December 16, 2015
December 16, 2015
Each month at Education and Employers we provide summaries of research relevant to employer engagement in education, drawing on work from UK and international settings. Our research library is one of the most visited sections of our website and here we look at the most popular summary pieces from 2015. Our research library is always […]
Read moreNovember 13, 2015
November 13, 2015
Employer engagement in education a bibliography Nov 2015 Employer engagement in education relates to a wide range of related educational and economic approaches. In essence, it describes the process through which a young person engages with members of the economic community, under the auspices of their school or college, with the aim of influencing their […]
Read moreJuly 3, 2014
July 3, 2014
By Steven Jones In Employer Engagement in Education: Theories and Evidence (Routledge, 2014) eds. Anthony Mann, Julian Stanley and Louise Archer This article aims to investigate and quantify differences in the work related activity experienced by UK Higher Education (HE) applicants from a range of backgrounds as well as to consider how work experience is […]
Read moreMay 19, 2014
May 19, 2014
Edited by Anthony Mann, Julian Stanley and Louise Archer (London: Routledge, 2014) The first collection of research essays on the subject of employer engagement in education, the book features 17 essays overwhelmingly drawn from papers presented at Taskforce seminars and conferences. “This important book takes the first step in field building – pulling together what […]
Read moreNovember 15, 2012
November 15, 2012
This seminar focused on the ‘Pathways to Careers’ programme in the US and related it to the situation in the UK. Abstract: This informal talk focused on the dilemmas and challenges of building a better system of pathways in the US that transition a wide range of young people into middle skill jobs. In the […]
Read moreJanuary 24, 2012
January 24, 2012
This seminar focused on the problem of work experience favouring those with social capital rather than promoting social mobility. Abstract: Work experience has the potential to make a real difference in the lives of young people. Unfortunately, according to research carried out by Hatcher & Le Gallais in 2008, all too often work placements tend powerfully […]
Read moreOctober 12, 2011
October 12, 2011
‘Exploring social mobility and delivery mechanisms in international perspective’ University of Warwick, 12th October The conference programme List of conference speakers and their abstracts Speakers Included: Professor Robert Schwartz (Harvard Graduate School of Education), Dr Jan-Eric Sundgren (Senior Vice-President Public and Environmental Affairs, Volvo Group), Professor Alan Brown (Warwick Institute for Employment Research), Professor Prue […]
Read moreOctober 22, 2010
October 22, 2010
A report in the Journal of Social Policy, October 2010 (Yates S, Harris A, Sabates, R. and Staff, J.) This report summarises analysis of the British Youth Cohort Study, comprising data from over 17,000 individuals born in Britain in April 1970. Logistic regression is used to estimate the impact of aspirations, educational expectations and socio-economic […]
Read moreJune 22, 2010
June 22, 2010
A report by P.R. Aschbacker, E. Li and E.J. Roth, Journal of Research in Science Teaching 47: 564-82 The article describes the findings of a study based on interviews over three years with 33 high school students in California to investigate the role of ethnicity, gender and socioeconomic background in shaping students’ motivations, persistence and […]
Read moreMarch 22, 2010
March 22, 2010
Report by Goodman, A. and Gregg, P. (eds), Joseph Rowntree Foundation “In 2008, less than a quarter of children from the poorest families (eligible for free school meals; FSM) obtained five or more good GCSEs (at A*-C) inclusive of English and maths. This compares with just over a half of their richer peers, not eligible […]
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