Day: 12 November 2019
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12 November, 2019Spotlight on Creative Careers – A week with creative agency M&C Saatchi
As a delivery partner for the Creative Careers programme, S4SNextGen is working with over thirty creative employers to demystify the creative industries through work placements and insight days. Here we share what leading creative agency M&C Saatchi did during their work experience week this October. Students are often not aware of the full breadth of […]
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Solving Common Misconceptions around Work Experience
Hosting work experience students can benefit organisations in many ways – helping to diversify their workforces, feeding into their early talent pipelines and building links with communities, but there are often roadblocks along the way. We solve some of the questions we’re often asked to help you get the most from work experience and insight […]
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An Autumn update from S4SNextGen
Autumn 2019 is one of the most exciting terms yet for S4SNextGen. Speakers for Schools and S4SNextGen welcomed our new chief executive, Jason Elsom, early in the new academic year. Jason joins with a wealth of experience, having held leadership roles in education and technology, and brings his innovative ideas and enthusiasm to the Speakers […]
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12 September, 2019Speakers & Schools: How to coordinate an fireside chat format for your next talk
As more and more speakers and schools are coordinating fireside chats for their S4S talks, we wanted to be sure to share some top tips and best practice! When speakers and schools are introduced to one another over email, it is important to discuss the chosen format for the talk. If the speaker would prefer […]
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Speakers & Schools: How to get the best out of your talk planning phone call
The hard part is over (speaker’s office and school have finally been introduced) and now the most important of the planning for your talk needs to take place – the short phone call! At Speakers for Schools, we believe that to get the most impact out of your school talk, the speaker’s office and the […]
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12 February, 2019“My work experience at the National Portrait Gallery”
My work experience at the National Portrait Gallery An S4SNextGen student’s perspective This Autumn, hundreds of state schools students across the UK took part in S4SNextGen work experience placements at top firms from finance to TV production, tech to think tanks and legal to automotive. Here is a student’s perspective from Alika, Year 11, Clapton Girls Academy on her […]