10 April 2014
10 April 2014
A report from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (Hefce) found the number of students being accepted onto modern foreign language courses dropped by nearly a quarter (22%) between the academic years 2010-11 and 2012-13. Read the full Guardian story Join our Inspiring Languages campaign – pledge one hour a year to talk about […]
Read more20 March 2014
20 March 2014
Primary Futures is our new initiative that brings literacy and numeracy to life and raises aspirations for primary school children. We are working closely with National Association of Head Teachers to reach children around the country. Read all about it here: Primary Futures. It’s just the job!
Read more11 March 2014
11 March 2014
The Association of School and Colleges Leaders (ASCL) and Inspiring the Future have teamed up to create ‘Your Guide to Apprenticeships’ for teachers. ASCL has worked with the Education and Employers Taskforce (the charity behind Inspiring the Future), the National Apprenticeships Service and employer organisations to help teachers and their students navigate this complex area. […]
Read more3 March 2014
3 March 2014
A national campaign is being launched to encourage young people to learn languages at school and understand how language skills impact on their job prospects. Inspiring the Future Languages Focus Week is taking place 22-26 September 2014 and seeks to get 100s of schools and employers involved across England. Nick Chambers, from charity the Education […]
Read more14 January 2014
14 January 2014
Could your school/college hold a funded awareness-raising careers event about apprenticeships for young people aged 16 – 18 at some point between February and July 2014? We are inviting proposals from schools/colleges interested in delivering apprenticeship awareness-raising careers events aimed at 16 to 18 year olds between February and July 2014 using apprentice volunteers through […]
Read more9 December 2013
9 December 2013
Institute of Physics says 49% of state-funded mixed schools in England are “reinforcing gender stereotypes” in terms of the subjects students study at A-level. It says some schools are failing to counter the idea that certain subjects are for girls and others are for boys. Join our Inspiring Women campaign to counteract job gender stereotyping. […]
Read more18 November 2013
18 November 2013
Inspiring the Future has a stand at the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills to celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week and recruit volunteers. This week has over 3,000 events across the UK with 300,000 participants. Get more information about UK wide events.
Read more9 October 2013
9 October 2013
‘Inspiring the Future: the first year 2012-13’ highlights progress made since its national launch in July 2013. It shows how the free Inspiring the Future programme connects state schools/colleges and employers to help young people make better informed decisions about jobs, careers and HE. Read ‘Inspiring the Future: the first year 2012-13’
Read more8 August 2013
8 August 2013
Inspiring the Future has just completed its first year, and we are now taking stock about how to make things better. So we want to hear your views. Complete our quick survey: get the chance to win 4 x £50 of High Street vouchers Take just 10 minutes to complete our end of year survey, […]
Read more23 July 2013
23 July 2013
Do you design or make things? We need you! Inspiring the Future is running a new national Design and Manufacturing Week in 2014 to help young people understand the range of jobs and careers available. Whether you design and make; airplanes, bicycles, boats, books, cars, ceramics, clocks, clothes, furniture, glassware, high-tech engineering, jewellery, mobile apps, […]
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