25 May 2018
L’Oreal For Women In Science awards
25 May 2018
Last night, members of the Education and Employers team were honoured to attend the 2018 L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women In Science Fellowship awards.
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24 May 2018
Career Footsteps at Whitworth Park School & Sixth Form College
24 May 2018
On Monday 21 May 2018, members of the Education and Employers team were joined by five volunteers at Whitworth Park School and Sixth Form College, to raise the students' awareness of vocational and alternative pathways into the world of work.
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Career Footsteps with HomeServe
23 May 2018
This was Career Footsteps event was like no other! Students from two Nottingham Academy campuses were welcomed to the HomeServe offices in Nottingham.
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Primary Futures launches in Australia
4 May 2018
The first Primary Futures event in Australia took place today, Friday 4 May 2018. Organised by the Schools Industry Partnership and The Smith Family it took place at Willmot Public School, a small primary school in Mt Druitt, situated in one of the most deprived areas of New South Wales. Schools Industry Partnership (SIP) is […]
Read more27 April 2018
Career Footsteps at Greenacre Academy
27 April 2018
On a beautiful sunny Friday morning, members of the Education and Employers team visited Greenacre Academy for a Career Footsteps event designed to engage their year 7 boys, and introduce them to the range of routes into the world of work that are available to them. Greenacre Academy is a boys’ secondary school and sixth […]
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New campaign urges employers to support local school governance and develop their staff
23 April 2018
Inspiring Governance has launched a national campaign urging employers across England to support local school governance. The campaign highlights how organisations, individuals and young people can all benefit from employees volunteering as school governors. Spearheading the campaign is a short film in which school children describe the urgent need for more people to volunteer as school governors […]
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We are recruiting a School Engagement Coordinator
6 April 2018
Reporting to the Head of Schools Engagement, this role is responsible for delivering the Career Footsteps project until 31st July and working closely with school teachers and careers advisors focusing on secondary and further education (FE) establishments in promoting Inspiring the Future and related services; supporting schools to access and effectively use the Inspiring the Future […]
Read more12 March 2018
Article by Dr. Elnaz Kashefpakdel for FE News. Teenage apprenticeships: awareness deficit?
12 March 2018
Read the article in FE News here. Over recent years significant public resource has been devoted to improving young people’s awareness of apprenticeships. Yet while teenage applications have increased, teenage apprenticeship starts have stagnated. Recent government data has shown that fewer than 26% of apprenticeship starts come straight from school or college. If apprenticeships are […]
Read more30 January 2018
Career Footsteps at Hornsey Girls School
30 January 2018
We returned to Hornsey School for Girls for another Career Footsteps event designed to open young people’s eyes to alternative routes into the world of work, such as apprenticeships and vocational routes. Volunteers included an Olympic Rower, a Chief Procurement Officer, a Technical Solutions Architect and a Diversity & Inclusion Support Lead. Students and volunteers took […]
Read more25 January 2018
Drawing the Future in the news
25 January 2018
Our Drawing The Future report has been in the news this week. Here are some highlights: BBC Online BBC Online Education The Guardian science blog TES Mail Online OECD World Economic Forum
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