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This is the library of all our published reports and insights.

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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.

Parents’ engagement in the career guidance of their children - Autumn 2020

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).

On- and Off-The-Job Training in Apprenticeships in England

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.

Making a market for the missing middle: Higher technical education

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.

The Opportunities for learning factories in the UK

The concept of a ‘learning factory’ refers to a facility with aspects of an authentic production environment designed and used primarily for the purpose of learning.The purpose of this report is to lay the groundwork for implementing the promotion of learning factories in the UK following previous international visits and work with the High Value Manufacturing Catapult.

Further Education Colleges and Innovation

This report by Elaine Baxter, former head of the Innovation Lab at Procter & Gamble, was commissioned to better understand the role that colleges in England play in supporting innovation in their local areas.

Beyond the Missing Middle: Developing Higher Technical Education

This report by Simon Field follows his earlier report 'The Missing Middle: Higher Technical Education in England', and looks internationally for answers to how England can develop and improve its higher technical system.