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Education and Employers
Research Digest - November 2024
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Publications
Innovation in career pathways across five countries
Paul Herdman, Anthony Mann, Alison Burke, & Patrick Signoret
This research paper focuses on Career Pathways and learning programmes delivered in general secondary education that allow students to explore a vocational field of interest while keeping their options for the future open. In a first-of-its-kind analysis and building on the understanding of historic provision, the study considers innovation in programme development in five predominantly Anglophone countries (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Scotland and the United States) since 2010.
Pathways to Prosperity for Adolescent Girls in Africa
Kehinde Ajayi & Estelle Koussoubé
This report presents new analyses and a comprehensive conceptual framework for understanding, measuring, and improving adolescent girls’ empowerment. This approach considers adolescent girls' diverse range of experiences and needs, taking into account factors such as their educational status, marital status, and whether they have children. The report concludes by charting a course of policy action to build pathways to prosperity for adolescent girls.
Further Education and Training Insights Report
Education and Training Inspectorate
The report provides evidence from evaluation activity in the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) and inspection across two prisons and 62 European Social Fund (ESF) projects. The findings recommend that a responsive, economically-focused curriculum must underpin the delivery of vocational education and training to grow a highly skilled workforce with the skills and competencies needed and raise productivity.
Standing Out in a Competitive Market The Impact of a Global Internship on Career Readiness
Leah Mason & Samantha Monroe
This report presents a study that features data from eight stakeholder organizations that facilitate global internship experiences for study abroad students through their organization. It explores the professional outcomes of study abroad alumni who engaged in an internship while overseas and highlights the impact of the global internship experience on the alumni’s reported development of 21st-century skills and their relevance in their careers today.
Comments
Students need more educational choices after high school
Cindy Cisneros
Social and emotional learning in the Global South: The path forward
Matthew Jukes & Julianne Norman
Reflections from teaching primary science in the Northern Irish sySTEM
Beverley McCormick
Starting Early: Building the foundations for success
Chris Percy & Alice Amegah
Event
Learning to Empower Adolescent Girls Through Education
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