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Education and Employers
Research Digest - July 2023
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Publications
Education priorities in the next general election
Jon Andrews, Emily Hunt, & Shruti Khandekar
This report provides evidence for policymakers on the key education priorities, and the evidence behind effective interventions.
Education policies and programmes in G20 countries
Indian G20 Education Working Group team
This report discusses foundational learning; explores tech-enabled learning; considers the future of work; and looks at research and innovation, including the role of higher education.
Every child, including adolescents, learns and acquires skills for the future
UNICEF
This report discusses the impact of UNICEF financing of marginalized children, including girls, children with disabilities, minorities, and children on the move, who continued to be disproportionately impacted by the lingering effects of the pandemic, including impacts on their education.
World Bank
This report takes stock of what countries have done so far to recover and accelerate learning since reopening schools, and what we have learned from their experience. It follows the RAPID Framework for Learning Recovery and Acceleration.
What next? Enhancing African students' transition to employment through effective career services.
Education Sub-Sahara Africa
This report presents the findings of a study that aims to produce an in-depth understanding of how universities and colleges in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) can strengthen their career services outcomes and enhance students’ employability. It adopts a broad perspective, focusing on students, faculty members, career services personnel, alumni, CEOs, and human resource (HR) managers.
Building better formal TVET systems - principles and practice in low- and middle-income countries
World Bank
The report brings together global knowledge on TVET reform to develop a joint understanding of the main challenges and the lessons learned from TVET reforms, including the experience gained during the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on this understanding, the report offers a joint way forward towards better TVET and can be the basis for more impactful and coordinated support of TVET systems in the future. With TVET playing a central role in preparing learners for the changing world of work, the report’s call for transforming TVET is very timely.
Empowering youth for the future of work: Addressing challenges and enabling opportunities
British Youth Council and YMCA England & Wales
This report discusses the importance of meaningful work experience for all young people. Work experience has the potential to ignite a young person’s passion for an industry that will carry them through their entire career; it has the potential to introduce young people to mentors who will support them for years to come; it has the potential to dispel myths about professions that young people from disadvantaged backgrounds deselect themselves from; it has the potential to integrate youth voice into companies; and it has the potential to even the playing field between young people.
Comments
Debating the first principles of English vocational education
Edge Foundation
The future of the artificially intelligent examination
Mary Richardson
Exploring open approaches to digital literacy
Richard Pountney
Researching ethnicity and the early years workforce: The need for reflexivity
Magdalena Dujczynski, Mona Sakr, & Celina Santos Pinto
The policy and practice of mathematics mastery
Nick Pratt & Julie Alderton
Events
BERA’s Annual Conference
12 September 2023 to 14 September 2023 at Aston University/ Conference Aston.
We believe no child should be constrained by stereotypes or the expectations of others. We know that if young people hear firsthand about the world of work, they work harder, get better grades and are more likely to break down barriers.
They should have the chance to start as early as possible, and that is why we launched the national I am #InspiringTheFuture campaign.
Any views expressed in the publications featured in this newsletter are those of the authors and do not reflect the views of Education and Employers.
