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Disrupting Unemployment

  • Preface
  • Case Studies
    • 2020 Legacy of Good Plan
    • 5by20
    • A-B
      • Activate
      • Apprenticeship Programme
      • Apprenticeship Programme
      • Automotive Manufacturing Technical Education Collaborative (AMTEC)
      • Born to Be
      • Bridge Academy London
      • Buen Trabajo (“Good Job”)
    • C-E
      • Centum Learning
      • Cherie Blair Foundation for Women
      • Coletivo
      • Dangote Academy of Learning and Development
      • Digital Jobs Africa
      • Dual Vocational Education and Training Programme
      • Enterprise Gardens
      • Entrepreneurship Mindset Index
      • Escola Escritório Programme
      • [email protected]
    • F-I
      • facealemploi.tv
      • Fast Start
      • Foundation Programme
      • Future Leaders Programme
      • Generation (Social Initiative)
      • Global Education Initiative – STEM Brazil Learning Programme
      • Global Girls Entrepreneurship Project
      • Global Internship Programme for Unemployed Youth
      • Google for Entrepreneurs
      • Helping Women Get Online
      • Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Skills Development Corporation
      • Internship Programme
      • It’s TYME and Unlocking Youth Potential (UYP)
    • J-L
      • JOBLINGE
      • Junior Achievement and Marsh & McLennan Companies
      • Junior Power
      • Juntos por el Empleo de los Mas Vulnerable (“Together for Employment for the Most Vulnerable”)
      • LEAP Mentorship and Coaching Development Programme
      • Leveraging Unique Talents of People with Autism
      • Lifelong Learning Apprenticeship
      • Linking Postgraduate Students with Job Opportunities
      • Localizing a Business Process Outsourcing Industry
    • M-P
      • Made in Italy
      • Management Trainee Programme
      • Movement for Alternatives and Youth Awareness (MAYA)
      • National Industrial Training Institute
      • National Youth Policy 2014
      • Nayee Disha (“New Direction”)
      • Nestlé needs YOUth
      • Networking Academy
      • Pan African Graduate Development Programme
      • Partnership for Economic Opportunities through Technology in the Americas (POETA)
      • PepsiCo México Foundation
      • Project Business
      • Prominp
    • R-T
      • REACH Project
      • Satya Bharti School Programme
      • Saudi Aramco Entrepreneurship Center
      • Save the Children and Accenture
      • Sino-German Automotive Vocational Education Project
      • Skills to Succeed Academy
      • Solutions for Youth Employment Coalition (S4YE)
      • StartUp Europe
      • StreetWise Partners Career Ventures Programme
      • Strengthening Rural Youth Development through Enterprise Programme (STRYDE)
      • Sustainable Living Young Entrepreneurs Awards
      • TEACH Ambassadors
      • Teacher Support Programme
      • Think Forward
      • Tshepo 10 000 (“Hope”)
    • U-Z
      • Udaan Programme
      • Upstream Professional Development Center
      • Vocational Training Cooperation
      • Women Development Programme
      • Women Employment Organization
      • Young Entrepreneurs Incubation Programme and Business Skills Development Programme
      • Youth Business International
      • Youth Employment Accelerator
      • Youth Unemployment Initiative
      • YouthActionNet
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Disrupting Unemployment Home
  • Report Home
  • Preface
  • Case Studies
    • 2020 Legacy of Good Plan
    • 5by20
    • A-B
      • Activate
      • Apprenticeship Programme
      • Apprenticeship Programme
      • Automotive Manufacturing Technical Education Collaborative (AMTEC)
      • Born to Be
      • Bridge Academy London
      • Buen Trabajo (“Good Job”)
    • C-E
      • Centum Learning
      • Cherie Blair Foundation for Women
      • Coletivo
      • Dangote Academy of Learning and Development
      • Digital Jobs Africa
      • Dual Vocational Education and Training Programme
      • Enterprise Gardens
      • Entrepreneurship Mindset Index
      • Escola Escritório Programme
      • [email protected]
    • F-I
      • facealemploi.tv
      • Fast Start
      • Foundation Programme
      • Future Leaders Programme
      • Generation (Social Initiative)
      • Global Education Initiative – STEM Brazil Learning Programme
      • Global Girls Entrepreneurship Project
      • Global Internship Programme for Unemployed Youth
      • Google for Entrepreneurs
      • Helping Women Get Online
      • Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Skills Development Corporation
      • Internship Programme
      • It’s TYME and Unlocking Youth Potential (UYP)
    • J-L
      • JOBLINGE
      • Junior Achievement and Marsh & McLennan Companies
      • Junior Power
      • Juntos por el Empleo de los Mas Vulnerable (“Together for Employment for the Most Vulnerable”)
      • LEAP Mentorship and Coaching Development Programme
      • Leveraging Unique Talents of People with Autism
      • Lifelong Learning Apprenticeship
      • Linking Postgraduate Students with Job Opportunities
      • Localizing a Business Process Outsourcing Industry
    • M-P
      • Made in Italy
      • Management Trainee Programme
      • Movement for Alternatives and Youth Awareness (MAYA)
      • National Industrial Training Institute
      • National Youth Policy 2014
      • Nayee Disha (“New Direction”)
      • Nestlé needs YOUth
      • Networking Academy
      • Pan African Graduate Development Programme
      • Partnership for Economic Opportunities through Technology in the Americas (POETA)
      • PepsiCo México Foundation
      • Project Business
      • Prominp
    • R-T
      • REACH Project
      • Satya Bharti School Programme
      • Saudi Aramco Entrepreneurship Center
      • Save the Children and Accenture
      • Sino-German Automotive Vocational Education Project
      • Skills to Succeed Academy
      • Solutions for Youth Employment Coalition (S4YE)
      • StartUp Europe
      • StreetWise Partners Career Ventures Programme
      • Strengthening Rural Youth Development through Enterprise Programme (STRYDE)
      • Sustainable Living Young Entrepreneurs Awards
      • TEACH Ambassadors
      • Teacher Support Programme
      • Think Forward
      • Tshepo 10 000 (“Hope”)
    • U-Z
      • Udaan Programme
      • Upstream Professional Development Center
      • Vocational Training Cooperation
      • Women Development Programme
      • Women Employment Organization
      • Young Entrepreneurs Incubation Programme and Business Skills Development Programme
      • Youth Business International
      • Youth Employment Accelerator
      • Youth Unemployment Initiative
      • YouthActionNet

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Key Partners

 

Status

Start year of the initiative:
2007 – still ongoing.

Next steps of initiative:
Further developing the initiative in order to increase the impact for students at the Academy.

Impact

Country(ies) of impact: 
United Kingdom

   

 

Number of people impacted annually: 
1,100

  

 

Time to intended impact:

Less than 2 years

 

Metrics:

  • Achievement, progress and quality of teaching
  • RAISE online annually
  • External exam results
  • LBG reporting annually
  • Corporate community investment
  • Contributions in terms of cash
  • Volunteering time, activities and impacts

Benefit to organization: 

  • Direct benefit to organization
  • Indirect benefit to organization

Key Partners

 

Status

Start year of the initiative:
2007 – still ongoing.

Next steps of initiative:
Further developing the initiative in order to increase the impact for students at the Academy.

Impact

Country(ies) of impact: 
United Kingdom

   

 

Number of people impacted annually: 
1,100

  

 

Time to intended impact:

Less than 2 years

 

Metrics:

  • Achievement, progress and quality of teaching
  • RAISE online annually
  • External exam results
  • LBG reporting annually
  • Corporate community investment
  • Contributions in terms of cash
  • Volunteering time, activities and impacts

Benefit to organization: 

  • Direct benefit to organization
  • Indirect benefit to organization

Bridge Academy London

Submitted by UBS

Objective

To have a positive impact on student achievement, attainment and personal development by teaching technical and employability skills.

Overview and Main Activities

UBS’s Youth Employment Initiative supports a set of educational projects at all levels (elementary school, apprentice training, life-long learning, etc.) mainly through financial contributions from UBS and volunteering by UBS employees to bridge the gap between students and the business world.

The relationship between parental income and educational disadvantage in the UK is very strong. UBS’ partnership with the Bridge Academy, a school for 11-18 year olds in one of the most disadvantaged areas of London, aims to break this link. Both UBS and the Academy share common objectives:

  • Increase overall student attainment
  • Close attainment gap for students on free school meals
  • Close destinations gap for students on free school meals (currently only four percent of students on free school meals attend a Russell Group University)
  • Equip students with the 21st century skills they need to be successful

The partnership commenced with a £1 million donation from UBS, matched by a Wealth Management client. Since then 3,600 employees have provided 37,500 hours of support and UBS employees, clients and suppliers have donated a further £1 million.

UBS support includes:

  • Governance and capacity building: Six UBS Managing Directors are members of the governing body.
  • Supporting attainment: UBS volunteers provide support in specific subjects such as Mathematics, French, Spanish, Economics and IT. These are complemented by field trips, for example, to the UBS trading floor to illustrate how skills such as mathematics are used in practice.
  • Work-related learning: UBS provides work experience placements in the firm along with CV workshops, interview practice and help with developing workplace capabilities.
  • Promoting access to university: Students in their final years are offered mentoring from a UBS Graduate Trainee to help them with university applications and interview practice.
  • Support students personal development: UBS volunteers facilitate days to support students in their personal development, tackling relevant issues such as homophobic bullying.

UBS encourages its employees to volunteer at the Academy by offering two paid volunteering days per year per employee.

Success Factors and Challenges

Most critical success factors:

  • All UBS Community Affairs activity is governed by the UK Community Affairs Committee
  • Six UBS senior leaders are governors and sit on key school committees infrastructure Committee
  • Governors submit formal annual report back to Community Affairs Committee
  • Partnership Board monitors and evaluates activity and reports progress
  • Day-to-day management that includes: a Bridge Relationship Director and a volunteering manager; regular meetings between Bridge Academy and UBS; formal “memorandums of understanding” that underpin all partnership activities

Main challenges:

  • Engaging employees in a way that best maximizes their skills (though stakeholder feedback, including employee volunteer survey feedback, continually improves practice and impact)

Recommendations for Others

Maintaining continuous high-quality dialogue between partners is critical to ensuring that the partnership delivers maximum impact. It is also imperative to ensure that monitoring and evaluation is an integral element of project delivery in order to measure impact.

Replicability and Scalability

How easily could other organizations implement this initiative?
Easy: The programme is currently replicating across the UK through the BITC initiative Business Class for which UBS is a national sponsor.

How easily can this initiative be expanded to include a larger number of participants?
Easy: Through BITC initiative Business Class, UBS has expanded the number of school business partnerships in London to 56.

About the Organization

Website: www.ubs.com
Sector: Banking and Capital Markets
Size (number of employees): 50,000-100,000
Headquarters: Zurich, Switzerland

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