Free virtual work experience events with National Highways this November

Digdata is thrilled to announce free virtual work experience events with National Highways this November and December. These career challenges are designed to develop key employability skills such as problem solving, data literacy, storytelling, and presentation. Hosted on Microsoft Teams, these sessions take place outside of school hours, making them easily accessible.

Students will enjoy: • A 45-minute briefing with the National Highways team • The opportunity to complete a career challenge at their own pace • Certification upon completion

These events provide valuable insights into emerging careers and help students build skills that will enhance their future education and employment choices.

Please can you share the below with your students – registrations are now open!

First Step – for students in the following year groups

England and Wales – years 7,8,9

Northern Ireland – years 8NI, 9NI, 10NI

Scotland – years S1, S2, S3

Wednesday 27th November at 4.30pm (45-minute briefing session on MS Teams)

Gain virtual work experience with National Highways!

How did the hedgehog cross the road?

Register Now!

Next Step – for students in the following year groups

England and Wales – years 10,11,12,13

Northern Ireland – years 11NI, 12NI, 13NI, 14NI

Scotland – years S4, S5, S6

Wednesday 11th December at 5pm (45-minute briefing session on MS Teams)

Gain virtual work experience with National Highways

Where there is Wi-Fi there’s a way!

Register Now!

 We invite you and parents to attend either or both events! Register Now!

Students – How To Find a Great Work Experience Placement!

60 minutes of really practical advice to help young people connect with employers and find a GREAT work experience opportunities.


TUESDAY 12TH NOVEMBER – 6.30PM

We will be covering:

💥 How to use social media to find work experience

💥 What your parents / relatives can do to help you

💥 Why your ‘adult network’ is key…and who is in it?

💥 How to demonstrate to an employer that you’re serious about their work

💥 An email template you can use to contact employers

💥 Why developing ‘relationships’ is your key to getting people to help you

💥 How to prepare to get the most from your work experience

💥 What you need to do after your work experience

At the end of the session, you’ll have a list of things that you can do that will really help you find a great placement……and you’ll be able to get straight to work! Click the link below to book your FREE ticket:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-to-find-a-great-work-experience-placement-tickets-1059512503419

We’re hugely grateful to East Sussex Careers Hub for supporting this webinar, which is also open to young people and parents from all locations.

My Great First Job – Degree Apprenticeships, what are they all about – Webinar Recording

A few weeks ago we ran a webinar all about Degree Apprenticeships – we were joined by 3 young people who were either about to start their programmes, or who were going into their final year.

The link to the recording of the session is on our website – feel free to use it as a resource in your school, or to forward it to anyone who might find it helpful.
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https://www.mygreatfirstjob.com/post/degree-apprenticeships-what-are-they-all-about-1

Degree Apprenticeship Mentoring Programme

Our Degree Apprenticeship Mentoring Programme starts in 2 weeks – just 20 places available!

Our experience is that a lot of young people who are applying for Degree Apprenticeships are ‘flying solo’…..they’re trying to figure out on their own how to present their CV, how to navigate a video interview, and what research to do for an assessment day.

Our Degree Apprenticeship Mentoring Programme is here to help them, and give parents the piece of mind that their son/daughter is not missing out on opportunities because of a lack of knowledge.

The 4 month mentoring programme includes small group sessions, personalised feedback and 1-2-1 action planning meetings.

We’re running ‘Insight Sessions’ so young people and their parents can find out more, and figure out whether the support we offer will work for them.
We also offer an entirely bespoke 1-2-1 programme so we’ll be covering that too.

This is a paid-for mentoring programme with a cost of £55 a month for 4 months for the ‘group’ programme.

If you have pupils who could benefit from the programme please could you forward this email to their parents.

They can then click one of the links below to book a spot on one of the free 30 minute Insight Sessions – they’ll just need to attend one of them.

The next programme starts on 18th November 2024.

Tuesday 5th November – 5.30pm
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2rJK94_-RM-CUVBLDlN2eg

Friday 8th November – 6.00pm
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kEkEqzfARtCE-vI5IFqMGA

Saturday 9th November – 11.00am
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_n5WIQxO-TO2wS935DvxIzw

Tuesday 12th November – 5.00pm
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BQHWRqE5RmeoWcYotAbWqA

At the end of each session, there will be a QR code that attendees can use to book a place, if they think the programme could be helpful.

If your school has a number of students who would benefit, and you would like to chat about running the programme in your school, do get in touch.

Hub Newsletter – 04.11.2024

We hope you have had a lovely half term break. Taking on board your feedback, our Hub Newsletter will be coming out fortnightly moving forward.

For Action

Gatsby Foundation – Good Career Guidance, The Next Ten Years

  • Publication date – Monday 18th November 2024

The South Midlands Careers Hub will be running Gatsby Benchmark Masterclasses throughout the 2024-25 academic year in response to the published refinements to the Gatsby Benchmarks.

On Thursday 21st November we will be running the following online briefing and discussion groups:

  • Career Leader briefing and discussion group – 12:30pm – 2:00pm
  • Senior Leaders / Governors briefing  – 8:00am – 8:20am
  • Senior Leaders / Governor briefing – 3:45pm – 4:05pm

We will then set dates throughout the year to focus on each individual benchmark.

To book your place please select the link below and an invitation will be sent to you. Please share with senior leaders and governors in your school/college.

Upcoming Dates

Open to all so please share with relevant colleagues, please let us know if you have any queries or would like further information or to chat over any of the below activities:

Local AuthorityDateTimeVenueBooking Link
Bedford Borough
CL Network Meeting
Wednesday 13th November 20249.30am – 11:30amBedford CollegeEmail to book: Faye.Gadsby@semlep.com
Central Beds
CL Network Meeting
Friday 15th November 20249.00am – 11:00amPriory House, Chicksands, SG17 5TQEmail to book: Lucy.Mugoya@semlep.com
North Northants
CL Network Meeting
Thursday 14th November 20242:30pm – 4:30pmTresham College, Kettering CampusEmail to book: ccoles@bedford.ac.uk
West Northants
CL Network Meeting
Tuesday 19th November 20248.30am – 10:30amNorthampton CollegeEmail to book: Vikki.Morton@semlep.com

Provider Opportunities

A range of exciting new provider opportunities have been uploaded to the Partner News area of our website take a look here

ET Education supports STEM teachers by providing a range of resources linked to the UK curriculum and partnering with organisations to create experiences that inspire teachers and students alike.

  1. Teaching resources – Our free teaching resources for primary and secondary aim to enhance teaching and bring students’ learning to life. The resources are designed to support the delivery of key topics within design and technology, maths and science. They provide practical activity ideas that could be used as one-off activities or linked with other areas of the curriculum and are all fully editable so you can tailor them to your students’ or school’s needs.
  1. Faraday Challenge Days – An annual competition of STEM activity days with a real-world challenge for pupils aged 12-13 years. We also offer printable resources and guidance for schools to run their own Challenge, choosing a time and theme that suits their students.
  1. FIRST® LEGO® League – We deliver hands-on STEM experiences for children aged 4-16 years through our three FIRST® LEGO® League divisions across the UK and Ireland.
  1. Volunteers at your school – Our Education Volunteers can be invited to bring real-life experience to your engineering related STEM activities, such as adding context to lessons in the classroom, enhancing after school clubs and youth organisation groups, and providing engineering career expertise at career events.
  1. Visual aids and certificates – Our visual aids bring engineering to life in your classroom or home learning space, with posters for both primary and secondary covering a range of topics and primary certificates for teachers to award to their star pupils. With free hard copies and PDF downloads available, there’s something for everyone!
  1. Colouring book – These fun downloadable colouring sheets aimed at primary and produced by The Faculty of Engineering at the University of Leeds and the Leeds College of Art showcase the breadth and importance of engineering careers and roles in our everyday lives.
  1. Primary adventure magazine: Zoom to the Moon – Zoom is a little alien who’s got lost and ended up on Earth. He needs students’ help to build a spaceship to get him home. Students must think like an engineer to work their way through the magazine deciding on the best use of materials, fuel and communication methods for their space rocket to get Zoom back where he belongs. Join us on this exciting adventure and find out about a range of energising careers on the way to inspire your students and open their minds to a whole new universe of engineering jobs in Space!
  1. DIY STEM Experiment videos – We are working with STEM ambassadors, IET Education Officers, teachers and parents to bring you a range of videos that can be watched at home or in school showing you how to create some fantastic STEM experiments using everyday items!
  1. Teacher membership – At just £30 per year we offer a bespoke educational package designed specifically to meet teacher’s needs as education professionals.

IntoTech with Speakers for Schools and The HG Foundation 

Speakers for Schools has partnered with The HG Foundation to deliver a programme of high-impact interventions for young people in state secondary schools to encourage them to consider a career in the technology sector.
  

We’d like to offer your school the chance to participate in our ‘IntoTech’ programme which, in the pilot year, will give students in Years 10 and 11 the opportunity to experience the tech sector through inspirational talks, employer-led insight days, and work experience.

Participation in this programme is fully funded, so there is no cost to the students or the school. In return, we ask you to support the evaluation process by providing all important feedback from students and supporting staff.  

If you’d like to find out more information about our IntoTech Programme and how to get involved, please register your interest by completing this form before 5pm on 8 Novemberhttps://forms.office.com/e/M50jrQqqcx  

Childbase Academy

The Academy at Childbase Partnership are dedicated to transforming the future through education and our vision is to deliver exceptional teaching and learning experiences that empower apprentices to achieve outstanding outcomes through the following apprenticeship programmes:

·                  Level 2 Early Years Practitioner

·                  Level 3 Early Years Educator

·                  Level 5 Early Years Lead Practitioner

·                  Level 3 Team Leader

·                  Level 5 Operations Manager

·                  Level 3 Business Administrator

·                  Level 3 Teaching Assistant

Further information can be found here: https://childbaseacademy.com/prospectus-2024/#flipbook-2209/1/ 

University of Buckingham – The Home of the Two-Year Degrees

A condensed version of the traditional three-year degree.

  • Two intakes in January or Sept each year.
  • This fast- tracked schedule saves money and time.
  • Small class sizes, so you don’t get lost in the crowd, around 8 – 10 students.
  • A very diverse community with students from over 100 nationalities from Canada to Mauritius.
  • Shortlisted for University of the Year – The Sunday Times 2024.

They can attend school careers events, offer engaging, interactive presentations to pupils in years 10 – 13 covering all aspects of university life and arrange bespoke tours of the campus for 6th form students. Please do contact Annette annette.priest@buckingham.ac.uk to arrange a visit to your school.

For further information and to see taster days and webinars please look at their website www.buckingham.ac.uk