Education and Employers
Research Digest - November 2022

Publications

Skills development in the time of COVID-19: Taking stock of the initial responses in technical and vocational education and training

ILO, UNESCO and the World Bank

The report presents an interagency survey analysis that aims to understand the challenges faced by TVET institutions during this crisis and to identify emerging innovations implemented in different contexts to facilitate sharing of information among TVET providers, policymakers, and social partners.

Job Shadowing: a guide to delivering an effective career development activity

OECD 

This policy brief summarises evidence on the impact of teenage job shadowing on adult employment outcomes; presents international data on the characteristics of students who job shadow; draws on the research literature and national examples of practice to illustrate why and how job shadowing can be expected to benefit students and provides a step-by-step guide to the effective design of job shadowing programmes.

Informing better access to education for IDPs 

Christelle Cazabat and Louisa Yasukawa

This report represents a first step towards bridging these knowledge gaps. It provides an overview of the data land-scape on IDPs’ education and top-line estimates of the number of internally displaced boys and girls of school age in 13 countries: Afghanistan, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Iraq, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.

Education Policy Outlook 2022: Transforming Pathways for Lifelong Learners 

OECD

Building on the OECD’s Framework of Responsiveness and Resilience in Education Policy, as well as analysis of international policies and practices from over 40 education systems undertaken mainly since 2020, this report presents three areas of policy effort to advance transformation in 2023.

Teacher management in refugee settings: Kenya 

Education Development Trust & UNESCO

This report investigates teacher management in refugee contexts in Kenya, and is the third in a series of country reports. It contributes to a burgeoning body of evidence about teachers in refugee contexts and aims to provide policy guidance to support ministries of education. 

Treading water: effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on youth transitions

Cameron Forrest

This report examines the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on young Australians' education, employment, and social circumstances. Comparisons with historical data suggest that the pandemic prevented young Australians from making the typical transitions for their age group, with adverse effects on their well-being.

Report Card 2022 Achieving a fair education in England 

Fair Education Alliance 

In this Report Card, the FEA calls for a strategy to better link up and fund services that support families, to give schools real terms increase in the funding they need, and to gather comprehensive national data on the well-being of young people. 

Comments

 Exploring the future of education with experts around the world 

Jennie Magiera 

Nigeria has more children out of school than any other country. Why? 

GEM Report

Primary and secondary school students’ career aspirations and job automation‑related risks 

Stephen Sowa, Julie Smith & Andrew Manches

Prepared for the Future: a new indicator that combines completion with learning 

Silvia Montoya and Manos Antoninis 

Innovative EdTech approaches to provide education to hard-to-reach learners

 All Children Reading Innovators

Education’s moonshot moment 

Neema Lugangira

Events