It’s Green Careers Week from the 4th – 9th of November – here are loads of great resources to help you inspire your students about green careers during the week here
The Parents’ Guide to Green Careers
This is a 12-month publication highlighting pathways to careers that protect the environment and the important role parents play in guiding their teens to make informed choices about their futures. The guide can be downloaded from this website.
The latest edition of the Higher & Degree Apprenticeships Vacancy Listing has now launched!
Explore our biggest listing yet, with over 2,300 Higher and Degree apprenticeship vacancies from 75 employers, including the British Army, Morgan Stanley, Ford, British Airways, Nestlé, Coca Cola, NHS and many more!
Schools & Colleges: Planning for National Apprenticeship Week 2025 11th November 2024, 3.30PM Book your place
Schools and colleges are invited to join this early planning webinar for National Apprenticeship Week 2025. It’s the biggest week in the apprenticeship calendar, and it’s never too early to start thinking about how you can get involved. Join us to hear more about:
The plans for the week Daily themes Resources available Timelines for asset release Ideas for activities and events
This webinar is suitable for any teachers, careers advisers and educators with an interest in celebrating National Apprenticeship Week.
Get apprenticeship ‘application ready’ 21st November 2024, 3.30PM Book your place
Join us to understand how you can help aspiring apprentices to be ‘application ready’ so that as soon as they see a position they are interested in, they feel equipped to apply quickly.
Big Assembly
The Big Assembly is a 100% free live assembly broadcast, shown to over 160,000 people across the UK! It’s the place to be to learn all about apprenticeships from various perspectives, including former and current apprentices, employers, parents, education providers, and more. Registration is now open! Register your interest now.
Join us at Wellingborough Library for a Christmas Wreath Making Workshop on Friday, 29th November at 6:30pm or Saturday, 30th November at 10am. Get creative and craft your very own unique wreath to add a personal touch to your festive decorations! All materials are supplied, but feel free to bring along your own decorative items, or you can purchase extras starting from just 10p. Spaces are limited, so be sure to book early. Refreshments are included, making it a perfect opportunity to relax, socialise, and embrace the Christmas spirit!
Christmas Lights Switch on event taking place on Market Street, Wellingborough on Saturday 30th November 2024. Come and enjoy the market stalls and live entertainment from 2pm.
We hope you have enjoyed a successful start to the 2024-25 academic year. We kicked of the year with a bang with our annual Careers Hub conference in partnership with the South Midlands Growth Hub, and the launch of our website. More information below!
Careers Hub Updates
Staffing We have appointed a new Strategic Hub Lead for the Careers Hub. We are delighted to say that Yvonne Ashby will be taking on the role. We will therefore be recruiting for an Operational Hub Lead in the near future – watch this space!
Term 1 Kick Off If you missed it, please do take a look at the slides from our online term 1 kick off meeting. This is something we will be running at the start of each term and is a 30 minute overview of all of the headlines for the coming term.
Career Leader Survey We would appreciate it if any Careers Leaders could take the time to complete our Career Leader survey
Website Launch We are really excited to launch our new South Midlands Careers Hub website. Please do visit and familiarise yourself with the content. Resources will continue to be added over the coming weeks and months (you may need to register on the site to access some of these), and we would like to encourage our schools and colleges and partners to use the site to share their own news and events. Some key links below:
Partner News/Events (please do not use this to request volunteers or exhibitors for events), partners please upload events/news such as open day dates and good news stories: Partner News / Events – South Midlands Careers Hub
Annual Conference – 24.09.2024 Thank you to the 203 delegates who joined our annual conference this month, to our keynote speaker Ryan Gibson from the Gatsby Foundation, and to our amazing panellists and exhibitors on the day. We had some great feedback from delegates and have including some comments below. Access the slides from the day here.
‘Great to network and meet from different sectors. Good to hear about developments coming up and things to look out for. It highlights the level of support that is available’
‘First time at one of these events. It was great to meet people and I found the workshops really informative’
‘Discussions about bridging the skills gap with employers, panellists and education was insightful and will help in my role as an Industry Partner’
Support for Careers Leaders
New Career Leader induction with Hub Leads – Thursday 24th October 3:30pm – 4:30pm. Email careershub@semlep.com to be sent the meeting link
This academic year our amazing Careers Hub Ambassadors Stacey Morris, Lee Nelson and Alyce Harriswill be offering small group online support sessions covering the areas below. These will last between 30 and 60 minutes. If you are interested, please add your details and area of interest here.
SEND – Embedding Careers in the Curriculum BM3 & BM4
SEND – Enterprise projects BM6
SEND – First steps in employer engagement BM5
SEND – Cementing employer relationships BM5 & 6
SEND – Valuing your work all BMs
Mainstream – Developing a whole school stable careers programme BM1
Mainstream – support to embed LMI within curriculum learning and parental engagement BM3
Mainstream – Meaningful ways to enable encounters with employers and employees and link to the curriculum. BM4 & 5
