Education and Employers

Taskforce and Pearson Enterprise Education Project event

…Gove era, what is enterprise education?, what impact does it have?, and how should it best be delivered? Speakers include: Will Butler-Adams, CEO of Brompton Bikes; Adam Jackson, Director of…

James Dyson Foundation injects passion into D&T teaching

A new scheme from the James Dyson Foundation hopes to inject passion into design and technology teaching. Under a new initiative, to be launched in September, the country’s best DT…

International Education Business Partnership Network conference

…International Education Business Partnership Network conference is “learn to earn”. The Global Best Awards, which highlight inspiring success stories, are an integral part of the conference so the call for…

Ofsted says governors crucial to pupil achievement

…pupil achievement. Inspectors visited 14 schools where governance was judged outstanding and their findings are outlined in the report School governance: Learning from the best. Read the full EdExec story….

Employers can help social mobility

Who gets the best jobs? Firms can help social mobility which has been declining in Britain since the 1950s. So what can the brightest young people from less privileged backgrounds…

Government to expand work experience for young unemployed

Young unemployed people will get much more help to access extended work experience opportunities to get the best possible start in life, Employment Minister Chris Grayling announced today. Under a…

Academies, American style

…remains the best single piece of research on the labour market impacts of participation in a learning programme so rich in employer engagement. His study, tracking the earnings of two…

How should schools respond to the 21st Century jobs market?

…importance of enterprise education. The report forms part of an ongoing project looking at how schools can best prepare young people for successful working lives. Find out more: www.educationandemployers.org/research …

Science ‘squeezed out of primary schools’ CBI report says

…said they taught less than one hour per week. The government strongly disagrees with the report saying its new curriculum “rivals the best in the world”. Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-31749900 …

Working internationally

…with the best possible preparation for their working lives. We support this in two ways; making our research accessible around the world and our programmes available to partners in different…