"The Employability Forum is looking at the whole question of migration and the world of work in the UK. My family and many others were forced to leave their homeland and we came to this country as refugees. We brought our education, our experience and our know-how with us, and we wanted to make a real contribution as new citizens."

Ram Gidoomal, Patron, Employability Forum

Migrants come to the UK for many different reasons: to study, to make a new life, to start a business or for family reasons. How we manage migration is crucial for the future of this country, Europe and the wider world.

Please let us know if you would like further information about the Employability Forum: info@employabilityforum.co.uk

  • Latest Events and News
  • New online resource for refugee integration
    Nationwide

  • We have spent the past few months looking at ways to improve how refugees and service providers understand information about accessing mainstream support, and other services that assist their integration. We are now developing a website that will host a range of . . . (more>)

  • Mapping cuts to refugee service provision
    Nationwide

  • Last year we conducted research with 100 organisations across the UK to determine the impact that funding cuts were having on refugee service provision. One year on, we are now revisiting this to see how the situation has developed. Over the next month we will be . . . (more>)

  • School placements for refugee teachers
    London - ongoing

  • If you are looking to work or train to be a primary or secondary school teacher or teaching assistant, we can help you to gain voluntary work placements in local primary or secondary schools. We have a number of schools with whom we have developed a strong . . . (more>)

  • Refugee Week 2013: School resource pack
    Nationwide

  • Refugee Week is from 17-23 June and presents an ideal opportunity for school children to learn about refugees. Our Refugees into Schools project, which ran from 2009 to 2012, provides free resource packs for primary and secondary schools. They include fact sheets, . . . (more>)