Today saw the first Education Business Exchange event in the Midlands, hosted by BXL.
We used the opportunity to both give an overview of what the major brokers have on offer for working between businesses and schools, and to have a lively debate on what is currently working/what the gaps are in what is on offer.
We had great contributions from many schools, colleges, employers and brokers-so thanks to all who attended.
What next? We will capture the outputs and share these via our next newsletter in December-but as a summary:
-we need to create more ‘in school’ work experiences
-we need to create more/consistent ‘out of school’ work experiences eg through the Partnership Centre model
-employers, young people and educators need more help in preparing for work experience placements, and how to leverage the learning better/create opportunities for linking to accreditation
The next Exchange event is in February-again, we will notify more in due course via our websites and email newsletters.
