Education and Employers

Facing the Future Survey

…Switzerland, Uganda, UK and Zambia. Produced in partnership with the NAHT, OECD Education and Skill, TES Global, UCL Institute of Education (IOE) and Education and Employers the key findings were:…

6th International Conference on Employer Engagement: Preparing Young People for the Future

…with two UK case studies Loading… Powered By Whova Virtual event platform Book Your Ticket Tickets covering the full two days cost £35 per person. Register now If…

Online research library marks ten-year anniversary

…Institute of Professional Development (CIPD); Universities UK; and importantly, reports of the Education and Employers own research. The video library is a collection of over 150 videos where leading figures…

Online research library marks ten-year anniversary

…Market; World Economic Forum; the Edge Foundation; the Sutton Trust; the Department for Education; Social Mobility Foundation, King’s College, London; the Chartered Institute of Professional Development (CIPD); Universities UK; and…

New OECD report shows gendered aspirations from age five

…learning about them through their family, their community, TV, films or books. The top five roles chosen by girls were: Teacher, Vet, Doctor, Hairdresser, Police Officer. And by boys: Police…

David Cruickshank

…Tax practice for 8 years from 1998-2006, serving two terms as UK Chair between 2007 and 2015 and then as Global Chair from 2015 – 2019. He retired from the…

Charity warns of need to “promote employability in higher education”

…systematic failure to “promote employability across higher education”, meaning a “notable majority” of graduates were unable to function in the workplace. Universities were also advised to set up more work…

Harvard professor to speak at Taskforce research conference

The Taskforce’s 2011 research conference keynote speaker is Professor Robert Schwartz who is Francis Keppel Professor of Practice of Educational Policy at Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is a…

Paid work placements should get tax credits

…an internship as part of their degree, the government-commissioned report suggests. Sir Tim Wilson, the author of the review of university-business collaboration, believes that every undergraduate should do a 10-12…

Tackling young unemployment and ‘under employment’

In this economic climate, with such high rates of graduate unemployment, should school leavers give far greater consideration to vocational qualifications? The debate intensifies. Read the full Guardian story….