Technical Education: Employer views and engagement (DfE, 2016)
The Department for Education and Department for Business Innovation and Skills are leading major reforms to the provision for post-16 education. To inform development of the new Technical Education system we were commissioned to conduct 40 telephone interviews with employers and key stakeholders to gather feedback about their perceptions of the education and training system in preparing young people for jobs and employment and how the system can be improved. This was completed in a short timescale to meet policy requirements.