Education and Employers

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…

Poor language skills a £7.3 billion ‘tax on trade’ for UK

…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF_otJTNEeo Sir Christopher Mallaby http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmsslC84eRw Nick Mair http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOFbR_zU2us Sir Jim Rose http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMJtVfyR8qY Professor James Forman-Peck http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lOcHH5X6Do Amy Thompson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5vjsf-uQAY Martin Pickett http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc8CMnVmcfA Renata Alburquerque http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hszTWXFX0Cw Pamela Mayorcas http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxTZpAwM9Do Teresa Tinsley…

Time to Read – A Ten Year Review

…skills. This review uses several evaluations and surveys to assess whether the programme has made a contribution to the development of children. The report brings together conclusions from four reviews…

An end of year round-up: how volunteers have been helping to inspire young people

Hundreds of thousands of young people have been able to meet volunteers from across the UK through the interactive virtual sessions we started in May. They have met people doing…

OECD “World Class” Book Launch

Tuesday 19th June saw the coming together of education policy experts, civil servants, educationalists and academics for the launch of a landmark new book, World Class: How to build a…

Degrees alone are not enough, employers warn graduates

…In February 2011, WikiJob will be helping students and graduates prepare for the graduate recruitment process, with Student Employability Week. WikiJob will be offering free advice and information to students…

The importance of experience of the world of work in admissions to health-based undergraduate courses at Russell Group universities: A desktop review

…the Russell Group universities across six undergraduate subject areas including Medicine and Dentistry (Mann et al. 2011). Results from that study are included here for purposes of comparison. the-importance-of-experience-of-the-world-of-work-in-admissions-to-health-based-undergraduate-courses-at-russell-group-universities-a-desktop-review-jr-29-11-16…

Postgraduate study obstacle to social mobility

The cost of postgraduate study is an extra obstacle to social mobility. A new Sutton Trust study says if students need postgraduate degrees for a tough jobs market, poor students…

Widen their Horizons: an article in ASCL’s Leader magazine

…http://tinyurl.com/zzuao3k Nothing in Common: The career aspirations of young Britons mapped against projected labour market demand 2010–2020 http://tinyurl.com/zq6jtm3 To read the article on the ASCL website follow the link: http://www.leadermagazine.co.uk/articles/widen_their_horizons/…

Primary Futures only primary partner with National Careers Week

…report identifies that an essential ingredient for successful primary schools is buy-in from senior leadership. It recommends that primary schools should develop an approach to career-related learning that enables students…