Understanding Employer Engagement in Education

This book focuses on employer engagement in education, how it is delivered and the differentiated impact it has on young people in their progression through schooling and higher education into the labour market.

Anthony Mann is Director of Policy and Research at the Education and Employers Taskforce. Julian Stanley is Head of Centre, Centre for Education and Industry, University of Warwick, UK. Louise Archer is Professor of Sociology of Education at King's College London, UK.

Preface- Nancy Hoffman, Robert Schwartz Introduction- Julian Stanley, Anthony Mann, Louise Archer Part one: Conceptualising employer engagement in education Chapter 1 Conceptualising Aspiration- Louis Archer Chapter 2 A theoretical framework for employer engagement- Julian Stanley, Anthony Mann Chapter 3 A conceptual framework for the American Labour Market: engagement, achievement and transition- James Stone - Chapter 4 Youth Employment in the Twenty-First Century- Kathrin Hoeckel Part two: Social and economic contexts Chapter 5Social Mobility in Britain 1991-2005- Yaojun Li, Fiona Devine Chapter 6 The winners and losers in the 'hourglass' labour market- Craig Holmes, Ken Mayhew Chapter 7 Local labour markets: What effects do they have on the aspirations of young people?- Ralf St. Clair, Keith Kintrea, Muir Houston. Chapter 8 Local labour markets: What effects do they have on the aspirations of young people?- Emma Norris, Becky Francis Part three: Equity and Access in the experience of employer engagement Chapter 9 The views of young Britons (aged 19-24) on their teenage experiences of school-mediated employer engagement - Anthony Mann, Elnaz T. Kashefpakdel Chapter 10 That aroma of where they are likely to go: Employer engagement in high performing English independent schools- Prue Huddleston, Anthony Mann, James Dawkins Chapter 11 The role of Work Experience in the UK Higher Education admissions process- Steven Jones Chapter 12 How school work experience policies can widen student horizons or reproduce social inequality- Tricia le Gallais, Richard Hatcher Part four: Economic Impacts and Employment Outcomes Chapter 13 School-mediated employer engagement and labour market outcomes for young adults: wage premia, NEET outcomes and career confidence- Christian Percy, Anthony MannChapter 14 Exploring outcomes of youth apprenticeship in Canada- Alison Taylor, Milosh Raykov, Zane Hamm, Chapter 15 Work experience: the economic case for employers- David Massey Conclusion Conclusions- Julian Stanley, Anthony Mann, Louis Archer....................................