…or asking volunteers directly via social media or letters. Only 9% used online match-making services like Primary Futures to reach diverse audiences of potential volunteers at scale. We now know…
…limited perspectives of 7 to 11 year-olds and the mismatch between their career aspirations and the fast-changing needs of the labour market. 2019 icould becomes part of the Education and…
New evidence from Northern Ireland demonstrates that employee volunteer reading schemes in primary schools raise both achievement and aspiration. Read the full Queens University Belfast report….
…to close young peoples’ IT skills gap. The good news is that the IT employment sector is growing 5 times faster than the UK average. Read the full Guardian story….
Enterprising Minds is a Carnegie UK research project that explores the attitudes of young people to enterprise, education, and the future in a fast changing economy. It incorporates 70,000 unique…
A report by Sarah Miller, Paul Connolly and Lisa Maguire, commissioned by the Centre for Effective Education, Queen’s University Belfast The research reported here follows from the 2009 Ten Year…
…Nikki Thomas, Fast Jet Squadron Commander, Royal Air Force – first women ever to do this job Zoe Williams, Motorist Columnist, Guardian Wendy Meakin, Broadcaster, Channel 4’s Four Rooms –…
…at a breakfast with senior business leaders at #Davos #WEF18 on the 25th January. Over 20,000 entries have been received (from UK and internationally) and international participants include Australia, Belarus,…
By Billy Wong Computers and information technology are fast becoming a part of young people’s everyday life. However, there remains a difference between the majority who can use computers and…
…presentations. For their STEAM Careers Breakfast, the UCL Academy found that 28 volunteers accepted their invite. Breakfasting with the volunteers during a careers speed networking session, the students at UCL…
