Schools aren’t doing enough to expose pupils to employers

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Now there is increasing support for schools to provide it

Oli Hallam left science teaching to focus on providing outside inspiration and employer encounters for students. Often students who need these experiences most are the ones who receive them least. But, now there is a clear direction for providing career guidance thanks to the government’s new careers strategy and Gatsby’s career benchmarks, and there are increasing numbers of employer–student interactions.

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