August 21, 2018

Opportunity knocks? First report of the Youth Commission

August 21, 2018

By the Learning and Work Institute This first report of the Youth Commission examines the evidence on opportunities for young people and how they vary across England. It reports the findings of new polling on the views of young people and older generations on the current picture and what would make a difference. Key findings […]

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August 21, 2018

Career Guidance and Employer Engagement

August 21, 2018

By Pauline Mussett and Lucia Mytna Kurekova (OECD) Launched on the 5th July 2018 at the 5th International Conference on Employer Engagement in Education and Training a new report from the OECD – “Career guidance and employer engagement”. The report was presented by Dr Anthony Mann, Head of VET and Adult Learning at the OECD, and former Director of Research […]

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August 21, 2018

Debating the first principles of English vocational education

August 21, 2018

By The Edge Foundation Within the world of academic education, a huge amount of debate and work has taken place over recent decades to look at underlying questions about its purpose, the way in which knowledge and information is structured, the means of teaching and assessing and the role of education in society. This has […]

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July 31, 2018

Connecting the worlds of learning and work

July 31, 2018

In this new report, the Australian organisation the Mitchell Institute have emphasised the importance of school-industry partnerships in Australia’s education system. The report addresses a collective challenge for education and employers: ensuring that all young people in Australia develop the skills and capabilities that will enable them to succeed in the future of work. The […]

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July 18, 2018

Show and tell: Employers and career guidance

July 18, 2018

“What do you want to be when you grow up?” this is precisely the questions that the OECD asked to half a million 15-year olds in PISA 2015. A new OECD research paper looks at the results and found that most 15-year-olds already have career plans: only around 15% of them have not decided what […]

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July 16, 2018

5th International Conference on Employer Engagement in Education and Training: 2018 – Videos from the conference

July 16, 2018

Videos and short interviews from our 5th International Conference on Employer Engagement in Education and Training 2018.   Day One Russell Hobby (Teach First) Carl Ward (Association of School and College Leaders) Professor Kevin Orr (University of Huddersfield) ‘Putting skills to work: It’s not so much the what, or even the why, but how?’ Panel […]

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July 16, 2018

5th International Conference on Employer Engagement in Education and Training: 2018 – Presentations from the conference

July 16, 2018

Day one – Thursday 5th July 2018   Breakout session one Employability skills Helena Knapton (Edge Hill University) – What do employers want? A study of three professional pathways Stella Williams (Newman University)- Employability as a personal construct: Understanding the role of employers in education for employability Professor Bill Lucas (University of Winchester) – International […]

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June 13, 2018

Our 5th International Conference at a glance

June 13, 2018

With just under a month to go before the 5th International Conference on Employer Engagement in Education and Training, here at Education and Employers we are focused on preparing for the event of the year. We’ve curated a packed schedule over the two days with speakers from around the world defining and debating how employer engagement […]

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May 21, 2018

Educational disadvantage: How does England compare?

May 21, 2018

By Jerim, J., Greany, T. & Perara, N.  (Education Policy Institute) In the third and final report from the Education Policy Institute and the UCL Institute of Education, the authors investigate the socio-economic gap in secondary school pupils’ academic achievement. Using the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2015 dataset, the report investigates the academic performance […]

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