Education and Employers

Employer Career Interventions

…We believe the study raises questions about how young people are best supported in interpreting valuable employers’ real-life occupational information and making sense of it for themselves. Practitioners – and…

OECD says employers need to tackle ”ingrained assumptions” about jobs

…– but understanding the world beyond the classroom and home must be universal. It can’t be rationed to certain young people and not others. “The best teachers enable children to…

Trends Shaping Education 2022

…with abundant, sometimes fake or misleading information in a rapidly changing context, and how best to successfully mobilise our collective intelligence. How do we support all individuals to not only…

Starting Early: All you need to know in a short video/audio clip

…of career-related learning at primary level together with the latest evidence internationally and in the UK. It considers how best we can help broaden and raise children’s aspirations; improve their…

Virtual interactive sessions

…virtual volunteering for more information. The interactive sessions are teacher led, so schools and colleges can decide how best to involve volunteers. They can invite them to take part in…

Volunteering boosts employees during lockdown, new research shows

…customers and partners. “Indeed, if we consider the productivity benefits flowing from well-being and motivation, as well as brand and CSR value, volunteering may be one of the best investments…

The impact volunteers are having on primary children in rural Uganda

…a more inclusive world where all job opportunities are available to all irrespective of gender bias. They realise that every role is available to all and the best applicants are…

New report reveals major disconnect between young people’s career aspirations and jobs

…people who benefit from careers activities have aspirations that are better connected to the labour market; Extending best practice could change the lives of 100,000 school leavers per year. The…

Putting skills to work: it’s not so much the what, or even the why, but how

Trisha Fettes, Karen Evans & Elnaz Kashefpakdel This paper focuses on how generic skills can be developed to enable young adults to best utilise them in making transitions into the…

Bringing a bit of festive cheer to children: Festive Futures

…your job. If you are a school looking for volunteers, click here. Please do share this page with others using the hashtag #FestiveFutures and tag us @PrimaryFutures. All the best…