Research Archive - Page 30 of 43 - Education and Employers

March 6, 2015

Schools engaging with employers to fulfil statutory requirements in career guidance for KS3: opportunities and pitfalls

March 6, 2015

The Education Act 2011 handed over responsibility for the provision of careers guidance in England to schools. Schools are now required to provide ‘independent’ and ‘impartial’ career guidance to all pupils from year 8 upwards. In the past, careers work was the responsibility of local authority funded Careers Services, and from 2001-11, of Connexions, the […]

March 5, 2015

Girls, boys and career expectations

March 5, 2015

Given what we know about 15-year-olds’ performance in school, who do you think is well-prepared to look for a job or continued studies after compulsory education ends: girls or boys? A new PISA study, The ABC of Gender Equality in Education: Aptitude, Behaviour, Confidence has an alarming answer to this question: neither. In a rare, […]

February 16, 2015

How should our schools respond to the demands of the twenty first century labour market? Eight perspectives

February 16, 2015

A report edited and with an introduction by Dr Anthony Mann and Prue Huddleston, Professor Emeritus at the University of Warwick. The report features interviews with eight leading commentators on how schools can and should respond to a changing labour market to help young people succeed through school to work transitions.

February 12, 2015

Enhancing School-based Careers Work for Years 7-9

February 12, 2015

This Education and Employers Taskforce research seminar, kindly hosted by UKCES, reported on an action research project conducted in two schools in East London, which aimed to enhance careers work for Years 7-9 in the context of the new requirements for schools to provide careers guidance. Presentation: Enhancing School-based Careers Work for Years 7-9 Full report: Enhancing School-based […]

February 10, 2015

Key Issues in Employer Engagement in Education: Why it makes a difference and how to deliver at scale

February 10, 2015

By Dr Anthony Mann (Director of Policy and Research, Education and Employers). Governments around the world, with the strong encouragement of the OECD and other international agencies, are determined on seeing closer engagement of employers in the schooling of young people. This short report commissioned by Skills Development Scotland and the Edge Foundation looks […]

January 16, 2015

Survey for Young People

January 16, 2015

Since the launch of Inspiring the Future in July 2012, more than 7,500 teachers at state schools and colleges across the United Kingdom have registered on the system. Together they’ve sent nearly 70,000 invitations to Inspiring the Future volunteers and thousands of employee volunteers have gone into schools to talk about their jobs and careers and help […]

October 29, 2014

Understanding Employer Engagement in Education

October 29, 2014

Abstract: This seminar accompanied the publication of the new Routledge collection, Understanding Employer Engagement in Education, edited by Anthony Mann, Julian Stanley and Louise Archer. The session included results on the impact of employer engagement on young people and how fairly it is accessed. Understanding Employer Engagement in Education

October 28, 2014

The State of Play: Employers, schools and the delivery of careers advice

October 28, 2014

This seminar focussed on how employers are working and linking with schools and colleges and considered future options for the triangulation of education, employer and careers service working links. Presentation: The State of Play – Employers, schools and the delivery of careers advice Full report: Understanding the link between employers and schools and the role of the National Careers Service […]

October 15, 2014

Primary Guide to Employer Engagement

October 15, 2014

To accompany the launch of Primary Futures, the Education and Employers Taskforce and National Association of Head Teachers published a guide to employer engagement for primary school leaders. The guide discusses some of the most common activities that primary school teachers across the country organise with employers and employees to support learning and help primary school pupils […]

October 15, 2014

Primary Futures: The future is bright

October 15, 2014

At age 5, what did you want to be when you grew up? I briefly wanted to be a firefighter following a visit from a fire crew to my primary school, made even more exciting by the fact that they were called out to an emergency during the visit and nearly drove off with a […]