• Good Career Guidance

    Good Career Guidance

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    Every young person needs high-quality career guidance to make informed decisions about their future. Good career guidance is a necessity for social mobility: those young people without significant social capital or home support to draw upon have the most to gain from high-quality career guidance.

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  • Technical Education Reform

    Technical Education Reform

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    In late 2015 David Sainsbury was asked by government to chair a panel of experts that would provide clear recommendations for measures that would not only improve, but transform, technical education in England. The panel’s report was published alongside the government’s Post-16 Skills Plan in July 2016.

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  • SET Skills in the Workforce

    SET Skills in the Workforce

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    Technicians are the linchpins of the UK economy. They are skilled people who use their science, engineering or technology knowledge to identify and solve practical problems. They are the electricians and plumbers that we all rely on, but they are also crucial to the success of many of our country’s future-growth areas, including the aerospace, chemical, digital, engineering, and manufacturing industries.

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  • Science and maths in schools

    Science and maths in schools

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    Once in secondary education, exposure to effective science and maths teaching delivered by teachers that are knowledgeable and passionate about their subject can be transformative. That is why we care about the supply and training of specialist teachers in these subjects.

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Embedding the Good Career Guidance benchmarks in schools and colleges

Embedding the Good Career Guidance benchmarks in schools and colleges

Good career guidance has never been more important. Changes in technology, the technical education system and in the labour market mean that the jobs available and the skills and qualifications needed to reach them are changing all the time. The COVID-19 pandemic has added further disruption, with a disproportionate impact on young people as they enter the labour market. Many skilled jobs require specific education and training, and young people need more support to make better-informed decisions about their future.

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E-Assessment in Technical Education

22 October 2021 Michelle Rea

Today (22 October) we publish our latest report by Stuart Edwards: Review of the Potential for E-Assessment for Technical Education in England, which focuses on current and potential future use of e-assessment for assessing technical education in England.

“E-Assessment”, in broad terms is the assessment of knowledge, skills, and capabilities of people through technology. The report explores the challenges and opportunities of its use, including: the current context, issues and challenges for the assessment of technical education and skills in England; the current state of play with technology-based approaches to assessment and their

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COVID-19: Fewer teachers seeking new employment brings disruption to the teacher job market for a second year

21 October 2021 Lauren Golding

New data from Teacher Tapp and SchoolDash shows that, for the second year running, fewer teachers moved schools or sought new jobs

The uncertainty caused by COVID-19 means greater numbers of teachers feel they will be teaching in 3 years’ time and fewer are considering a move to teach overseas The increase in teachers staying in their schools disproportionately benefits schools serving disadvantaged communities, who often struggle to find suitable candidates in normal years However, schools are advertising in greate

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