Education and Employers

76% recent graduates uninformed about alternatives to university

According to a poll of 1,774 people who graduated in the last two years, 76% said they were not informed about the alternatives to university before leaving school. Of these,…

Graduate gloom as 83 apply for every vacancy

The number of graduates applying for each job has doubled since 2009, as three successive years of university leavers struggle with an over-saturated market. Read the full Telegraph story….

Employers want apprentices not graduates

…a City and Guilds poll of more than 500 employers released today reveal that many would rather take on an apprentice than hire a graduate. Read the full Independent article….

What is education for?

…multinational companies and their implications for graduate recruitment. His books include: Brown, P, Lauder, H, Ashton, D (2012) The Global Auction: The Broken Promises of Education, Jobs and Incomes, Oxford…

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‘A theoretical framework for employer engagement’

Julian Stanley & Anthony Mann In Understanding Employer Engagement in Education: Theories and Evidence, Mann, A., Stanley, J. & Archer, L. (eds), London: Routledge (2014), pp.36-52. The book is available…

World Economic Forum Participants visit school to talk to primary children

…Co-founder of First Book, an organisation that provides books to children who have no or difficult access to books; and Dr Christoph Grobbel, Co-founder, Director and Chief Financial Officer of…

New service launches which revolutionises the way schools can find skilled volunteers for their governing boards

…and bring back into the workplace.” Press coverage: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-38052688 https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-news/match-making-service-aims-pair-governors-schools http://schoolsweek.co.uk/online-service-launches-to-connect-schools-with-volunteer-governors-and-trustees/ Visit the website www.inspiringgovernance.org for more information. View the full flickr album here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/edu_employers/albums/72157672911170664/with/31176609885/ Follow us on twitter @InspiringGov….

Poor careers provisions harming the economy

…Research Conference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pOLbOPLwPs Schools looking for volunteers or those eager to volunteer can register for free on our website: www.inspiringthefuture.org To read the full report visit the Ofsted website: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/571809/Getting_ready_for_work.pdf…

‘Social Class Background and the School-to-Work Transition’

…paid employment on both short and long term educational attainment, as well as long term economic outcomes. In this essay, Mortimer and Staff analyse the duration (length of employment) and…