Education and Employers

Inspiring Apprenticeships

…online matching service Inspiring the Future. If you’re an apprentice or former apprentice and would like to go into schools for an informal chat with young people, sign up to…

Inspiring The Future Campaign Launched To Build 100,000+ Volunteer Network

…more than 55,000 volunteers since 2013, from national CEOs to apprentices on their first job – who are “match-made” with schools via a free, online service and invited into classrooms…

NHS staff are Inspiring the Future

…many more, alongside new Interactive Virtual sessions to connect with children and young people online. Since the campaign began our NHS Ambassadors have interacted with over 400,000 young people through…

Launch of Education at a Glance 2020

…keep youth unemployment low, and in turn keep their economies moving. The crisis has also highlighted just how far modern society relies on vital services such as manufacturing and healthcare,…

Aspires 3 Project Spotlight 1: Covid-19 (Institute of Education, University College London)

…of the pandemic Greater consistency in universities and degrees including online provision Greater support for emotional and social wellbeing Government and employers to take greater steps to learn from the…

Widening participation: understanding why London schools are winning

Of the 20 best performing local authorities in England, sending young people to university, 17 are in London. Policymakers must learn from best practice and apply it across the country….

Inspiring Women in Music – singers to sound engineers – motivate at the Royal Albert Hall

…to the UK’s economy but also one of this country’s best ambassadors in the world. The music industry offers a huge range of career options for boys and girls .I…

The ‘Employer Engagement Cycle’ in Secondary Education: analysing the testimonies of young British adults

…and Katy Morris look into how we can best explain wage premiums by looking at the testimonies of young adults themselves. Analysing written responses to a broad question in a…

International Conference on Employer Engagement in Education and Training 2016

…practitioners and policy makers to discuss ideals of best practice for delivering equitable, efficient and effective employer engagement strategies. Some 300 guests from more than twenty countries attended over both…

Employer engagement in education: new advice for teachers from teachers

…and low achievers are distinct and they can be expected respond to activities in different ways. For example, teachers felt that higher achievers best responded to activities developing career thinking…