September 10, 2015
September 10, 2015
By Dr Anthony Mann (Director of Policy and Research, Education and Employers) and Prue Huddleston (Professor Emeritus, University of Warwick). Young people are going into the labour market more highly qualified and with more years of education under their belts and yet are demonstrably struggling in the competition for work. The paper by Dr. […]
Read moreFebruary 16, 2015
February 16, 2015
A report edited and with an introduction by Dr Anthony Mann and Prue Huddleston, Professor Emeritus at the University of Warwick. The report features interviews with eight leading commentators on how schools can and should respond to a changing labour market to help young people succeed through school to work transitions.
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February 10, 2015
February 10, 2015
By Dr Anthony Mann (Director of Policy and Research, Education and Employers). Governments around the world, with the strong encouragement of the OECD and other international agencies, are determined on seeing closer engagement of employers in the schooling of young people. This short report commissioned by Skills Development Scotland and the Edge Foundation looks […]
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October 15, 2014
October 15, 2014
To accompany the launch of Primary Futures, the Education and Employers Taskforce and National Association of Head Teachers published a guide to employer engagement for primary school leaders. The guide discusses some of the most common activities that primary school teachers across the country organise with employers and employees to support learning and help primary school pupils […]
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July 7, 2014
July 7, 2014
This pamphlet presents findings from a small survey of 28 teachers, teaching assistants, head teachers and maths coordinators at schools that take part in Number Partners, a national employer volunteering scheme whereby volunteers go into primary schools to help children with their maths.
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May 19, 2014
May 19, 2014
Edited by Anthony Mann, Julian Stanley and Louise Archer (London: Routledge, 2014) The first collection of research essays on the subject of employer engagement in education, the book features 17 essays overwhelmingly drawn from papers presented at Education and Employers’ seminars and conferences. “This important book takes the first step in field building – pulling […]
Read moreJanuary 19, 2014
January 19, 2014
By Dr Anthony Mann (Director of Research and Policy, Education and Employers), and James Dawkins (Research Analyst, Education and Employers). A report by Dr Anthony Mann and James Dawkins setting out insights from three focus groups and five semi-structured interviews undertaken by the Education and Employer Engagement research team between 2011 and 2012. The report captures the views […]
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January 19, 2014
January 19, 2014
A report for CfBT Education Trust by Dr Anthony Mann, Director of Research and Policy with James Dawkins, Research Analyst at the Education and Employers Taskforce. The publication reviews wide-ranging UK and international literature exploring the impact of employer engagement in education, in its different forms, on the employment and attainment outcomes of young people.
Read moreOctober 19, 2013
October 19, 2013
A report for the Board of Trustees of the Edge Foundation by Dr Anthony Mann and Dr Baljinder Virk, Education and Employers Taskforce. This report aims to provide a critical review of research and public policy literature concerned with the characteristics of engagements between employers and schools, focusing on school provision for the age group 11-18: it does not examine provision in Further Education Colleges or Apprenticeships.
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March 21, 2013
March 21, 2013
By By Dr Anthony Mann (Director of Research and Policy, Education and Employers), and Christian Percy (An Independent Academic and Econometrician). An article by Dr Anthony Mann and economist Christian Percy from the peer-reviewed international Journal of Education and Work exploring the links between the earnings of young adults and the extent of school-mediated employer contacts they were exposed to […]
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