We had a great turn out to our recent briefings on the updated statutory guidance, it was lovely to see so many cameras kept on too – so much nicer than speaking to circles! You can download the slides below and view a recording here
Don’t forget if you have a question about the updated guidance please add it to our FAQ Padlet here
Thanks to those of you that joined us for James Wilmot’s masterclass on using social media for parental engagement – copy of slides are available to download below.
Key Dates
Local Cohort Career Leader Training – in partnership with The University of Derby
We will be running another Career Leader training local cohort next academic year. The CEC have updated the career leader training on offer and full details will be available on their website soon. The local cohort course we will be running with the University of Derby and will consist of part one (3 in person workshop days) and part two (2 in person workshop days). Part one will run in the autumn term and part two in the spring term. We have now confirmed dates for the information webinar in September and the 3 workshop dates for part one which are below.
Please register EOI here
- 17/09 @16.00 – Information webinar including course content, sign up funding conditions
- Part one – workshop 1 – 15/10/25
- Part one – workshop 2 – 16/10/25
- Part one – workshop 3 – 11/11/25
Upcoming Hub Events
- 18/06/25 @16.30 – Repeat Career Leader and Industry Partner briefing – updated careers guidance (repeat of the CL briefing held 3/06 @12.30) link to join here
- 19/06/25 @15.00 – Using a School LinkedIn Account & building an Alumni network
- 30/06/25 @15.30 – Hub Induction – introduction to South Midlands Careers Hub for new Career Leaders and Industry Partners link to join here
- 01/07/2025 Inclusion Conference – this is now fully booked. We have 11 people on the waiting list, if you have booked to attend and can no longer make it please let us know so someone else can attend in your place
- 099/07/25 Employer Engagement masterclass, link to join is here
- COMING SOON – watch this space for your Careers Hub 2025/26 Conference invitation next week – this will be taking place in September and we will share details once the date/venue are confirmed.
Upcoming Compass Webinars
- Using Compass+ to support compliance with the updated statutory guidance for Careers (Tuesday 17th June 2025, 3.30pm – 4.30pm)
- Compass+ : Getting ready for the new academic year (Thursday 19th June 2025, 3.30pm to 4.30pm)
Webinars: register for Compass+ training – The Careers & Enterprise Company
Following on from webinars, new resources will be available;
- Help Centre article specifically for C+ and stat guidance
- PDF that maps C+ functionality to excerpts lifted directly from stat guidance
- Checklist for users to help them get ready for next academic year
For Action
Request your Hub Buddy now – As we mentioned at our statutory guidance briefings If you would like to be matched with a Hub Buddy for the 2025/26 academic year please complete this form. We will aim to match you with a colleague from a different local authority area where possible to encourage sharing of practice across the region.
We are booking in dates for autumn term Peer 2 Peer reviews. If you have completed or are planning to complete your ILR (Internal Leadership Review) and want to book in please email mandy.green@southmidlands.org.uk.
For Information
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Storing employer contacts
With Modern Work Experience planning now a priority it’s a good time to think about where and how you store your employer contacts and ensure that they are accessible to everyone in your institution who need them, and that they wont get lost as a result of a Careers Leader moving on. Careers Partners is a safe, secure and scalable database where you can store all employers, organisations and providers that deliver careers activities to your learners.
Careers Partners are only accessible to you and other Compass+ users within your institution.
- Store all of your careers partners in one place
- Add careers partners directly into Compass+
- Upload organisations and organisation contacts into Compass+ using our Careers Partners upload template
- Create contacts who are retired or not part of an organisation
- Build a comprehensive record for each organisation and organisation contact so you have a full overview of the careers activities they can support
- Link individual contacts or whole organisations to activities they have delivered or participated in
- Export Your Careers Partners as an Excel spreadsheet to help target employer engagement more effectively.
Careers Partners can be added to Compass+ in two different ways; entered directly into Compass+ from the Careers Partners section or uploaded into Compass+ using the Careers Partners upload template