Report: National Survey of School Leaders and Careers Professionals by Dr Deirdre Hughes on behalf of Careers England in association with NAHT and Jules White, Headteacher Tanbridge House School and Leader of the Worthless? campaign. National Survey of school leaders and careers professionals On the 12th November 2019 at the national Careers England Summit, London…
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BBC Teach: Teacher Support Ballysally Primary school is in an area of social deprivation and this has an impact on students’ aspirations. This short film shows how careers can be linked to areas of the curriculum even in primary education. https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/teacher-support/how-can-we-encourage-children-to-raise-their-career-aspirations-from-as-early-as-5/zvwfhbk Headteacher Geoff Dunn MBE tells us this is easy to do…
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The definition of ‘Careers Advancement’ is contested, but it involves people having access and support to career development activities on a lifelong basis. Some interesting articles here: https://www.learningandwork.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Healthy-Wealthy-and-Wise-implications-for-workforce-development.pdf Careers Advancement services for people of all-age should be tailored to their specific needs, with emphasis on equipping people to develop resilience, adaptability and career management skills. The…
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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE Career Development: Identity, Innovation and Impact It is our great pleasure to update you on the very latest conference plans. If you haven’t registered yet, we cordially invite you to join inspirational and international colleagues at our dmh associates conference 2019. This will be held at Birmingham’s ‘hidden gem’– Fazeley Studios – central…
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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE Career Development: Identity, Innovation and Impact It is our great pleasure to update you on the very latest conference plans. If you haven’t registered yet, we cordially invite you to join inspirational and international colleagues at our dmh associates conference 2019. This will be held at Birmingham’s ‘hidden gem’– Fazeley Studios – central…
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Today (5th September 2019) DFE published an interim evaluation of the Career Learning Pilots which were established to test innovative approaches to lifelong learning and inform the design of the National Retraining Scheme. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cost-and-outreach-pilot-evaluation-interim-findings In England, the Cost and Outreach Pilots are running in five areas, led by the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) or Combined Authority:…
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Using evidence from a rapid evidence assessment (REA), carried out by CFE Research and dmh associates this report commissioned by Nesta’s Digital Frontrunners identifies what motivates working adults to take part in and complete training in digital and digital-complementary skills. https://www.nesta.org.uk/report/what-motivates-adults-learn/ Nesta have commissioned this rapid, systematic review of evidence (REA) to identify what motivates working adults to…
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The Learning & Work Institute has released the Healthy, Wealthy and Wise: implications for workforce development report, as part of its work for the European Agenda for Adult Learning. Although the report focuses on the UK, its findings have relevance across Europe. NEW – You can download the report here: Healthy, Wealthy and Wise: implications for workforce development …
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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE Career Development: Identity, Innovation and Impact It is our great pleasure to update you on the very latest conference plans. If you haven’t registered yet, we cordially invite you to join inspirational and international colleagues at our dmh associates conference 2019. This will be held at Birmingham’s ‘hidden gem’– Fazeley Studios – central…
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19 July 2019 The Government must fix the broken education funding system, commit to a multi-billion cash injection for schools and colleges and bring forward a strategic ten-year education funding plan, say the Education Committee in its report on school and college funding. Read the report summary Read the conclusions and recommendations Read the full report: A…
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