Category: News
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11 March, 2025Year 10 Work Experience… Reimagined
Year 10 Work Experience… Reimagined A bold new approach to tech work experience is being piloted in Somerset, aiming to make Year 10 placements more engaging, impactful, and accessible to all students—regardless of their background. This collaboration—between the social mobility charity Speakers for Schools, the South-West-based digital training provider Evo Academy, and the Hg Foundation—is […]
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10 March, 2025Welcome to National Teen Book Club – Hero Read 3
Welcome to National Teen Book Club – Hero Read 3 National Teen Book Club (NTBC) believe everyone should have a chance to enjoy reading and grow in confidence as part of a welcoming peer community – so for 2024-25 we launched one in-school NTBC for school groups and one after-school NTBC for individual learners. We’ve […]
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Join Our After-School Programme With NTBC
Join Our After-School Programme With NTBC One of the great things about reading is that there’s something out there for everyone! Our Book Club involves chatting through big-hitting book genres, swapping reading recommendations with young people and guest speakers, as well as top picks across different media, like films and series. Join us live independently […]
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6 March, 2025Speakers for Schools Celebrates 15 Years & Unveils Future
Celebrating 15 years of Speakers for Schools and Announcing Our Next Chapter at Tate Britain Our charity is on a mission to give all students from state schools and colleges access to life-changing opportunities. In 2010 we started our programme of inspirational talks – which has taken thousands of influential speakers to schools nationwide. Now, […]
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5 March, 2025Celebrating World Book Day 2025
Making every day a Book Day World Book Day is a chance to celebrate the magic of reading for pleasure. An annual reminder that, amidst dispiriting stats on the decline of reading enjoyment, fewer parents reading to children, and looming exams for Key Stage 4 students, books are FUN. And if they’re not feeling fun… […]
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24 February, 2025Independent Review of NI Curriculum Call for Evidence
Speakers for Schools Respond to the Independent Review of NI Curriculum Call for Evidence In October 2024, Paul Givan, NI Minister of Education, announced he was commissioning a review of the Northern Ireland Curriculum. The review is being led by Lucy Crehan, an international expert in education policy. The review will make a series of […]
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14 February, 2025Gabby Logan MBE Visits School to Inspire the Next Generation of Young Women
Gabby Logan MBE Inspires Hundreds of Girls at Lordswood Girls’ School and Sixth Form Centre in Harborne, Birmingham “Challenges Make You as a Person” – Gabby Logan On the 29th of January 2025, inspirational speaker Gabby Logan delivered her first Speakers for Schools school talk at Lordswood Girls’ School and Sixth Form Centre in Birmingham. […]
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7 February, 2025Celebrating National Apprenticeship Week 2025
Celebrating National Apprenticeship Week 2025 Why are we all talking about apprenticeships? News alert! Apprenticeships are not new! They have been around for generations and they are here to stay. With now over 700 apprenticeship standards available in England alone, it is proven that they can be an excellent way to gain a qualification, enter […]
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17 January, 2025Five Key Takeaways from our 2023/24 Impact Report: Driving Change for Young People
Our 2023/24 Impact Report reflects a transformative year of empowering young people, breaking barriers, and driving social mobility. This year has been transformative for Speakers for Schools as we continued to break down barriers to social mobility and equip young people with the tools to achieve their aspirations. From enhancing work experience programmes to amplifying […]
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15 January, 2025Welcome to National Teen Book Club – Hero Read 2
Welcome to National Teen Book Club – Hero Read 2 National Teen Book Club (NTBC) believe everyone should have a chance to enjoy reading and grow in confidence as part of a welcoming peer community – so for 2024-25 we launched one in-school NTBC for school groups and one after-school NTBC for individual learners. We’ve […]