Education and Employers

The Economic Case for Language Learning and the Role of Employer Engagement

…billion ‘tax on trade’ for the UK. The report also introduces Inspiring the Future as a new free way for people who use languages at work to volunteer to share…

The Point of Partnership: The Case for Employer Engagement in Education

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbjw0x6BLpE The paper highlights research in four areas – staff development, staff engagement, recruitment, and corporate reputation – and concludes with a case study demonstrating how volunteering can be beneficial…

First Education and Employers Taskforce Research Conference 2010

The point of partnership: understanding employer engagement in education University of Warwick, 15th October Watch Dr Anthony Mann talk about the objectives of the conference http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjxVd5FVLG0 About the conference Keynote…

Education Select Committee says school governance needs to be upskilled

…Future volunteering option to diverse people from all jobs, careers and professions. Visit: http://www.inspiringthefuture.org/ Read the Education Select Committee report. The Education and Employer Taskforce’s Expert Group on Governance reported…

Nothing in Common: career aspirations of young Britons mapped against labour market demand 2010-2020

A new Education and Employers Taskforce report maps the career aspirations of 10,729 British teenagers against the projected demand for UK employment over the period 2010-2020. It shows that teenagers…

Stimulating Science

…Stephen Diston, Qualifications Team Manager – GCSE Science, OCR, Ian Duffy, Business Adviser, UK Social and Community Affairs, BP and Michael Barham, KS4 Co-ordinator, Walthamstow School for Girls. Visit: http://www.edcoms.com/…

K-12 Partnership Report newsletter

You can now subscribe for free to the K-12 Partnership Report newsletter of employer-education partnership activity in the US. Previously it has required paid subscriptions. Visit: http://www.kprnewsletter.com/subscribe.htm to subscribe….

Enterprising pupils head to New York

How the invention of a teddy bear chair took four Bradford teenagers to the Big Apple to present to Google. To read the full story: http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/nov/09/enterprise-pupils-win-competition…

Financial Times publishes ‘Working with Schools’

…Times newspaper has today published a Working with Schools report highlighting the work of the Education and Employers Taskforce, it’s partners and other organisations working in the field. Visit: http://www.ft.com/reports/schools-2010…

UK recruiters urge links between schools and employers to tackle youth unemployment

…and Employment Confederation’s Youth Employment Taskforce is calling for employers to work more closely with schools to give young people the best possible educational experiences and careers advice. Visit: http://www.rec.uk.com/about-recruitment/externalrelations/campaigns/youth-taskforce…