Shaping futures.
Strengthening business.

A skilled workforce is at the heart of every successful business, so understanding the education and skills system – and how your business can benefit from it – is crucial. The Education Landscape: A Guide for Employers has been created to help you get to grips with the landscape and identify new opportunities available to your business.

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The Education Landscape: A Guide for Employers

A clear overview of England’s education system, how it supports business, and where you can get involved.
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The Education Landscape: Index

A practical list of engagement activities, grouped by type, with benefits and time commitments outlined.

Business benefits

The Education Landscape helps your business grow by connecting you with future talent, developing your staff, strengthening community ties and ensuring the skills being taught match your industry’s real needs.

  • New talent
  • Fresh perspectives
  • Staff development
  • Build partnerships
  • Support your local community
Find out more

Get Involved

Whether you can spare an hour or want to build a lasting partnership, there’s a way to get involved. From careers talks to shaping qualifications, this site helps you find the right fit.

Supporting students

Inspire young people and help them prepare for work through talks, mentoring, or job application support, while identifying future talent along the way.

Supporting high quality teaching

Keep teaching in step with industry by sharing your expertise, lending equipment, or co-creating course content with schools and colleges.

Providing experiences of the workplace

Bring learning to life with real-world insight. Offer visits, placements or T Level opportunities to help students experience your industry first-hand.

Providing expert guidance

Lend your voice to education strategy by joining skills panels, becoming a governor or supporting careers provision at a local level.

Work-based learning

Grow your team through apprenticeships, internships or training schemes that combine hands-on learning with real business impact.

Why get involved

The majority of your future team is in education right now. By connecting with students, teachers and education providers, you help equip young people with the skills and confidence they need, while making sure those skills match what employers like you are really looking for.

It’s an investment that benefits your business, your community, and the individuals who will shape tomorrow’s workforce.

Success Story

Using the Education Landscape Resources

Lucy Johnson, Skills Facilitator with North East Ambition, explains how the Education Landscape Guide and Index have helped her connect employers to education providers in ways that benefit their business.

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