UK businesses to tackle social mobility in Government’s Opportunity Areas
Leading UK businesses and business groups today backed a commitment to help improve social mobility for young people in the Government’s 12 Opportunity Areas.
Permanent Secretary discusses careers with Barnhill Community High School pupils
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Permanent Secretary Alex Chisholm shared his insights into the world of work.
£5 million invested to support 160,000 young people into work
£5 million will be invested in careers and enterprise programmes across the country to help 160,000 young people make connections with the world of work.
Community Apprentice trial to examine impact on young people
New trial will test if social fundraising projects with business mentors can boost young people’s skills and help them do better at school.
Claudia Harris at the LEP Network Annual Conference
Our Chief Executive Claudia Harris spoke at the recent LEP Network Annual Conference, held at the QEII Conference Centre in London.
Volunteering and work experience: what works? Join our research seminar
Our ‘What Works’ seminar series continues on 26 June in London, exploring the evidence around involving young people in volunteering, workplace visits, job shadowing and work experience.
Geography matters, but does attainment? - research seminar highlights
Highlights from the latest 'What Works' research seminar, with talks from Senior Researcher Jonathan Boys and Bart Shaw of LKMCo.
Joining the Dots Annual Conference 2017
Hundreds of people from across the education, business and skills sectors attended the Careers & Enterprise Company’s Annual Conference in Sheffield.
1600 schools and colleges in our network - how many in your region?
Our Enterprise Adviser Network bridges the gap between education and employers. We have now reached over 1600 schools and colleges.