March 21, 2017
March 21, 2017
In the first of a four-part seminar series, the Careers and Enterprise Company invited Dr Anthony Mann of Education and Employers to join Professor Tristram Hooley to discuss the current landscape of careers provision , drawing on recent publications to guide practice for teachers and other careers professionals. The seminar began with Professor Tristram […]
Read moreFebruary 8, 2017
February 8, 2017
The world of work in 2017 is defined by change: new types of working (in the ‘gig’ economy of zero hour contract work and portfolio careers); rapid automation (ranging from the proliferation of self-service machines in supermarkets to self-driving cars); and, extended with people starting paid employment later and working longer into old age. […]
Read moreJanuary 30, 2017
January 30, 2017
By Dr Anthony Mann, Dr Elnaz T. Kashefpakdel, Jordan Rehill and Professor Prue Huddleston Read the full report here. This report, published with support from Lifeskills created with Barclays, sets out findings from a survey of 1,744 young British adults aged 19-24. The survey undertaken on behalf of Education and Employers by YouGov investigates the experiences of respondents as […]
Read moreJanuary 20, 2017
January 20, 2017
By Dr Anthony Mann, James Dawkins and Rachael McKeown Read the full report here. towards-an-employer-engagement-toolkit This study explores the perceptions of 390 UK secondary school staff about the value of 16 different work-related and employer engagement activities which are commonly undertaken by pupils between the ages 12 to 16 and explicitly investigates what schools staff think about the impact of […]
Read moreJanuary 19, 2017
January 19, 2017
By Sandra McNally, Professor in the School of Economics at the University of Surrey. The type and quality of education matters for labour market prospects, as reflected in future employment and earnings. There is often dissatisfaction expressed with the careers information and advice provided to students at school and beyond. It’s a matter of common […]
Read moreJanuary 18, 2017
January 18, 2017
Today, we launched the new Education and Employers Research twitter account @Edu_Eresearch. Follow us for: Regular updates on our own leading-edge research into the impact and delivery of employer engagement in education in the UK and internationally. Updates to our free online research library containing summaries of key research projects and papers on the topic […]
Read moreDecember 19, 2016
December 19, 2016
By Dr Anthony Mann (Director of Policy and Research, Education and Employers) and Prue Huddleston (Professor Emeritus, University of Warwick). In the British Journal of Guidance & Counselling This study investigates the UK youth labour market, looking at how changes within it have (negatively) affected the economic prospects of young Britons. Considered collectively, no generation […]
Read moreDecember 15, 2016
December 15, 2016
By Dr Jennifer DeWitt, Research Fellow at King’s College London What did you want to be when you grew up? What were your aspirations when you were at school? A ballerina? A fire fighter? An astronaut? For most of us, our aspirations are deeply connected with how we see ourselves now and in the future. […]
Read moreDecember 2, 2016
December 2, 2016
By Dr Elnaz T. Kashefpakdel (Senior Researcher, Education and Employers), Dr Anthony Mann (Director of Policy and Research, Education and Employers) and Matteo Schleicher This study seeks to analyse whether greater teenage engagement in school-mediated career development activities, which include elements of direct exposure to the working world can be associated with more positive attitudes towards […]
Read moreDecember 1, 2016
December 1, 2016
By Jeremy Staff and Jeylan T. Mortimer Read the full article here. This chapter sits within a growing canon of both US and UK scholarship analysing the impact of term-time paid employment on both short and long term educational attainment, as well as long term economic outcomes. In this essay, Mortimer and Staff analyse the […]
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