Employers urged to check applicants’ school backgrounds
A report by MPs claims thousands of young people face a “lost opportunity” because they can’t access top jobs unless their social backgrounds are taken into account. The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) report, called the Class Ceiling, mainly focusses on social mobility and contextual recruitment in which an employer factors in context of social backgrounds. […]
Industry Spotlight – Post-FE: What students need to focus on to succeed in their careers…
It’s early September and as graduates head towards their first job, you can almost hear the screeching of breaks as they plough head-first into an unfamiliar world. Students are selected on their potential, indicated by their exam results and interviews, and there is a clear desire from employers to get them started and add value […]
Improve your students’ learning experience with ALE’s accessible resources…
Education is one of the cornerstones of a stable, evolving society. Better employment opportunities, improved wellbeing, innovative research, and a more informed and engaged citizenry are just some of the benefits of education. And yet educators and students are struggling today with the relevance of the current education system to our rapidly evolving world. Classrooms, […]
Delay in SEND reforms down to shortage of educational psychologists…
As a result of a recent survey conducted by the Association of Educational Psychologists (AEP), it is thought that one third of educational psychology services are ‘unlikely to’ or ‘will not’ meet the requirement for new education, health and care plans by April 2018, a set deadline for when the government plans to introduce a new system in the […]
New transgender guidelines aimed at teaching those ‘in the dark’…
Official guidance issued by the Boarding Schools’ Association recommends that teachers should address transgender students as ‘zie’ in order to avoid causing offence. To remind all England, Wales and Scotland-based education professionals on their obligations to follow the Equality Act 2010, the guidance advises all teachers to ‘learn a new language’ to include students who wish to […]
Industry Spotlight: Abuse and violence persistently experienced by school support staff, new survey claims…
UNISON, one of the largest trade union organisations in the UK, has suggested as a result of its latest survey that more and more support staff members in schools across the country are facing frequent violence and abuse at the hands of students and their parents. The ‘Bad Form: Behaviour in Schools‘ report, which collected responses from 14,514 teaching assistants and educational support […]
UK schools with high EU migrant population perform ‘better’, analysts claim…
The data analyst group, School Dash, has suggested as a result of its recent research into the population and overall performance of EU immigrant students in UK schools that those who speak English as an additional language tend to outperform their counterparts in lessons. In London, where schools with racial diversity is more commonplace, white immigrants were found to perform better academically compared […]
Brexit could lead to struggle in recruiting international students…
If the UK does decide to leave the EU after a vote is cast in the EU referendum on June 23, a report from the international student recruitment company, Hobsons, has declared that UK universities could find it difficult to attract international students. Almost half (47 per cent) of the 1,763 students who expressed their […]