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James Dawkins Educational Research Analyst, Education and Employers Taskforce

Looking Back, Moving On: The Views of Young Britons (aged 19-24) on Their Teenage Experiences of School-Mediated Employer Engagement and Correlations with Subsequent Labour Market Outcomes. James Dawkins Educational Research Analyst, Education and Employers Taskforce

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James Dawkins Educational Research Analyst, Education and Employers Taskforce

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  1. Looking Back, Moving On:The Views of Young Britons (aged 19-24) on Their Teenage Experiences of School-Mediated Employer Engagement and Correlations with Subsequent Labour Market Outcomes James Dawkins Educational Research Analyst, Education and Employers Taskforce James.Dawkins@educationandemployers.org

  2. Context of Survey • Survey designed to identify extent to which young people engage and perceive four key types of employer engagement activity useful in: deciding on a career, getting a job and getting in to HE • Sample large enough to segment by school type, age, gender and geographical location • Key questions addressed in presentation: Is there variation across school types and age groups in terms of the usefulness of WEX and careers advice?

  3. Outline • Methodology • Participation rates by school type & age • Perceived impacts across 3 outcome areas segmented by age, school type and level of qualification • Final thoughts

  4. Methodology • Survey administered by YouGov Polling (pro-bono) • Sample size: 987 people • Location: Great Britain • Age: 19-24 • Fieldwork: February, 2011 • Statistical analysis via SPSS 16.0 • Testing at 10% significance level

  5. Activity Participation Rates Q. Did you do/receive… between 14 and 19?

  6. Activity participation rates by school type School type attended between 14-19 * Work experience participation rates School type attended between 14-19 * Percentage receiving employer careers advice

  7. Activity participation rates by school type School type attended between 14-19 * Enterprise activity participation rate School type attended between 14-19 * Business mentoring participation rate

  8. Perceived impacts of activities School type attended between 14-19 * Work Experience participation rate School type attended between 14-19 * Percentage receiving careers advice

  9. Age Pupil age and the usefulness of work experience deciding on career getting a job getting into HE N Age WE was Useful Useful Useful undertaken 14 to 16 50% (13%) 25% (7%) 19% (4%) 588-609 16 to 19 74% (29%) 48% (21%) 47% (18%) 104-123 Did it at both ages 76% (31%) 47% (20%) 51% (24%) 81-96 P-Value 0.000 0.000 0.000 Pupil age and the usefulness of careers advice deciding on career getting a job getting into HE N Age CA was Useful Useful Useful undertaken 14 to 16 54% (9%) 40% (8%) 30% (8%) 130-136 16 to 19 70% (16%) 53% (15%) 53% (16%) 181-190 Did it at both ages 69% (17%) 39% (10%) 43% (9%) 94-101 P-Value 0.016 0.122 0.02

  10. Level of qualifications Former pupils asked “How useful was work experience in…: Highest qual level deciding on career getting a job getting into HE N 0 100% (0% a lot) 100% (0%) 0% (0%) 3 1 67 (29%) 50% (42%) 10% (10%) 20 - 24 2 56% (7%) 38% (18%) 15% (6%) 52 - 57 3 57% (20%) 28% (9%) 28% (9%) 353 - 397 4 58% (15%) 30% (9%) 31% (8%) 262 - 268 5 48% (13%) 27% (5%) 14% (2%) 63 - 65 P-Value 0.061 0.000 0.056 Former pupils asked “How useful was careers advice in...” Highest qual level deciding on career getting a job getting into HE N 0 100% (0% a lot) 100% (0%) 0% (0%) 3 1 81% (31%) 81% (50%) 53% (47%) 16 - 17 2 79% (18%) 59% (15%) 52% (13%) 23 - 28 3 65% (16%) 48% (13%) 41% (8%) 196 - 211 4 58% (10%) 39% (6%) 42% (13%) 125 - 130 5 58% (9%) 32% (2%) 43% (8%) 40 - 44 P-Value 0.114 0.000 0.001

  11. NEETs Correlation between NEET status at 19-24 and number of employer engagement activities undertaken whilst in education (aged 14-19) Kendall’s Tau C P value = 0.001

  12. Future perceptions and employer engagement activity intensity Correlation between number of employer engagement activities undertaken whilst in education (aged 14-19) and perceptions as a young adult (aged 19-24) of usefulness of current activity to future career aspirations. Kendall’s Tau C P Value = 0.002

  13. Wage Premiums I • 176 report annual salaries bounded between £10k and £30k in £1k ranges • Predominantly 20-24 with L3 as highest qualification • Correlating against number of employer engagement activities recalled • Controlling for effects of gender, age, ethnicity, school type, regional area and highest level of qualification attained

  14. Wage Premiums II • Positive correlations exist (94.5% certain not due to chance, p = 0.055) (as number of empeng act increase so do wages, were 95% sure that this is not due to chance) • Each additional employer engagement activity is linked on average with an extra £750 (4%) increase in annual salary • Confirmed by DfE analysts

  15. What is happening? Textual analysis of written comments to a general question on value (if any) of employer engagement activity, suggests that human capital accumulation rarely occurs. Rather, interventions serve to increase social capital resource (access to non-redundant, trusted information) which serves to change attitudes, ambitions, self-perceptions (cultural capital).

  16. James Dawkins Educational Research Analyst, Education and Employers Taskforce James.Dawkins@educationandemployers.org

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