Experience Archives - Speakers for Schools

Placement Spotlight – A day in the life of Spotify

February 25, 2020

Experience, News, Young People

Leading digital platforms such as Spotify, despite their global popularity and innovative technology, may still be seen as difficult employers...

Placement Spotlight – A week working in the wild with the National Trust

February 23, 2020

Experience

One of the biggest challenges for diversity and inclusion teams is how to reach new and diverse talent at the start of their careers. How do y...

Work Experience Inspiration for Every Employer

December 18, 2019

Employers, Experience, News, Young People

Work experience can seem like a daunting task, one that may require a lot of planning and tearing hair out to make sure every second of a stud...

Spotlight on Creative Careers – A week with creative agency M&C Saatchi

November 12, 2019

Experience, News

As a delivery partner for the Creative Careers programme, S4SNextGen is working with over thirty creative employers to demystify the creative ...

Solving Common Misconceptions around Work Experience

November 12, 2019

Experience, News

Hosting work experience students can benefit organisations in many ways – helping to diversify their workforces, feeding into their early tale...

An Autumn update from S4SNextGen

November 12, 2019

Experience, News

Autumn 2019 is one of the most exciting terms yet for S4SNextGen. Speakers for Schools and S4SNextGen welcomed our new chief executive, Jas...

Visual Effects from the inside: school talk & work experience with Industrial Light & Magic

September 6, 2019

Experience, News

Last month, Industrial Light & Magic participated in Speakers for Schools' Speaker Programme and S4SNextGen Work Experience Programme. Fi...

Demystify Creative and you’ll access Diversity

August 30, 2019

Experience, News

To make better informed decisions and have more options for their futures, students need to know more. They might think that their skills ...

Penguin Random House gives S4SNextGen students a taste of the world of publishing

August 30, 2019

Experience, News

World-leading publishers Penguin Random House welcomed eight sixth form students to their Strand offices in August for a week of industry insi...

1,500 S4SNextGen student placements and counting!

July 18, 2019

Experience, News

We’re very proud to announce that we’ve now had over 1,500 students take place in S4SNextGen placements. That’s over 30,000 hours of work ...