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.
April 24, 2019
April 24, 2019
Ofqual & YouGov Read the findings here. This report presents the findings of Wave 17 of the Perceptions Survey. This survey was originally commissioned by the QCA in 2003 to annually assess perceptions of GCSE and A-Level systems. The survey was undertaken with […]
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April 24, 2019
April 24, 2019
Cedefop Read the briefing here. In this briefing note from the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) the authors discuss their ongoing investigation into 21st century skill shortages, European labour market trends and the growth of online job vacancies. With concerns being raised around the […]
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April 24, 2019
Edge Foundation Read the bulletin here. The fourth bulletin from the Edge Foundation reports on the current and future state of the UK labour market. This publication features Education and Employers, the Edge Foundation and the NEU’s recent report ‘Joint Dialogue: How are schools […]
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March 25, 2019
March 25, 2019
Sutton Trust & APPG on Social Mobility (February 2019) Read the report here. This new report from the Sutton Trust summarises the evidence submitted to the all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on Social Mobility Inquiry into the Regional Attainment Gap, which ran between November 2017 and June 2018. Amongst the many challenges that the APPG […]
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March 25, 2019
March 25, 2019
Department for Education (February 2019) Read the report here. The new post 16 Institutions and Providers Omnibus Survey examines post-16 education across England to gain a better understanding of how public and private institutions view recent changes to post-16 provision and explore how they are adapting to ensure learners are prepared for the world […]
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March 25, 2019
March 25, 2019
Centre or Longitudinal Studies & The Runnymede Trust (March 2019) Read the report here. This joint report from the Centre for Longitudinal Studies and the Runnymede Trust examines how occupational aspirations of girls and boys from different ethnic groups compare and to what extent they impact occupational outcomes. The authors use data from 6,242 girls […]
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March 25, 2019
March 25, 2019
OECD (February 2019) Read the report here. In the latest issue of PISA in Focus, the authors explore data from the 2015 wave of PISA to examine gender differences in global science performance and why more girls don’t pursue a science career. Across the 67 PISA participating countries, boys outperform girls in science in 22 […]
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March 25, 2019
March 25, 2019
Learning and Work Institute (March 2019) Read the report here. This new report from the Learning and Work Institute argues that improvements in the UK’s skills base have stalled and are set to slow further over the next ten years. Since the 2008 financial crisis, economic growth has been slower in the last decade than […]
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February 27, 2019
February 27, 2019
By NFER (published February 2019) This new report is the final phase of a two-phase project by National Foundation for Education Research (NFER) examining the project-based learning (PBL) and employer engagement aspects of University Technical Colleges’ (UTCs) curriculum development and delivery. The Buck Institute for Education defines PBL as a teaching method in which students […]
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February 27, 2019
February 27, 2019
By CBI (published January 2019) Nearly two years on after the introduction of the Apprenticeship Levy, apprenticeship starts have fallen by around 40%. While the government has adopted several recommendations made by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) in their last Education and Skills Annual report, this report marks the first of the CBI’s series of Levy […]
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