September 4, 2019
Youth Voice for the Future of Work
September 4, 2019
New Report Launched – Youth Voice for the Future of Work
Read moreJuly 19, 2019
Employer Career Interventions
July 19, 2019
Ian McIntosh and Julia Yates (City, University of London) Journal of the National Institute for Career Education and Counselling, 42(1), pp. 9-17. Read the full paper. The debate over the different roles and contributions made by employers and careers practitioners in English secondary schools’ careers work is not new. But there is limited research comparing […]
Read moreJuly 8, 2019
Socialised social capital? The capacity of schools to use careers provision to compensate for social capital deficiencies among teenagers
July 8, 2019
Anthony Mann, Christian Percy and Elnaz Kashefpakdel A chapter from Mann, A., Huddleston, P. and Kashefpakdel, E. (eds.). (2018). Essays on Employer Engagement. London: Routledge. The book is available here. Introduction Recent papers by Mann and Percy (2013) and Kashefpakdel and Percy (2016) have used statistical analysis to identify wage premiums accruing to young British […]
Read moreJune 21, 2019
Evaluating employer career interventions in English schools
June 21, 2019
Ian Mcintosh and Julia Yates Journal of the National Institute for Career Education and Counselling, 42(1), pp. 9-17. Read the article. Government policy on English schools’ careers activities indicates an emphasis on employer interventions over traditional career guidance. This article by researchers with City, University of London begins with a literature review suggesting that the […]
Read moreJune 21, 2019
Evaluation of Nuffield Research Placements – Interim Report
June 21, 2019
The Nuffield Foundation Read the interim report. Work placements offered to Year 12 students are effective in increasing access to university courses in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), according to findings from this report from the Nuffield Foundation. It is widely recognised that there is a shortage of skills in STEM subjects in the […]
Read moreJune 17, 2019
Independent panel report to the Review of Post-18 Education and Funding Presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Education by Command of Her Majesty May 2019
June 17, 2019
Department for Education Read the report In February 2018, Theresa May announced that there would be a “wide-ranging review into post-18 education” led by Philip Augar. This new review of Post-18 Education and Funding presented to Parliament in May 2019 drew evidence from an extensive literature review of post-18 education provision and funding, 370 submissions […]
Read moreJune 17, 2019
Teachers’ engagement with research: what do we know? A research briefing
June 17, 2019
Education Endowment Foundation and NFER Read the research briefing This new report from the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) and the Education Endowment Foundation summaries the findings from a nationally representative survey of schools and teachers investigating their use of research. The findings are based on survey results from 1,670 teachers in England administered […]
Read moreJune 17, 2019
Engaging with evidence
June 17, 2019
Institute for Effective Education (published March 2019) Read the report With teachers and schools being encouraged to become more evidence-based, the Institute for Effective Education has released this resource to help education practitioners understand research methods, interpret evidence and decipher jargon. The guide provides explanations of the different kinds of evidence found within educational research […]
Read moreJune 6, 2019
Motivated to achieve: How encounters with the world of work can change attitudes and improve academic achievement
June 6, 2019
By Dr Elnaz Kashefpakdel, Christian Percy and Jordan Rehill Download the full report. The report was launched at an event in central London on the 6th June 2019. Watch Dr Elnaz Kashefpakdel (Head of Research, Education and Employers) discuss the findings, as well as keynote speeches from Geoff Barton (ASCL) and Adrian Lyons (Ofsted). […]
Read moreJune 5, 2019