July 27, 2021
July 27, 2021
Developing the Young Workforce Glasgow This report presents a review of the research on the impact of employer engagement with schools and pupils. The intention is to use the research to encourage more engagement and to focus action on those groups and activities where there is particular evidence of strong impact. It synthesises different research reports of […]
Read moreJuly 22, 2021
July 22, 2021
The Inter-Agency Working Group on Career Guidance This booklet is the second edition of the first booklet on the importance of investing in career guidance published six international organisations. Members of the Inter-Agency Working Group on Career Guidance (WGCG) published this booklet to reflect the fact that the need for guidance had increased sharply with […]
Read moreJuly 22, 2021
July 22, 2021
This report by looks at the impact of Primary Futures and explores how the programme can be scaled up. Executive Summary Primary Futures connects primary schools with volunteers from a wide range of diverse backgrounds, with different career journeys and doing different jobs. Schools are connected with volunteers via a secure state of the art […]
Read moreJune 16, 2021
June 16, 2021
Australian Council for Educational Research The report by Sheldon Rothman discusses research that engaged directly with school leaders and teachers around what they want from engagement with business, including reflections on experiences to date. Executive Summary: In recent years there have been policy discussions of the potential value of businesses engaging in the school education […]
Read moreMarch 24, 2021
March 24, 2021
Our report reveals how learning about work at primary-age has a positive impact on children’s futures.
Read moreJanuary 20, 2021
January 20, 2021
As we begin a new year, it’s traditional to take stock of the past in order to look forward, to imagine and plan for a better future. Looking ahead and beyond the current pandemic, how do we envisage education changing? The events of the past year have accelerated our increasing familiarity and use of technology […]
Read moreJanuary 14, 2021
January 14, 2021
Further Education Trust for Leadership This new research conducted by Deirdre Hughes OBE explores the ways in which leaders can provide young people and adults with the pathways they need to achieve success, and aims to encourage discussion around ways forward in these uncertain times. Executive Summary: FETL commissioned this ‘think piece’ to stimulate ideas […]
Read moreJanuary 8, 2021
January 8, 2021
The Value of Volunteering report, in collaboration with the CIPD, reveals the positive value that organisations can realise by supporting their staff to undertake volunteering in schools and colleges. It shows that employers who support their staff to volunteer have found employees to be more motivated, more productive and have a better sense of well-being. […]
Read moreDecember 17, 2020
December 17, 2020
Dr Anthony Mann, Senior Policy Analyst, Directorate for Education and Skills, OECD I know from personal experience that youth unemployment is a wretched thing. In my early twenties growing up in the north of England I struggled to make progress within an unwelcoming labour market. Research studies show that I could have expected to be ‘scarred’ […]
Read moreDecember 17, 2020
December 17, 2020
OECD The paper reviews academic literature that analyses national longitudinal datasets evidencing teenage career-related indicators of better than expected adult employment outcomes. It then draws on PISA2018 data to see how countries compare and explores variations by social characteristics. The analysis is influenced by Arjan Apparadui’s conception of the Capacity to Aspire, and sees indicators […]
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