Education and Employers

Youth Voice Census Report 2018

By Youth Employment UK (published October 2018) This annual census from Youth Employment UK explores the views of 14-25-year olds in education, training and employment. 1,498 young people were surveyed…

High School Career Exploration Programs: Do They Work?

…career exploration activities tend to improve the aspirations and achievements of students from all backgrounds, meaning they are more likely to graduate and to go on to post-secondary education. Furthermore,…

Skills Forecast: Trends and challenges to 2030

…predict a more polarised labour market in the EU driven by the growth of jobs at the bottom of the wage distribution. Compared to previous periods, the UK along with…

PISA in Focus #93 – Why Don’t More Girls Choose to Pursue a Science Career?

…the gender gaps in relative science performance in favour of boys is larger, and fewer women graduate with a university level STEM degree than in countries with less gender equality….

Academies, American style

…comparable groups of young people, distributed initially by random assignment, from High School to age 26 found that graduates of the US Career Academies programme earned 11% more than comparable…

Listen to our first research seminar

Dr Gill Haynes, Graduate School of Education, University of Exeter talks about Work-related learning and employer engagement: findings from the national evaluation of 14-19 Diplomas in our January research seminar…

Manisha Sandhu

Manisha is responsible for providing support and assistance to recruiters and volunteers using the Inspiring Governance Programme. Manisha graduated from university with a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and International Relations….

Glaxo first major employer to announce it will pay tuition fees of recruits

…100 graduate recruits, with a support budget of £3m a year. This shows the increasing importance of young people having contact with employers before entering the workforce. Read the full…

Apprenticeship Outreach: Engaging with under-represented groups to improve social mobility

…of degree apprenticeships, relationships and views differed between employers and universities as to who should deliver outreach. Apprenticeship outreach spending appeared very low when compared to graduate outreach and recruitment…

Jude Waites

…Durham University, from which Jude graduated in 2020, he has a passion for utilising extra-curricular educational activities as a tool for social mobility. Prior to joining the charity, Jude worked…