December 17, 2018

Return on Volunteering

December 17, 2018

With kind support from Bank of American Merrill Lynch, Education and Employers will look to understand the benefits of volunteering in schools and seek to encourage more employers to support their volunteers. We know that volunteering in schools has huge benefits for young people, but we know far less about the impact on volunteers, which […]

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December 17, 2018

Career-related learning in primary: The role of primary teachers and schools in preparing children for the future

December 17, 2018

Teach First has commissioned Education and Employers Research to undertake research into career-related learning in primary schools and the important role that senior leaders and teachers can play in embedding career-related learning in primary schools. We want to explore what is the taxonomy of teacher roles within a primary context, what does success look like […]

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December 17, 2018

What works: Career-related learning in primary

December 17, 2018

We have been awarded funding from the Careers and Enterprise Company to compile evidence on the career-related learning of primary aged children’s decisions, aspirations and attitudes. In doing so our research will map key actions being taken by primary schools to support children’s transitions to secondary school and beyond. It considers how primary schools approach […]

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December 12, 2018

Research for Practice: Papers from our 5th International Conference on Employer Engagement in Education and Training.

December 12, 2018

Professor Prue Huddleston and Jordan Rehill (eds) Download the paper This publication presents contributions from the 2018 International Conference on Employer Engagement in Education and Training. The conference brought together delegates and speakers from around the world, sharing perspectives on employer engagement in education and training. The conference was the fifth hosted by Education and […]

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November 22, 2018

Joint Dialogue: How are Schools Developing Real Employability Skills

November 22, 2018

By Dr Elnaz Kashefpakdel (Education and Employers), Olly Newton (Edge Foundation), Janet Clark (National Education Union) Core contributors: Jordan Rehill, Max Haskins (Education and Employers), Dr Andrea Laczik, Katherine Emms (Edge Foundation) and Jon Taylor (National Education Union). The report was launched in Central London on the 22nd November 2018. The event was chaired by Caroline […]

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November 20, 2018

Engaging Employers in School Careers Guidance: A report on our Young Careers service

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

Value for Money in Higher Education

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

Destinations Data: Good practice for schools

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

Careers Provision in Colleges: What works?

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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