Research Archive - Page 21 of 43 - Education and Employers

January 18, 2018

Drawing the Future

January 18, 2018

Exploring the career aspirations of primary school children from around the world By Nick Chambers, Elnaz T. Kashefpakdel, Jordan Rehill and Christian Percy Download the full report Our 2019 reports on the benefits of career-related learning in primary can be found here: What Works: Career-related learning in primary (2018) and Career-related learning in primary: The role of primary teachers and schools […]

January 11, 2018

Employer engagement in education: insights from international evidence for effective practice and future research

January 11, 2018

By Anthony Mann, Jordan Rehill and Elnaz T. Kashefpakdel Read the report here. Education and Employers, with the kind support of the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), has published a review of the evidence on how employers can support schools to improve outcomes for pupils. Previous research by Education and Employers highlighted the importance of good quality careers education […]

December 11, 2017

5th International Conference on Employer Engagement in Education and Training: 2018

December 11, 2017

On the 5th and 6th July 2018 in London, Education and Employers and the Edge Foundation brought together leading researchers, practitioners and policy makers from around the world to present recent research and discuss employer engagement in education, policy development and delivery and provide a platform to inform governments with innovative policy and leadership in […]

November 6, 2017

Making the Grade: Does involvement in activities with employers impact the academic achievement of young people?

November 6, 2017

By Elnaz T. Kashefpakdel, Jordan Rehill and Anthony Mann Making the Grade A new research summary, kindly sponsored by LifeSkills created with Barclays, presents findings from a new survey of secondary school teachers, in which they argue employer engagement and work experience are critical to achieving top grades. As governments around the world seek to tackle stubbornly […]

October 31, 2017

What works in Transition Skills (Mock interviews and CV workshops)? Our findings published in a new Careers and Enterprise Company report

October 31, 2017

By Jordan Rehill, Elnaz T. Kashefpakdel and Anthony Mann Download the full report here. Research carried out by the research team at Education and Employers has been published in a new Careers and Enterprise Company report. The report presents new and existing evidence on the impact and delivery of transition skills events (CV workshops […]

October 31, 2017

Educating our economic future: Second report from an independent advisory group on skills chaired by Professor Roy Anderson

October 31, 2017

A new report by the Education Policy Institute and Pearson In 2012, with the education system at the start of a period of significant reform across all stages, Pearson invited Sir Roy Anderson to chair an independent advisory group to investigate concerns around the lack of readiness of 18-year-old students for the world of work […]

October 25, 2017

Can computers perform workplace tasks better than people?

October 25, 2017

By Andreas Schleicher (Director for Education and Skills, OECD) Digitalization is connecting people, cities, countries and continents, bringing together a majority of the world’s population in ways that vastly increase our individual and collective potential. Yet the same forces have also made the world more volatile, more complex and more uncertain. The rolling […]

October 16, 2017

IGD investigates the skills gap in the food and grocery industry

October 16, 2017

By Fiona Miller Head of Employability and Skills, IGD IGD, the education and training charity for the food and grocery industry, has launched new research that investigates the nature of the skills gap in food and grocery. This research will help to understand the underlying causes of the skills gap and what can be […]

October 13, 2017

Inspire2Learn Leadership Conference 2017

October 13, 2017

Education and Employers were delighted to present at the annual Inspire2Learn Leadership Conference 2017. The event saw primary and secondary leaders from Redcar, Cleveland the wider Tees Valley come together to discuss new ideas in broadening the aspirations of young people and improving education and employment outcomes for young people as they come proceed through […]

October 9, 2017

What works in careers events? Webinar with Dr Elnaz T. Kashefpakdel (Head of Research, Education and Employers)

October 9, 2017

Research carried out by the research team at Education and Employers has been published in a new Careers and Enterprise Company report. The report presents the evidence on the operation and impact of careers events held in UK schools and colleges. As modern school-to-work transitions have become increasingly complex, the need for adequate careers provision […]