Employers and schools: how Mansfield is building a world of work approach
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There is a keen interest in encouraging employers to engage with schools so that young people can learn more about careers, understand the skills that employers are interested in, broaden their aspirations and be motivated to succeed. Employer engagement in schools in England however is increasingly fragmented because of a loss of brokering infrastructure. This article describes a partnership approach developed in Mansfield where a consortium of local schools has worked with their business community and public sector organisations. Together they have listened to what young people say they both want and need to know about careers and then responded by providing a strategic careers learning programme. The particular contribution of the Mansfield Learning Partnership which is wholly funded by the town’s secondary schools is detailed in the article alongside elaboration of the Mansfield Framework for Career Learning which provides a work experience programme and several imaginative opportunities for young people to engage in meaningful encounters with employers,Citation
Hutchinson, J. and Dickinson, B. (2014) 'Employers and schools: how Mansfield is building a world of work approach' Local Economy, 29 (3):257Journal
Local EconomyDOI
10.1177/0269094214528158Additional Links
http://lec.sagepub.com/lookup/doi/10.1177/0269094214528158Type
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0269-09421470-9325
ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1177/0269094214528158