Examining the Impact of Covid-19 on careers education and future employment

Form the Future's annual conference is the largest gathering of school and business leaders, bringing the two worlds together to explore how we're preparing young people to take up the jobs our businesses need to grow. This year, Covid-19 poses new challenges and makes this question even more pressing.

Speakers include Prof Anna Vignoles, Professor of Education at Cambridge University who studies how we can improve students’ academic achievement and help them develop the skills they need in the labour market. She has a particular interest in inequalities and the gap in attainment across socio-economic groups. She will focus on how COVID-19 has impacted the labour market for school leavers. 

She will be joined by Anthony Browne MP and Cllr Neil Gough from the Greater Cambridge Partnership on how they plan to focus on skills. Other speakers include entrepreneurs, business and school leaders. There will be panel discussions, lightening talks and workshops.

The conference will act as a catalyst for new ways to come together as a community to prepare our young people for their futures. Form the Future will share how they've moved careers event delivery online and produced resources to support teachers, helping schools achieve the Gatsby Benchmarks while supporting employers to build their talent pipelines and an engaged workforce. Their work helps to upskill Cambridge, future-proof employment in the area and improve social mobility. 

We hope you can join us for a thought provoking couple of hours with representatives from schools, business and government. With the attainment gap widening and the prospect of economic scarring for school and college leavers, this will be a crucial and timely discussion for Cambridge.

 

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