Briefing Notes: The Skills Employers Want! Cedefop develops real-time skills intelligence by analysing online job vacancies.

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 […]

Skills shortages in the UK economy – Edge Bulletin 4

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 […]

What should careers education look like in Early Years and primary settings?

April 17, 2019

Will Millard, Head of Policy Advocacy at LKMco, shares his thoughts as to what careers education should look like in Early Years and primary settings. Before we began the research for LKMco’s new report on careers education, I wouldn’t have necessarily been supportive of the idea of young children taking part in a careers education […]

Why is employer engagement important? A literature review for the Edge Foundation.

April 9, 2019

What influences aspirations? A working paper using data from the Millennium Cohort Study

April 9, 2019

This project uses data from the Millennium Cohort Study to ask; what influences the aspirations and expectations of children and adolescents? Do background factors, such as deprivation, geography and gender, influence the sector or type of job young people aspire to one day have. This paper is the first of a number of shorter more […]

Youth employment figures unpacked: Skills and social capital in a transforming labour market

March 25, 2019

Jordan Rehill (Research Analyst, Education and Employers) The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) published earlier this month provide a stark reminder of the challenge that young people face when looking for stable and secure employment. While overall NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training) figures for 18-24-year olds have declined in […]

Closing the Regional Attainment Gap

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 […]

Post-16 Institutions and Providers Omnibus Survey – Wave 6 Findings

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 […]

Occupational Aspirations of Children from Primary School to Teenage Years Across Ethnic Groups 

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 […]

PISA in Focus #93 – Why Don’t More Girls Choose to Pursue a Science Career?

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 […]