…such as budgetary control. In the workplace, line manager respondents observed a dramatic increase in employees’ teamworking skills, improvements in adaptability and planning and organisational skills, together with an increased…
…career plans which were categorized into context (home/school/community), function (instrumental/socio-emotional) and type of instrumental function (academic/ college/ career). These categories were analysed to identify correlations between the number of mentoring…
…and made outstanding progress in two. Employers were closely involved in the curriculum planning process and successfully integrated it into a range of engagement activities (such as work placements, industry-led…
…teachers and employers involved in the first year of teaching of the 14-19 Diplomas. The Diploma curriculum includes a significant proportion of work-related learning. Employers are engaged in planning course…
…Education and Employers Taskforce. Packs, which headteachers union ASCL helped to develop, include materials designed for pupils, parents and teaching staff (lesson plans, workbooks, brochures, posters, guides etc). For a…
The Taskforce and its partners are planning a major campaign with the aim of encouraging leading CEOs from the private and public sectors, at the invitation of headteachers, to “visit…
When Morrisons planned a new store in the employment black spot of Salford, it promised to give jobs to local youngsters. Of the 210 staff who will start work when…
The UK’s innovation foundation NESTA has produced a plan for UK growth. NESTA’s 12 recommendations for sustainable ‘innovation led’ growth include digital education. Read the full report….
Andy Burnham, the shadow education secretary, says secondary schools should give pupils more vocational opportunities. Labour calls for schools to teach ‘route into work’. Burnham will this week reveal plans…
Deputy PM Nick Clegg hails ending the ‘who you know, not what you know’ culture. The Taskforce’s Inspiring the Future free service is part of the plan to give state…
