Education and Employers

Celebrating the NHS turning 70

The National Health Service turned 70 on 5 July 2018. We saw this as the perfect opportunity to celebrate the achievements of one of the nation’s most loved institutions, to…

Skills for a global Future

…a service economy and an aging population are identified as three key factors that will shape which skills and attributes will be most desirable for employers. The authors argue that…

Do Apprenticeships Pay? Evidence for England

…in which the apprentice works. There is a higher concentration of men in Building and Construction and Engineering, while Child Development, Health and Social Care and Service Enterprises were very…

Educational outcomes of labor-market linking and job placement for students at public and private 2-year colleges

…seven public and seven private colleges and examined longitudinal data to determine the impact of job-placement services on completing a degree. The authors found that students’ perceptions of college significantly…

Educating for the Modern World: CBI/Pearson Education and Skills Annual Report

…28,000 businesses consisting of, but not limited to, organisations from manufacturing, education, construction and the financial services. Amongst the report’s most important findings, 79% of respondents felt that the number…

Envisioning the Future of Education and Jobs: Trends, Data and Drawings.

…by the OECD’s Andreas Schleicher on ‘What the fourth industrial revolution could mean for education and jobs’. Read the Japanese translation here (kindly translated by Japan Educational Exchanges and Services)…

Barham Primary School welcomed Damian Hinds

…times as many boys aim to have a role in the armed forces or firefighting services compared with girls, similarly, over 20 times the number of girls aspired to be…

Bristol Metropolitan Academy host one of our apprenticeship events

…to the Year 10 students about their experiences with apprenticeships, in the format of speed networking. They represented organisations as diverse as Bristol City Council, the Crown Prosecution Service, Marriott…

icould becomes part of our family on 31 March 2019

…the icould website has become an established careers education resource and as such will allow us to provide a more comprehensive service to young people, their families and their teachers….

Apprenticeships: A Year

…the Future, we are passionate about ensuring that young people are aware of all the different route into a career. In partnership with the National Apprenticeship Service via the Apprenticeship…