Business experts and employers appear on opportunities for school leavers

• Parliament TV: Social Mobility Committee
• Social Mobility Committee

Witnesses

The evidence sessions take place on Wednesday 14 October in Committee Room 4A, Palace of Westminster.

At 10.30am:

• Dr Peter Grant, Cass Business School
• Nick Chambers, Director, Education and Employers Taskforce
• Professor Ewart Keep, University of Oxford

At 11.30am:

• Neil Carberry, Director of Employment, Skills and Public Services, CBI
• Tony Moloney, Head of Employment and Skills, National Grid
• Tanith Dodge, HR Director, Marks and Spencer
• Emma Codd, Managing Partner for Talent, Deloitte

Likely topics

Topics likely to be covered are:

• Should employers be given more support to offer work placements?
• What can school and colleges do to improve the employability of young people?
• What are the anticipated effects of the apprenticeship levy, announced in the Summer Budget 2015?
• What is the greatest barrier to employers recruiting young people who have not done A-Levels or completed higher education?
• What are the factors that make work experience schemes successful?
• What are employers' perceptions about young people in their local areas? How do they engage with them?
• What are employers' view of the different levels of apprenticeships available?

Further information

• About Parliament: Select committees
• Visiting Parliament: Watch committees

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