Our seminars address issues related to employer engagement in education, including youth unemployment, career aspirations and school-to-work transitions. They are attended by a diverse range of individuals working within the field of education, including teachers, school leaders, employers, policy makers and academics. Seminars are free to attend, and slides, audio and video footage from each one are available below for public download.
February 5, 2018
February 5, 2018
Wednesday 18th April 2018 10:00 – 13:30 UCL Institute of Education, Central London Download the symposium programme. Organised by the charity Education and Employers and the UCL Institute of Education, Centre of Post 14 Education and Work, this half-day event sets out to provide participants with the opportunity to explore effective ways of supporting young people […]
Read moreAugust 22, 2017
August 22, 2017
Tuesday 3 October 2017 12.00 to 14.00 Amazon Room Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management 106-109 Saffron Hill, Farringdon, London EC1 8QS Please save the date for a new free seminar organised by Education and Employers in conjunction with The UCL Institute of Education’s Centre for Post-14 Education and Work exploring the nature of […]
Read moreMay 5, 2017
May 5, 2017
Monday 12th June 2017 10:30 – 16:15 Mary Sumner House, 24 Tufton St, Westminster, London SW1P 3RB (3 minutes from Westminster tube station) £95 + VAT including refreshments and light lunch The Careers Development Institute (CDI), the professional body for careers professionals and Education and Employers are delighted to be working together to bring you […]
Read moreApril 5, 2017
April 5, 2017
Thursday 4 May 2017 12.00 to 14.00 Room 731 UCL Institute of Education 20 Bedford Way London WC1H 0AL Education and Employers in conjunction with The UCL Institute of Education’s Centre for Post-14 Education and Work are hosting a series of seminars exploring careers education and employer engagement. The seminars will be of interest to […]
Read moreOctober 7, 2015
October 7, 2015
Speaker: Professor Hugh Lauder, University of Bath Hugh Lauder addressed the widely-held assumption of policy makers and orthodox economists is that there is a tight connection between education, skills and the labour market. He challenged the assumption, highlighting ways in which the connections between education and work have become problematic and questioning the dominant view […]
Read moreAugust 7, 2015
August 7, 2015
12.15 – 13.30 Westminster, Central London. Speaker: Anthony Mann (Education and Employers) Anthony Mann (Education and Employers) spoke on the implications of labour market change for schools and colleges, presenting findings from a collaborative project with Professor Prue Huddleston (University of Warwick). The presentation drew on interviews with eight leading international commentators on structural labour […]
Read moreJuly 8, 2015
July 8, 2015
12.20 – 13.30 Westminster, Central London. Speaker: David Massey (UKCES) The seminar focused on a new report from government’s skills experts the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) which revealed that the number of 16 and 17 year olds combining part-time work with their studies has halved – from just over a two-fifths (42%) in 1996 […]
Read moreMay 18, 2015
May 18, 2015
As youth unemployment has become the subject of ever greater concern around the world, interest has grown in those countries which appeared to have bucked the trend. Germany has attracted particular interest, not only for the excellence of its vocational provision, but also for the apparent smoothness of transitions from school to work. Comparative analysis […]
Read moreMay 15, 2015
May 15, 2015
June 3, 1530 – 1730. Westminster, London. As youth unemployment has become the subject of ever greater concern around the world, interest has grown in those countries which appeared to have bucked the trend. Germany has attracted particular interest, not only for the excellence of its vocational provision, but also for the apparent smoothness of […]
Read moreFebruary 12, 2015
February 12, 2015
This Education and Employers Taskforce research seminar, kindly hosted by UKCES, reported on an action research project conducted in two schools in East London, which aimed to enhance careers work for Years 7-9 in the context of the new requirements for schools to provide careers guidance. Presentation: Enhancing School-based Careers Work for Years 7-9 Full report: Enhancing School-based […]
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