August 21, 2018
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 […]
Read moreAugust 21, 2018
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 […]
Read moreJuly 31, 2018
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 […]
Read moreJuly 19, 2018
July 19, 2018
By Dr Elnaz Kashefpakdel In this interim report, published by Education and Employers in partnership with TES and NAHT, the findings reveal the importance teachers place on introducing children to the world of work. The survey asks 250 primary schools heads and teaches across England about their opinions on career learning in primary and its […]
Read moreJuly 18, 2018
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 […]
Read moreJuly 16, 2018
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
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 […]
Read moreJune 13, 2018
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 […]
Read moreMay 21, 2018
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 […]
Read moreApril 19, 2018
April 19, 2018
In the third of a new collaborative seminar series, Education and Employers and the UCL Institute of Education (IOE) invited colleagues to discuss how schools, colleges, training providers and policy makers can support young people in their transitions in to further education and work. This half-day event set out to provide participants with the opportunity […]
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