Education and Employers

Employers

…they know, or what appears online. For many, that world is too narrow – limiting choices, reinforcing stereotypes and restricting future opportunities. Employers can help change that. By working with…

Our Work Experience research is making headlines

…the headlines THE TIMES ‘Good work experience should not depend on who your parents know’ Read the online article (Times subscribers) View the article here (non-subscribers) THE SUN ‘How National…

‘Designed and Made’ Week announced

…who represent some of the best in British design and manufacturing – the Royal Warrant Holders Association and the Walpole Group. The campaign links to our ambition to see apprentices…

Uni extrance exams will disadvantage state pupils

More universities could introduce entrance exams to select the best candidates as a result of recent A level reforms, private school heads warned today. The move would give pupils at…

The Wolf Report – Perspectives from Europe

…educational system might best adapt to this approach. To make her case, Wolf borrows from a variety of countries. Are there any further insights we can gain from looking more…

Do School-to-Work Programs Help the “Forgotten Half”?

…Survey of Youth (NLSY97), which, as the authors report, provides the best data available to date on participation in a wide array of STW programmes. The STW programmes examined are:…

It’s Who You Meet: Why Employer Contacts at School Make a Difference to the Employment Prospects of Young Adults

…peers who recalled no such activities. The findings are not linked to highest level of qualification. The literature suggests that such significant labour market outcomes are best explained by the…

Guidance for Commissioners of Evaluation of Education

…employers and employees, from private, public or third sector organisations. In doing so, it draws upon the Taskforce’s definition of effective partnership – that the sum of the best collaborations…

Evaluation of the Young Apprenticeships Programme: Outcomes for Cohort Three

…aim of 80% attaining a relevant Level 2 qualification, although there was considerable variation in attainment between different sectors with the best results obtained in science and performing arts. Combining…

Is High School Employment Consumption or Investment?

…1991 when 93% of the original sample was interviewed. It thus provides the “best available information on long-term effects of student job-holding”. Employment and earnings of participants during the week…