Dr IRO KONSTANTINOU and JONNIE NOAKES

Academic success, employability skills, well-rounded individuals: Can schools do it all?

About this Keynote

Dr Iro Konstantinou and Jonnie Noakes first review key research on employability and encourages schools and colleges to integrate these principles into their curriculum. The discussion includes McKinsey's 2021 taxonomy, identifying 56 foundational skills needed for future workplace success, and highlights the 2023 study by the National Foundation for Education Research on the increasing demand for transferable employability skills by 2035. Finally, Dr Konstantinou suggests steps schools and colleges can take to better prepare students for the workforce and shares details about Eton’s comprehensive career education plan.

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Iro Konstantinou

Head of Research and Impact at the Tony Little CIRL

Dr Iro Konstantinou is Head of Research and Impact at the Tony Little CIRL. She oversees the Leadership Institute, develops Higher Education (HE) modules in research methods, researches interventions on student well-being when transition to HE, manages the Knowledge Transfer Partnership initiatives, and is a research fellow at BrainCanDo.

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Iro Konstantinou
Head of Research and Impact at the Tony Little CIRL

Dr Iro Konstantinou is Head of Research and Impact at the Tony Little CIRL. She oversees the Leadership Institute, develops Higher Education (HE) modules in research methods, researches interventions on student well-being when transition to HE, manages the Knowledge Transfer Partnership initiatives, and is a research fellow at BrainCanDo.

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Jonnie Noakes

Director of Teaching and Learning at Eton College

Jonnie Noakes is Director of Teaching and Learning at Eton College and the director of the Tony Little CIRL. He is a director of BrainCanDo, an editorial board member of the Chartered College of Teaching’s journal Impact, and a member of the global research committee of the International Boys’ Schools Coalition.

MEET THE RESEARCHER

Jonnie Noakes
Director of Teaching and Learning at Eton College

Jonnie Noakes is Director of Teaching and Learning at Eton College and the director of the Tony Little CIRL. He is a director of BrainCanDo, an editorial board member of the Chartered College of Teaching’s journal Impact, and a member of the global research committee of the International Boys’ Schools Coalition.

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