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Our programme is run through a simple, safe-guarded portal, giving students access to opportunities, schools an easy way to manage their work experience and employers the chance to diversify their early talent pipelines and meet their social mobility goals.
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Completed placements provided since the Experience programme launched and our work is growing every year
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We work with employers from across industries and sectors to give students access to opportunities they would not otherwise be able to access
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of students felt they were better prepared for work after completing work experience placements or attending insight days through us
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of employers say we’ve helped them to reach students who lack access to their industry and who they wouldn’t have been able to reach otherwise
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We give students who wouldn’t otherwise have access to industry-leading organisations access to eye-opening work experience placements and inspiring insight days
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We help teachers and careers leaders to manage their work experience more effectively and to offer their students high impact placements with top employers
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We work with large and small organisations to make it easy for them to reach new and diverse groups of students before they start their careers
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