Work-related learning is about preparing young people: For work, About work, Through work.
You may already co-operate with a school to provide some sort of work-related learning, such as work experience, or you may perhaps, be thinking of getting involved in some way.
The Suffolk Education Business Partnership sets up and facilitates links between businesses and schools for mutual benefit and to help prepare young people in their journey from education to employment.
We are working with partners to find what you as an employer feel about business / school and college collaboration. This is the first survey of its type in Suffolk and your answers will help us develop services that are more efficient and effective in supporting your aims. The responses will also provide us with valuable baseline data on the types of work-related learning that exists in the county and enable us to form a cohesive strategy for employer education collaboration.
The Suffolk Education Business Partnership is part of a steering group that is committed to improving communication with local employers. Partners in this work include: 14-19 Strategy Team, Suffolk County Council Youth and Connexions, BT, Hutchison Ports, Federation of Small Businesses, Training Provider Network, Headteachers, Colleges and the Learning and Skills Council.
A consultation event for the proposed strategy will be held on 11th December 2008 at BT, Adastral Park, Martlesham, Ipswich. With this date in mind, it would be extremely helpful if you could spend a few minutes of your time completing this survey. Your views are really important to the overall aim of providing the ‘joined-up-thinking’ that is needed to reduce the number of approaches made to you by those involved in education.
Please note: All questions marked with * must be completed before you can move to the next page and finally submit the survey.
A) About your organisation
* Name:
* Position:
* Organisation Name:
* Address:
* Town:
* County:
* Postcode:
Telephone:
(no spaces)
Email address:
2) * Your Industry Sector:
3) * Type of Organisation:
4) Would you describe your role in your organisation as:
(select all that apply)
(* = must be completed)
Survey progress: 1-2-3-4-5-6
B) Work-related links for young people aged 11-19
1) Is your company involved in, or would like to be involved in, any of the following work-related activities? Please select either 'Yes', 'No', or 'Would consider' for each activity as appropriate.
Apprenticeships 16+:
Apprenticeships (Young) 14-16:
Careers Information / Evenings:
The Diploma:
Enterprise Education:
Industry Days:
Mentoring:
Mock Interviews:
Part time work:
Practical Experience:
Projects:
Site visits:
Taster Sessions:
Train to Gain:
Work Based Training:
Work Experience:
Work Shadowing:
Work Simulations:
Workshops:
Working with Teachers:
Other (please specify):
2) What motivates you, as an organisation, to collaborate with schools and colleges?
(Please tick as many as appropriate)
C) Working with schools and colleges
1) We recognise that employers face difficulties in working with schools and colleges because of Health & Safety and Child Protection regulations. What other issues arise as a result of working with schools and colleges?
2) What would help your organisation overcome these barriers?
D) Your Views and Involvement
1) Please share with us any other ideas or thoughts that you think might help us, as we set out to improve the way schools, colleges and employers interact.
2) In 2009 we will be setting up industry sector forums for those mentioned in Section A, Question 2. Would you be interested in being part of a forum, relevant to your sector, that meets once a term?
Thank you for taking part in this survey.
As a result of this survey and to thank you for taking part, we will be extending an invitation to you to attend, as our guest, three future events over the next 12 months:
Please note: The information contained in this survey will be held on an electronic database by the Suffolk Education Business Partnership. It will not be passed to any other third parties and the contact details will be kept confidential by Suffolk Education Business Partnership.
If you have requested information or indicated you would like to know more about a particular topic the appropriate organisation will be in touch with you.
If you would like us to keep you informed of information that pertains to the Suffolk Education Business Partnership and the Suffolk Education Business Strategic Collaboration, please tick the box below:
For further information please contact: Helen Scott-Davies, Suffolk Education Business Partnership, Room 3.01, Felaw Maltings, 44 Felaw Street, Ipswich, Suffolk IP2 8SJ. Tel: 01473 408060. Email: hscott-davies@suffolkebp.co.uk.
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