Day: 19 May 2021
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19 May, 20211,600 Virtual Work Experience Places Up For Grabs in Cumbria!
1,600 Virtual Work Experience Places Up For Grabs in Cumbria! Cumbrian school pupils are being offered the chance to sample the world of work remotely with a wide range of employers thanks to an innovative new virtual work experience programme. The Cumbria Summer Term Insight Festival launches shortly and 13 organisations – some locally-based, some with a national profile – have volunteered to take part and offer 1,600 places to young people, aged 14 to 19, to help them shape their career choices. Young people are able to book onto a number of one-day virtual work experience slots throughout June […]
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19 April, 2021We must throw forgotten young people a lifeline
We must throw forgotten young people a lifeline Source: The Sunday Times, 18 April, 2021 From Covid-19 to climate change, the consequences of Brexit, technology that is reshaping the economy, the rise and rise of China and the cult of the strongman leader, we live in challenging and uncertain times — to put it mildly. Long gone is the notion of stability as the norm, the belief that liberal democracy was on the cusp of triumphing everywhere. We’ve gone back to a world of change, conflict and uncertainty, which characterised the 19th and 20th centuries. The big question — the […]
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We need to get the next generation excited about green jobs
We need to get the next generation excited about green jobs Source: Edie.net, 8 April 2021 As we look towards a green economic recovery and the objective to build back better from the pandemic, there is a clear argument for aligning how we futureproof the country’s workforce with UK climate ambitions. It’s important when you look at figures from the Office for National Statistics, which showed that 250,000 fewer people aged 16-24 are in education, employment or training than at the start of the pandemic. At the same time, we’re hearing that hundreds of thousands of jobs are needed to […]
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Net-Zero – A golden ticket for Youth Employment?
Net-Zero – A golden ticket for Youth Employment? Source: FENews.co.uk, 9 April 2021 #GreenSkillsWeek – Shining a spotlight on the green economy and opening the minds of young people to the jobs available No one can dispute that the pandemic has played havoc with lives and livelihoods by disrupting employment and education, and threatening the foundations of our economy. But as we have seen before, disruption on such a massive scale provides an opportunity to challenge those things which we have accepted as the norm and catalyse change. Although the UK became the first major economy to pass laws on […]
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19 March, 2021Millie Banerjee – Chair of NHS Blood and Transplant
Millie Banerjee 18/03/21 KS 4-5/S4-6 Millie Banerjee shares her career journey, experiences of working for the NHS and reflects on the importance of transferable skills. Millie has had a long and varied career in the private and public sectors. Millie is a UCL Zoology graduate who has spent most of her working life in telecoms and programme management with companies such as BT. Millie has extensive experience in corporate governance having held a number of non-executive appointments including non-executive director of the Cabinet Office, Channel 4 TV, the Prisons Board, Ofcom and Barts Health.
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Businesses partner with Speakers for Schools to introduce young people to careers that will save the planet
Businesses partner with Speakers for Schools to introduce young people to careers that will save the planet Students get access to jobs that fight climate change Speakers for Schools launches Green Skills Week 2021 Green Skills competition open to solve green issues Educational equality charity Speakers for Schools is teaming up with Britain’s most environmentally focused employers to tackle the unemployment crisis and future-proof the next generation in a post-COVID economy. To coincide with the UK Government’s plans for a Green Industrial Revolution, Speakers for Schools is launching Green Skills Week 2021, a campaign to introduce young people to future […]
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West Midlands organisations open their virtual doors to young people in lockdown
Educational equality charity Speakers for Schools partners with The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust and The NHS Futures Team to give online work experience The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust (RWT) is partnering with Speakers for Schools to open up virtual work experience programmes for young people in Wolverhampton and surrounding areas. Virtual work experiences connect young people with the world of work and open their minds to the possibility of a career in a sector they may not have considered. Due to the pandemic, in-person work experience opportunities have slowed to a halt which prevents young people from exploring new career […]
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Tesco partners with UK-wide charity to provide virtual work experience for young people
Tesco partners with UK-wide charity to provide virtual work experience for young people Tesco is partnering with Speakers for Schools to offer an ambitious new virtual work experience programme for young people across the UK. Virtual work experiences connect young people with the world of work and open their minds to the possibility of a career in a sector they may not have considered. In 2020 and 2021, in-person work experience opportunities have slowed significantly which prevents young people from exploring new career paths or connecting directly with employers. Now Tesco has teamed up with the UK-wide charity Speakers for […]