Education and Employers

Taskforce welcomes new European initiatives

…for mapping the area of entrepreneurship education, building strategy, priority setting and action, using a progression model developed from the discussions of the Panels. A ‘cook book’ of good practices…

Leading European conference on education, work and social mobility

…an opportunity to discuss topics such as: trends in social mobility in the UK, how independent schools work with employers and international perspectives including in the Arab region and US…

Inspiring Languages

…the advertising and PR business WPP, via the BBC, Facebook, McAfee and Save the Children, among many others. By talking to young people about their career and how they use…

Primary Futures: The future is bright

…clambering around the inside of the fire engine. And then, ever bookish, I think I wanted to be a writer of some sort, though it’s hard to remember exactly now….

Does School-to-Work Make a Difference? Assessing Students’ Perceptions and Practices of Career-Related Skills

…found that a greater percentage of students knew about career-related resources than used such resources, including the guidance office, the Job Center, the Chamber of Commerce, and career-related books and…

‘The impact of financial and cultural capital on FE students’ education and employment progression’

Emma Norris & Becky Francis In Understanding Employer Engagement in Education: Theories and Evidence, Mann, A., Stanley, J. & Archer, L. (eds), London: Routledge (2014), pp.127-139. The book is available…

Why does employer engagement make a difference to young people?

By Anthony Mann, Director of Policy and Research, Education and Employers Taskforce, and Steven Jones, Senior Lecturer, University of Manchester, in Engineering UK 2016. It is now more than fifty…

Career Footsteps at Northlands School

…run in partnership with the Edge Foundation, is in its second year. Providing free sessions for primary and secondary schools, and colleges across the UK to bring together young people…

New collaborative event: Career education and guidance that works

…across the UK constantly highlight the need for evidence on what works best, particularly in schools. To help you to promote the benefits of CEG, whether it be promoting a…

Drawing the Future – survey and competition

…has been viewed 33 million times on YouTube and Facebook: International In addition to the UK, we have a number of primary schools from other countries taking part in the…