This publication presents contributions from the 2018 International Conference on Employer Engagement in Education and Training. The conference was the fifth hosted by Education and Employers, the fourth by the Edge Foundation and the second joint event by the two organisations. In this paper you will find summaries of eight contributions from the conference, which present research findings on different aspects of employer engagement, reflecting the multiplicity of ways in which the worlds of education and employment intersect. All the summaries focus, in different ways, on the implications fo
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This publication presents contributions from the 2018 International Conference on Employer Engagement in Education and Training. The conference was the fifth hosted by Education and Employers, the fourth by the Edge Foundation and the second joint event by the two organisations. In this paper you will find summaries of eight contributions from the conference, which present research findings on different aspects of employer engagement, reflecting the multiplicity of ways in which the worlds of education and employment intersect. All the summaries focus, in different ways, on the implications for practice stemming from research studies.
Introduction: Making the most of employer engagement; what the research tells us / Prue Huddleston (pages 3-6); Putting skills to work: it's not so much the what, or even the why, but how... / Trisha Fettes, Karen Evans and Elnaz Kashefpakdel (pages 7-8); The role of school leadership in increasing engineer employer engagement among teachers / Janet Hanson and Bill Lucas (pages 9-12); Employer engagement: too little, too late? / Maria Turkenburg-van Diepen and Pam Hanley (pages 13-14); Project-based learning in university technical colleges: how are employers engaged? / Tami McCrone and David Sims (pages 15-17); Examining the use of technical qualifications within Key Stage 5 programmes of study / Joanna Williamson and Matthew Carroll (pages 18-20); Insiders or outsiders, who do you trust?: engaging employers in school-based career activities / Christian Percy and Elnaz Kashefpakdel (pages 21-23); 'With a degree I'll get a good job': a role for employers in UCAS decision-making? / Susan McGrath (pages 24-26); Vulnerable young people, employers and VET / Morag MacDonald, David Kane and James Williams (pages 27-29); Measuring the wider impacts of apprenticeships: the Apprenticeship Wellbeing Survey / Gillian Wylie, Lynne Robson and Patrick Watt (pages 30-31).
Edited excerpts from publication and publisher's website.
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