Education and Employers

Graduate jobs ‘taken by work experience students’

…graduate jobs market. The report from High Fliers Research shows that employers are recruiting more graduates – but there are record numbers of graduates chasing jobs. Read the full story….

Understanding Employer Engagement in Education: Theories and Evidence

Understanding Employer Engagement in Education: Theories and Evidence is the first collection of research essays on the subject of employer engagement in education and offers insight into the character, delivery…

Research digest

…Education and Employers Research e-bulletin – November 2018 New Report Launched – Joint Dialogue: How are schools developing real employability skills? Book Launch and Reception – Essays on Employer Engagement…

Socialised social capital? The capacity of schools to use careers provision to compensate for social capital deficiencies among teenagers

Anthony Mann, Christian Percy and Elnaz Kashefpakdel A chapter from Mann, A., Huddleston, P. and Kashefpakdel, E. (eds.). (2018). Essays on Employer Engagement. London: Routledge. The book is available…

10 most popular research publications of 2015

…first collection of research essays on the topic of employer engagement in education. Despite employer engagement increasing in importance within the area of policy, there has been a lack of…

Investing in Career Guidance (WGCG)

The Inter-Agency Working Group on Career Guidance This booklet is the second edition of the first booklet on the importance of investing in career guidance published six international organisations. Members…

Lessons in Tracking – A discussion with Professor Chris Warhurst

…in the UK. Chris kindly agreed to provide his views and insights on why graduate tracking was so important, and some of the key lessons from his experience tracking VET…

More new graduate jobs predicted for 2013

There will be more jobs for new graduates in 2013, a survey of leading employers suggests. The High Fliers study suggests that top employers plan to hire 18,306 graduates in…

Career-related learning in primary: The role of primary teachers and schools in preparing children for the future

…presents data collected from 17 primary schools around the UK. In carrying out interviews with Headteachers, Middle leaders and Classroom teachers the report outlines teacher attitudes towards career-related learning (including…

Education and Employers publish new report on career related learning for Teach First

…limited, evidence on how developing staff roles and responsibilities can help to improve student outcomes. Chapter two of the report presents data collected from 17 primary schools around the UK.…