Education and Employers

Value for Money in Higher Education

…the perspectives of graduate outcomes, social justice, senior management pay, quality of teaching and the role of the Office for Students. The last few years has seen the introduction of…

DfE evaluation of Diploma students entering HE

…successfully applied to go to university. Diploma students have similar levels of acceptances onto undergraduate courses (68%) to A level students (70%) with Diploma graduates typically choosing to study subjects…

Show and tell: Employers and career guidance

…OECD research paper looks at the results and found that most 15-year-olds already have career plans: only around 15% of them have not decided what they want to do. But…

‘Think, Act, Report’ urges organisations to tackle the gender pay gap

…tackle the gender pay gap: https://www.gov.uk/think-act-report The press release and report can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/government-equalities-office and also the new Everywomen booklet on the gender pay gap is here. …

New collaborative event: Career education and guidance that works

…Ellis, Steve Stewart, Liane Hambly, Jordan Rehill and Nick Chambers. Places are still available – book before 10th May: http://www.thecdi.net/Skills-Training-Events/Career-and-Guidance-That-Works-%E2%80%93-What-Does-The-Evidence-Tell-us/47803 And a reminder about free resources – You can…

Inspiring Women in Games in partnership with BAFTA Young Game Designers

…industry and access to the creative minds behind some of their favourite games. Support includes: a dedicated website (www.bafta.org/ygd); a web series, that takes a light-hearted look behind the scenes…

The ‘Employer Engagement Cycle’ in Secondary Education: analysing the testimonies of young British adults

…Employers) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TPOqXD8L5s In previous work undertaken by Education and Employers Research, evidence has been revealed which shows direct relationships between the volume of school-mediated employer engagement undertaken by a teenagers…

Research for Practice: Papers from the 2016 International Conference on Employer Engagement in Education and Training

…for practice stemming from research studies. To see presentations of papers delivered at the conference, including many videoed sessions, please visit the conference website at: https://www.educationandemployers.org/research/london-conference-on-employer-engagement-in-education-and-training-2016/ Planning for the…

Leading by example: how one primary school is broadening pupils’ horizons and raising their aspirations

…Our first aspirations week was a wonderful way of helping children imagine what that great life could be… Insert video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXJFgr73JLM Day 1 The week got off to a flying…

‘Designed and Made’ Week announced

…economic sectors which employs millions of people in the UK. Throughout the week people who design and make: airplanes, bicycles, boats, books, cars, ceramics, clocks, clothes, furniture, glassware, high-tech engineering,…