{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65fbffcd365a7b00177cfbf4/67ba06b086a56284d0b7dc5a?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Exams and Employability","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/65fbffcd365a7b00177cfbf4/1740335055385-2b5740ff-4b0a-44e6-881d-dda7868d9ae4.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Exams and employability- do exams prepare young people for the many decades following school?This week we are joined by Oli de Botton, the CEO of The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company – the national body for careers education- to talk everything exams and employability. We had a great chat all about the purpose of exams, and what employers want and need from an assessment system. Oli draws on his vast experience in education in our thought- provoking conversation, including his time as the founding Headteacher of <a href=\"https://school21.org.uk/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Welcome to School 21</a> and as a government education adviser. (As an aside, find out why Oli and <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/company/87092676/admin/page-posts/published/#\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Sophie Gaston</a> admit to being irritating in their younger days- and why <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/company/87092676/admin/page-posts/published/#\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">John Gaston</a> agrees!)</p><p><br></p><p>To learn more about The Careers and Enterprise Company: <a href=\"https://www.careersandenterprise.co.uk/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company | The Careers and Enterprise Company</a></p><p>Would you like to find out more about Examscreen? <a href=\"https://examscreen.co.uk/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Examscreen</a></p><p> </p>","author_name":"John Gaston and Sophie Gaston"}