Education and Employers

Starting early – the importance of career-related learning in primary school

…Future: Exploring the career aspirations of primary school children from around the world. London: Education and Employers [5] https://www.tes.com/news/if-were-serious-about-improving-social-mobility-issue-must-be-addressed-primary-level [6] https://www.tes.com/news/lifes-not-fair-it-could-be-if-we-just-tried-little-bit-harder [7] https://www.nesta.org.uk/blog/great-expectations/ [8] Mann, Iredale and Kashefpakdel 2017: https://www.educationandemployers.org/research/primary-futures-connecting-life-and-learning-in-uk-primary-education/…

Inspiring Women Campaign

…the London Borough of Tower Hamlets hosted the Inspiring Women in Technology career speed networking event this week. High achieving women from household name companies such as; Google UK, Facebook,…

6th International Conference on Employer Engagement: Resources and recordings

…Engagement in Higher Education: Developing student employability with two UK case studies – slides Breakout 1, session 3 – recording Breakout 1, session 4. Speakers: David Leat, Robert Craig, Catherine…

Can computers perform workplace tasks better than people?

…article on the World Innovation Summit for Education website here. About the author Andreas Schleicher – Director for the Directorate of Education and Skills and Special Advisor on…

What works? Career-related learning in primary schools

…ethos of the school explicit, thereby ensuring buy-in from curriculum staff, subject leaders and the senior leadership team. Involve external organisations and employers It is important that the person imparting…

Head of Employer Partnerships

…and delivery channels to achieve our charity’s ambitious plans. In return you will be working collaboratively with an equally passionate and supportive team of colleagues helping you fulfil your role,…

‘I don’t know where to find the careers adviser… He has disappeared’

…groups of those studying at University Technical Colleges (UTCs), and vocational and academic students at comprehensive schools. At the time of writing, UK policy relating to careers information and work…

#RedrawTheBalance wins silver at Campaign Big Awards

…a volunteer visit our website here. Thanks again to Mullen Lowe for partnering and creating the video for us, and to all our volunteers for making change possible. https://www.facebook.com/Upworthy/videos/1274105239296998/ …

Employer Engagement in English Independent Schools

By Dr Anthony Mann (Director of Policy and Research, Education and Employers), Prue Huddleston (Professor Emeritus, University of Warwick) and James Dawkins (Research Analyst, Education and Employers). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEk4rkTw9ds This report…

‘A theoretical framework for employer engagement’

Julian Stanley & Anthony Mann In Understanding Employer Engagement in Education: Theories and Evidence, Mann, A., Stanley, J. & Archer, L. (eds), London: Routledge (2014), pp.36-52. The book is available…