Education and Employers

Young people and employment

…employers. The Government has attempted to bridge the gap with the National Careers Service, which offers support to young people online or by telephone. However, when we asked young people…

Our lead corporate supporter Bank of America Merrill Lynch wins best global bank for Corporate Social Responsibility

Bank of America Merrill Lynch has won the best global bank for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) award from Euromoney magazine. The CSR category considered the bank’s initiatives to enhance youth…

Teen program offers fast track to careers in building

The assignment to design his own museum was all it took for US student Christopher Thach to start imagining. Read more….

Beyond ‘NEET’ and ‘tidy’ pathways: considering the ‘missing middle’ of youth transition studies (School of Education, University of Southampton)

Steven Roberts Abstract Jones’ (2002) discussion of polarised transitions and the ‘fast and slow lanes to adulthood’ espoused by Bynner et al. (2002) are good examples of how dualistic…

Chief Medical Officer for Northern Ireland supports Primary Futures ‘Who’s in Health?’ campaign NI launch

…Biomedical Sciences at Queen’s University Belfast said: “This project provides primary school children with an opportunity to learn about working as a doctor. A series of creative learning activities are…

Starting early – article published in the latest edition of the Career Development Institute Magazine

…volunteers from the world of work so we developed Primary Futures www.primaryfutures.org. This uses the Inspiring the Future on-line matchmaking service to give them access to a very wide range…

What works? Career-related learning in primary schools

…being able to draw on online and offline brokerage services can help to formalise connections to employers and give teachers the ability to invite volunteers from a wide range of…

Building a Better “Pathways to Careers” System in the US

…options as well as a strong message to youth that adults support their transition to productive careers. The project draws on lessons from the best vocational education systems outside the…

An end of year round-up: how volunteers have been helping to inspire young people

…in their lessons, the class had the opportunity to hear from a Senior Lawyer at the Government Legal Department and the Deputy Director in HM Courts and Tribunal Services to…

OECD “World Class” Book Launch

…bestseller World Class is available to viewed freely online here. To see further clips of Andreas and Sean discussing education policy, please go to our free online video library….