Education and Employers
Research Digest - October 2024

Publications

Talent Disrupted: College Graduates, Underemployment, and the Way Forward 

Burning Glass Institute and Strada Institute for the Future of Work

This report uses a combination of online career histories of tens of millions of graduates and census microdata for millions of graduates to develop a comprehensive picture of how college graduates fare in the job market over their first decade of postcollege employment.

Improving Secondary Science What do students really think about T Levels? 

Education Endowment Foundation

The report focuses on the seven areas where evidence provides the strongest steer about how to enhance science teaching to pupils in secondary school and provides examples of how to apply the recommendations in practice. It guides secondary science teachers, heads of science departments, and senior leaders to design actionable classroom applications in their context.

Learning from experience How to make high quality work experience for all a reality 

Niamh O Regan & Aveek Bhattacharya

This report examines the practicalities of implementing a work experience scheme and the potential pitfalls of rushing it through too quickly. The authors spoke to experts and practitioners around the country to understand how to roll out universal work experience in a way that is equitable and does not compromise quality. The findings recommend work experience to be expanded carefully and cautiously, with a focus on developing the infrastructure and employer relations necessary to make it a success.

Aligned ambitions? How to tell (and why it is important to know) if students’ occupational and education plans are aligned

OECD

Analysis of PISA data shows that students who engage more strongly in career development activities by age 15 can be expected to show lower levels of misalignment. This Policy Brief draws on evidence from the OECD Career Readiness project to explore:

• What is career alignment and misalignment?

• What difference does it make to student outcomes in employment?

• How common is it among students?

• How can guidance systems respond to career misalignment?

Think Work First: The transition from education to work for young disabled people 

Authority of the House of Lords

This report specifically focused on the experiences of young disabled people in the transition from education to work. The report concludes that some people are not able to work due to their disability or health condition: they must receive appropriate support from the welfare system. However, many young disabled people yearn to work and to have a career and should be supported to thrive in work.

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Examining assumptions in education policy: A decade of World Bank research

Luis Benveniste, Tracy Wilichowski, Quentin Daviot, & Gabrielle Arenge 

Careers and academic support for employability: What are the research gaps to support higher education learners? 

Miriam Firth & Paul Gratrick

How can we simultaneously tackle the educational objectives of employability and social justice? 

Dom Conroy,  Iwi Ugiagbe-Green, & Sara Namvar

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