Tag: social mobility
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17 March, 2022Sasha Morgan – Director, Social Mobility Commission
17/03/2022 Sasha Morgan KS 4-5 / S 4-6 Sasha has held a number of roles in the cultural and policy sectors. Sasha is passionate about creative education and believes that the arts are an important tool to allow young people to unlock their potential. Sasha will be speaking about her role at the Social Mobility Commission and will be sharing her life lessons.
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8 February, 2022Government and private sector can support Levelling-Up through virtual work experience
Government and private sector can support Levelling-Up through virtual work experience Pandemic sparked rapid rise of virtual work placements Social mobility charity Speakers for School delivered 56,000 virtual placements in 2020/21, yet the overall proportion of schools organising work experience during pandemic fell from 57% to 39% The charity is calling for the government to endorse virtual work experience as a means to Level-Up and asks more employers to step forward and commit opportunities The charity argues that multiple virtual work experience placements should be mandatory for all students in order to meet the mission to increase employment and productivity […]
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28 September, 2021Amplifying the voices of young people through our research
Making Up for Lost Time: Introducing the Latest Research Report by Speakers for Schools Download the Report (PDF) Download the Report (PDF) The start of a new academic year has traditionally signalled an exciting time of transition as many young people head to new destinations to continue their academic studies or enter the world of work for the first time. All young people deserve to approach their futures with confidence. However, there can be no doubt that the pandemic has cast a shadow over the hopes and aspirations of many young people – disrupting their education, weighing heavily on their wellbeing, and […]
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8 September, 2021Why increasing brand loyalty and social impact among Gen Z is so important for your brand
Why increasing brand loyalty and social impact among Gen Z is so important for your brand Getting your brand on young people’s radar with discounts is great, but to build trust and brand loyalty on a deeper level, you need to empower them to do more than simply save money on their shopping. Leading social mobility youth charity Speakers for Schools offer insights into how their latest support programme for 11-25-year-olds, Youth Card, can help brands build trust, market share and a more sustainable pipeline of early talent. Read the full article here.
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10 August, 2021Yougov Speakers for Schools Poll of MPs, business & young people
Leading Youth Charities join forces to solve the biggest post pandemic barriers for young people Speakers for Schools, UK Youth and Young Enterprise come together in a historic partnership to launch, ‘Youth Card’, the social mobility app packed with thousands of career preparing opportunities. This means the Youth Card is packed with thousands of mentoring programmes, career guidance, work experience placements, extra-curricular activities, financial education, open access and targeted youth work provision, inspirational career talks as well as a range of discounts with top retailers. It is free to download and available to all young people in the UK […]
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20 July, 2021The Social Mobility Commission report: State of the nation 2021
The Social Mobility Commission report: State of the nation 2021: Social mobility and the pandemic Against the backdrop of coronavirus (COVID-19), the Social Mobility Commission (SMC) has taken a deep look at the progress made in all four UK nations in tackling poverty, addressing inequality, and improving social mobility. The report reveals that across the UK there are already signs that attainment gaps between advantaged and disadvantaged children are getting wider. Every critical measure of low social mobility – child poverty, income inequality, access to stable housing, unemployment for young people and gaps in school attainment – was poor in […]
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14 July, 2021Leading Youth charities join forces to solve the biggest post-pandemic barriers for young people
Leading Youth charities join forces to solve the biggest post-pandemic barriers for young people Speakers for Schools, UK Youth and Young Enterprise come together in a historic partnership to launch, ‘Youth Card’, the social mobility app packed with thousands of career and life preparing opportunities. Leading social mobility charities Speakers for Schools, UK Youth and Young Enterprise have joined forces to solve the biggest post-pandemic barriers facing young people. Today they are launching Youth Card, a free app that places career preparing opportunities directly into the hands of young people across the UK. The app aggregates the three charities’ own […]
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7 May, 2021Young people in Birmingham first in the UK to access thousands of virtual work placements through new app
Young people in Birmingham first in the UK to access thousands of virtual work placements through a new pioneering app. Youth Card app set to tackle social mobility and educational inequality launched by Speakers for Schools, UK Youth, Young Enterprise and European Youth Card Association. Youth Card – Live Your Best Life from Speakers for Schools on Vimeo. Young people in Birmingham and Solihull are the first in the UK to access thousands of life-changing virtual work experience, volunteering, learning, and entrepreneurship opportunities as part of a new app launch from educational equality charity Speakers for Schools. Working with the […]
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26 March, 2021Building a future-proof talent pipeline for recruitment – Why work experience placements can really benefit your business
Building a future-proof talent pipeline for recruitment Why work experience placements can really benefit your business Building a reliable recruitment pipeline to safeguard your company’s future is one obvious way to ensure your business is built on firm foundations. But simply creating a pipeline will not cut it. If you want to assure the ongoing quality and diversity of your talent pool – especially with the combined long-term effects of Brexit, an ageing population, and the current pandemic – you must optimise your pipeline for accessibility. This is exactly the kind of thinking advocated by Steven Cooper, the Chair of […]
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4 February, 2021Former Education Secretary Justine Greening is working with the University of Northampton to protect opportunities and boost social mobility
Source – FENews, 2nd February 2021 Former Education Secretary Justine Greening is working with the University of Northampton to protect opportunities and boost social mobility. The partnership comes as research shows 80% of people are concerned that there will be fewer available job opportunities for young people nationwide in the aftermath of COVID-19.* On Thursday 4 February, the University will sign the Social Mobility Pledge, a campaign and coalition businesses and universities committed to being a force for good by putting social mobility at the heart of their purpose. By signing the Pledge, businesses and universities commit to enhancing opportunities by […]