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'My brother's football teammate's dad was a pathologist': serendipity and employer engagement in medical careers
This chapter addresses the difficulties faced by many UK secondary school students in securing meaningful workplace ... Show more
Date: 2019
Geographic subjects: Great Britain; Europe
Resource type: Book chapter
Subjects: Students; Career development; Secondary education ... [+] Show more
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Primary Futures: connecting life and learning in UK primary education
Launched in 2014, Primary Futures was designed to provide UK schools with easy access to individuals willing to pro ... Show more
Date: 2017
Geographic subjects: Great Britain; Europe
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: Occasional research paper (Education and Employers Taskforce)
Subjects: Primary education; Employment; Industry ... [+] Show more
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Essays on employer engagement in education
Building on new theories about the meaning of employability in the twenty-first century and the power of social and ... Show more
Date: 2019
Geographic subjects: England; Great Britain; Belgium ... [+] Show more
Resource type: Edited book
Subjects: Career development; Equity; Students ... [+] Show more
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Between two worlds: linking education and employment
This chapter looks at different systems of education and training around the world. It discusses a curious paradox. ... Show more
Date: 2019
Geographic subjects: Great Britain; Europe
Resource type: Book chapter
Subjects: Vocational education and training; Higher education; Providers of education and training ... [+] Show more
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'Employers at the heart of the system?': the role of employers in qualification development
This chapter explores the longstanding exhortations from government for employers to engage with the education syst ... Show more
Date: 2019
Geographic subjects: England; Great Britain; Europe
Resource type: Book chapter
Subjects: Vocational education and training; Qualifications; Evaluation
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Tell it like it is: education and employer engagement, freelance and self-employment
Calls for employer engagement within education are nothing new; the clarion call has gone out for over a century fu ... Show more
Date: 2019
Geographic subjects: Great Britain; Europe
Resource type: Book chapter
Subjects: Industry; Skills and knowledge; Employment ... [+] Show more
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Investigating how benefits of an industry-school partnership vary between industry sectors
This chapter investigates which industry sectors are supporting schools and why they are doing so. It begins with a ... Show more
Date: 2019
Geographic subjects: New Zealand; Oceania
Resource type: Book chapter
Subjects: Industry; Providers of education and training; Secondary education ... [+] Show more