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Work experience: impact and delivery - insights from the evidence

A report published in April 2012 by Dr Anthony Mann, Director of Research and Policy, Education and Employers Taskforce. This paper presents findings from recent research into the value of work experience to young people.

The purpose of this paper is to share evidence considered by the Education and Employers Taskforce’s 2011 Expert Working Group on Work Experience to raise awareness of those findings together with new data, contributing to an ongoing debate on the purpose and future of work experience.

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