This is the library of all our published reports and insights.
If you have any questions about a particular report, please tweet the Education team @GatsbyEd or email us info@gatsby.org.uk.
Disclaimer: The Gatsby Charitable Foundation commissions and funds research which contributes to the strengthening of the country’s science and engineering skills. The views and opinions presented in the research reports do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Gatsby Charitable Foundation.
An examination of current practice in personal guidance (Gatsby Benchmark 8), based on three roundtables with Careers Leaders including those from Further Education (FE) and special schools.
This report focuses specifically on the current state of play and potential for further development of the use of e-assessment for assessing technical education in England. “E-assessment” refers here in broad terms to the assessment of knowledge, skills and capabilities of people through technology.
Assessment in technical education has received limited attention. We asked Simon Field to review international evidence and experience to guage whether there are helpful lessons to be learned for technical assessment in England.
It is widely recognised that parents are one of the most influential forces in a young person’s career and education decision-making. Since early 2019, Gatsby has been working to better understand the views and preferences of parents in relation the career guidance of their children in secondary schools and colleges, to inform our programmes of support. This latest report outlines findings from a survey of 2,001 parents of secondary school students (11-18 years olds) carried out in autumn 2020. Comparisons are made with previous research carried out by Opinium in August 2019, which also surveyed 2,050 parents with very similar demographics (gender, age, location, ethnicity, Ofsted rating of school/college, age of child(ren).
This report draws together research by both Michaela Brockmann & Ian Laurie at the University of Southampton and Rob Smith & Vanessa Cui at Birmingham City University who separately conclude that the attitude and engagement of employers towards both on- and off-the-job training is one of the most critical factors in whether an apprenticeship is of high-quality.
This report, commissioned by Gatsby Education and undertaken by the Learning and Work Institute, explores how a higher technical education offer with a focus on industry-specific skills, could help to address the needs of local people, local businesses and the local economy.
