The UK is striving to become a global superpower in science, engineering, and the creative industries. This can only be achieved with the right technical capability. The TALENT Comiision launches its report today. Read the full report at mitalent.ac.uk/theTALENTcomm…
It's good to see that the government has launched a new campaign bringing together all education and training choices for young people into one place. See what’s on offer at gov.uk/get-the-jump#GetTheJump#SkillsforLife
Probably the most comprehensive set of data about careers in schools and colleges in England ever published. 3,893 secondary schools and colleges (78% of the total). Trends in Careers Education 2021 from CEC. careersandenterprise.co.uk/o…
So important to promote ALL pathways equally. The route to a successful career may lie via university, or an apprenticeship, or a vocational route. Everyone needs to understand they have choices.
Day 9 of our #CareersLeadersCan celebration. Today's theme is 'Promote all Pathways'.
Careers Leaders play an important role in highlighting all pathways to young people, and help share the different routes they can take after leaving education.
Share how you do the same. 💬
As working at home waxes and wanes, Careers Leaders are the people who can make wise judgments about what works with workplace experiences. #CareersLeadersCan
#CareersLeadersCan... Introduce the workplace 🙌🏻
Day 8 of our 12 day campaign celebrating Careers Leaders. Share how you, as a Careers Leader, deliver experiences of the workplace to your students. Use the # or tag us.
Next week, we kick off our 12 day celebration of Careers Leaders.🌟
From 1 Dec -we want to hear from you.
Share why you love being a Careers Leader and how it makes a difference in your school or college using the hashtag: #CareersLeadersCan
Keep an eye out between 1-12 Dec.🗓️
Report of the House of Lords Youth Unemployment Committee just published. Access to high quality careers education, information, advice and guidance enables young people to understand all the possible careers and routes open to them. committees.parliament.uk/pub…
Satisfaction with the amount, timing and suitability of careers guidance were all higher in the cohort aged 18-19 in 2018, compared to the cohort of the same age in 2009.
This is useful - Young people’s experiences of careers information, advice and guidance: Evidence from the second Longitudinal Study of Young People in England. Compares cohort aged 18-19 in 2018 with equivalent cohort in 2009. assets.publishing.service.go…
This is useful - Young people’s experiences of careers information, advice and guidance: Evidence from the second Longitudinal Study of Young People in England. Compares cohort aged 18-19 in 2018 with equivalent cohort in 2009. assets.publishing.service.go…
We are pleased to see the Government considering the role salary incentives can play in the recruitment and retention of Maths and Science teachers. #CPC21
ALT Infographic illustrating that Physics graduates earn far less in teaching than in non-teaching careers. This ‘pay cut’ is larger than in any other subject.
PM announces £60 miliion scheme to send teachers in the first five years of of their career in maths, physics, chemistry and computing into schools that need them most. Good to see the importance of subject specialism acknowledged. schoolsweek.co.uk/3k-levelli…
Nobel prize for chemistry goes to UK- born David MacMillan and German-born Benjamin List, for work on asymmetric organocatalysis - important for pharma and green chemistry.
I'm looking forward to giving the opening keynote to trainee science teachers at tomorrow's RSC-organised conference. They are so critical to the future of UK science. rsc.org/events/detail/47422/…
Have a look at the environment-facing webinars that ASE are planning in the run-up to COP26, with an opening one on the general principles of Climate change-facing education, which I'm chairing on Oct 7th, 1700. eventbrite.co.uk/e/environme…
Absolutely right - for science, literacy needs to be grounded in the context of the science being taught. Both literacy and science knowledge grow as a result.
Literacy in secondary school must not simply be seen as a basket of general skills - it must be grounded in the specifics of each subject.
That's according to our guidance report, Improving Literacy in Secondary Schools.
Available here: eef.li/literacy-ks3-ks4/
Today we have published a series of essays to inform the current debate about the future of Initial Teacher Training. Click here to learn more: bit.ly/ITTreformGatsby
What future for initial teacher training? Today Gatsby Education publishes a collection of essays by experts to inform the current debate about the future of ITT, with a foreword from Jenni French and me. bit.ly/3mn2Nn9