and effective approaches to employer engagement and careers education. Developed over the last decade it brings together the latest thinking with selected research published over the past 40 years for the benefit of researchers, academics and policy makers.
Free to access and searchable by keyword, it features summaries of a wide range of studies with abstracts and links to the full reports. With research articles and reports from leading figures and education bodies, you can examine issues such as employer-led learning, youth employment, career related learning in primary schools, and social mobility, as well as information on gender, ethnicity, and specific subject study such as STEM.
The main library is complemented by an extensive online video collection and a physical library. The video collection comprises over 150 videos of researchers discussing their work and its implications for policy and practice, together with conference presentations and seminars.
January 31, 2019
January 31, 2019
By Merryn Hutchings and Becky Francis (published December 2018) This new report from the Sutton Trust is the fifth and final piece in their annual Chain Effects series, examining the impact of academy chains on the attainment of disadvantaged pupils. The academy programme was in launch in 2000 and has been promoted by successive governments […]
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November 20, 2018
November 20, 2018
By Reed in Partnership (published November 2018) This new report from Reed in Partnership examines the success of its Young Careers service and the benefits of employer engagement for employers and what good careers provision looks like. The Young Careers service takes a whole school approach in building sustainable employer/school relationships and engaging students with […]
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November 20, 2018
November 20, 2018
By the House of Commons Education Committee (Published October 2018) This report from the House of Commons Education Committee examines the concept of value for money in higher education from the perspectives of graduate outcomes, social justice, senior management pay, quality of teaching and the role of the Office for Students. The last few years […]
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November 20, 2018
November 20, 2018
By the Department for Education (October 2018) This new guidance from the Department for Education (DfE) explains how to use destination data and measures to understand the positions of students two years after leaving Key Stage 4 and help teachers plan, review and improve careers provision and student progression. Destination data is any information that […]
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November 20, 2018
November 20, 2018
By The Careers and Enterprise Company (published November 2018) This report from the Careers and Enterprise Company (CEC) examines best practice in careers provision in colleges in England. While the Gatsby Benchmarks are not a statutory framework for colleges, they are expected to follow the guidance in full by 2020 to ensure that they are […]
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November 20, 2018
November 20, 2018
By CBI & Pearson (published November 2018) This CBI and Pearson report marks the tenth anniversary of their annual Education and Skills Survey. The 2018 survey received responses representing over 28,000 businesses consisting of, but not limited to, organisations from manufacturing, education, construction and the financial services. Amongst the report’s most important findings, 79% of […]
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November 20, 2018
November 20, 2018
By OECD (published October 2018) Using data from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2015, this new report from the OECD examines how high performance and positive attitudes towards schooling affects success in higher education and early career outcomes in disadvantaged students. Achieving equity in education requires that the differences in students’ educational outcomes […]
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November 20, 2018
November 20, 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 with the same set of questions on career learning, employability skills and social action, as well as subsections on experiences in college, sixth form, university, apprenticeships and […]
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October 22, 2018
October 22, 2018
By CVER (published October 2018) This new CVER report examines how the educational aspirations of pupils between the ages of 14 to 16 are influenced by their school peers. Young people were surveyed to understand whether their peers’ educational achievements, socio-economic background and aspirations affected their own. To avoid any selection biases amongst peer groups, […]
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October 22, 2018
October 22, 2018
By HECSU (published October 2018) What do Graduates do? 2018/9 examines first-degree graduates’ destination six months after completing university. Data taken from the Higher Education Statistics Agency’s Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE) 2016/17 provides insight into the careers of postgraduate students finishing degrees in business and administration, creative arts, technology and engineering, humanities, science and […]
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