Our charity organises school talks, work experience, insight days and other events for students all across the UK. Read more about our activity and how we are impacting the next generation below.
What role does work experience play in the success of young people?
What role does work experience play in the success of young people? The results of Youth Employmen...
There are certain things too important not to share
There are certain things too important not to share One day, I walked into a state school as a speak...
Why work experience matters to young people who are not in education, employment or training (NEET)
Why work experience matters to young people who are not in education, employment or training (NEET)&...
Our response to the APPG report on Youth Affairs
Our response to the APPG report on Youth Affairs By Funbi Akande, Policy Officer Four key takeaways ...
Addressing the skills shortage and preparing young people for their futures
Addressing the skills shortage and preparing young people for their futures How can we address skill...
Former Arsenal chairman visits charity chair’s old school
Former Arsenal chairman visits charity chair’s old school It’s not often that Andrew Law the...
From tick box to ticking all boxes
From tick box to ticking all boxes Our response to the Education Select Committee’s report o...
75 years on – Join Speakers for Schools in celebrating the legacy of the Windrush generation
75 years on – Join Speakers for Schools in celebrating the legacy of the Windrush generation ...
NHS Chief Executive goes back to school to celebrate the NHS’s 75th anniversary
NHS Chief Executive goes back to school to celebrate the NHS’s 75th anniversary NHS En...
Our Work Experience for All campaign makes a splash!
Our Work Experience for All campaign makes a splash! Following the spectacular launch event at...
Educating parents and carers: the role of parents and carers in career conversations
Educating parents and carers: the role of parents and carers in career conversations Eln...
Meet the Speaker: Introducing Richard Murrell, Lead Director of BBC News
Meet the Speaker: Introducing Richard Murrell, Lead Director of BBC News I can still remember ...
Healthcare leaders go back to school
Healthcare leaders go back to school As part of plans to mark the NHS’s 75th birthday, more than 1...
Leicester City’s charity arm partners with Speakers for Schools to introduce young people to future careers
Leicester City’s charity arm partners with Speakers for Schools to introduce young people to futur...
Social mobility charity Speakers for Schools appoints Nick Brook as CEO
Social mobility charity Speakers for Schools appoints Nick Brook as CEO Thursday 15th December, Lond...
Latest Green Skills survey reveals that more than half of young people lack guidance on green job options at school
Latest Green Skills survey reveals that more than half of young people lack guidance on green job op...
Fumez the Engineer visits Hewens College to inspire and empower the next generation.
Fumez the Engineer visits Hewens College to inspire and empower the next generation. Well-known and ...
How virtual work experience helped pave the way for a Scottish student to secure an apprenticeship
How virtual work experience helped pave the way for a Scottish student to secure an apprenticeship M...
Children’s Mental Health Week – Naval’s Story
Children’s Mental Health Week – Naval’s Story My name is Naval and I work as an Ac...
Children’s Mental Health Week – Service Families
Children’s Mental Health Week – Service Families Children of service members are a pupil...
Government and private sector can support Levelling-Up through virtual work experience
Government and private sector can support Levelling-Up through virtual work experience Pandemic spar...
Why virtual work experience placements really work
Why virtual work experience placements really work Originally featured in the Liverpool Law Society ...
How I became a published author
How I became a published author – Ellie aged 14, from Surrey What would you do if I told you t...
Covid-19 made the world a more inclusive place for people like me
Covid-19 made the world a more inclusive place for people like me By Jessica Taylor-Bearman W...
Gyrfa Cymru yn gweithio mewn partneriaeth â Speakers for Schools i gynnig profiad gwaith i bob ysgol wladol yng Nghymru
Gyrfa Cymru yn gweithio mewn partneriaeth â Speakers for Schools i gynnig profiad gwaith i bob ysgo...
Careers Wales partners with Speakers for Schools to offer work experience to every state school in Wales
Careers Wales partners with Speakers for Schools to offer work experience to every state school in W...
Dr. Nira Chamberlain: Inspiring the next generation of world-class mathematicians
Dr. Nira Chamberlain: Inspiring the next generation of world-class mathematicians Dr. Nira Chamberla...
Sixth Form students at St. Aidan’s embrace opportunities for virtual work experience
Sixth Form students at St. Aidan’s embrace opportunities for virtual work experience Tradition...
Why increasing brand loyalty and social impact among Gen Z is so important for your brand
Why increasing brand loyalty and social impact among Gen Z is so important for your brand Getting yo...
Bentley and Speakers for Schools successfully launch digital work experience programme
Bentley and Speakers for Schools successfully launch digital work experience programme School to del...
Work experience key to post-pandemic recovery
The key to post-pandemic recovery for young people As the UK seeks to address the impact of the last...
The Social Mobility Commission report: State of the nation 2021
The Social Mobility Commission report: State of the nation 2021: Social mobility and the pandemic Ag...
Leading Youth charities join forces to solve the biggest post-pandemic barriers for young people
Leading Youth charities join forces to solve the biggest post-pandemic barriers for young people Spe...
11,000 tech-related work experience places available for UK students
11,000 tech-related work experience places available for UK students Social mobility charity Speaker...
National Teen Book Club launched for 3,500 young people across the UK
National Teen Book Club launched for 3,500 young people across the UK View the top Teen Book Club Au...
1,600 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 offer...
Young people in Birmingham first in the UK to access thousands of virtual work placements through new app
Young people in Birmingham first in the UK to access thousands of virtual work placements through a ...
Virtual Work Experience Boom
Virtual Work Experience Boom We have all experienced the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic but young p...
Making the world of work relatable to young people through Virtual Work Experience
Making the world of work relatable to young people through Virtual Work Experience Meet Felix, 16, f...
We must throw forgotten young people a lifeline
We must throw forgotten young people a lifeline Source: The Sunday Times, 18 April, 2021 From Covid-...
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 loo...
Net-Zero – A golden ticket for Youth Employment?
Net-Zero – A golden ticket for Youth Employment? Source: FENews.co.uk, 9 April 2021 #GreenSkillsWe...
From Governor of the Bank of England to net-zero hero: why we should all be backing Mark Carney’s mission to build a sustainable world economy
From Governor of the Bank of England to net-zero hero: why we should all be backing Mark Carney’s ...
Investing in the future by teaching young people the importance of green skills
Investing in the future by teaching young people the importance of green skills Few will forget seei...
The future is bright now as thousands more are working for the planet
The future is bright now as thousands more are working for the planet Source – The Sun, 2 Apri...
Dstl holds first ever virtual work experience sessions
Dstl holds first ever virtual work experience sessions More than 60 pupils from across the UK have a...
HarperCollins launches book club with Speakers for Schools
HarperCollins launches book club with Speakers for Schools Source – The Bookseller, 26 March 2...
How one virtual insight day can change a young person’s life
How one virtual insight day can change a young person’s life Meet Dilpreet, 17, from West Lond...
Building a future-proof talent pipeline for recruitment – Why work experience placements can really benefit your business
Building a future-proof talent pipeline for recruitment Why work experience placements can really be...
Rob Woodward: ‘We must put our faith in young people’
Rob Woodward: ‘We must put our faith in young people’ Source – The Herald, 24th Ma...
Young people in Birmingham first in the UK to have access to thousands of life-changing virtual work placements
Young people in Birmingham first in the UK to have access to thousands of life-changing virtual work...
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...
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 an...
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 par...
Speakers for Schools opens virtual doors to tourism for young people in Blackpool
Speakers for Schools opens virtual doors to tourism for young people in Blackpool As February half t...
Proof that a non-conventional career path can really work out: Introducing Ella d’Amato, Chief Commercial Marketing and Partner Officer at Not on the High Street
Proof that a non-conventional career path can really work out: Introducing Ella d’Amato, Chief...
The King of Content: Introducing Jean-Patrick Cheylan
The King of Content: Introducing Jean-Patrick Cheylan Chances are if you are under 25, you’ll stru...
Jo Cox Foundation: Work experience blog
Source – The Jo Cox Foundation, 9th February 2021 Jessica, aged 18 from City and Islington Col...
A closer look into Experience Nursing
In January 2021, Speakers for Schools and the Perceptions of Nursing team who work with NHS England ...
National Apprenticeship Week 2021: Speakers for Schools and The London Progression Collaboration
The theme of this year’s National Apprenticeship Week is ‘Build the Future’, a mantra that enc...
Former Education Secretary Justine Greening is working with the University of Northampton to protect opportunities and boost social mobility
Source – FENews, 2nd February 2021 Former Education Secretary Justine Greening is working with...
Building diversity needs no more than a will and a way
Source – Mediatel News, 3rd February 2021 The former VP of EMEA and multi-market sales at Spot...
City boss Andrew Law gives £6m to Sheffield University
Source – Nicola Woolcock, The Times, 3rd February 2021 A hedge fund boss has given almost £6 ...
Kainos partners with UK-wide charity to provide virtual work experience in Northern Ireland
Pioneering employer and leading digital technology company Kainos is partnering with Speakers for Sc...
‘People are demanding change’: Youngsters lead call for green businesses and jobs
Source – Sky News, Gerard Tubb, North of England correspondent, 27th January 2021 In the UK, y...
A helping hand with placements
Source – the Express & Star 21st January 2021 The Ladder for the Black Country is working ...
Solent LEP launches ‘Get On Track’ programme for 16 to18-year-olds
Source – the Island Echo 21st December 2020 Solent Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) is worki...
Industry leaders partner with Tees Valley charity and national charity to inspire future generations
As the UK turns its focus to life beyond COVID-19, businesses and schools must look ahead to what th...
Skills shortage risks PM’s Green Industrial Revolution
Industry leaders partner with national charity to fuel green economy As the UK turns its focus to li...
Lightsabre lessons: Blairgowrie High School teams up with legendary Star Wars VFX company
Star-struck students at a Perthshire secondary school have partnered with an Oscar-winning special e...
Boris Johnson: Now is the time to plan our green recovery
Source – The Financial Times, 17 November 2020 Prime Minister Boris Johnson writes in The Fina...
Experience Nursing: NHS Partners with Speakers for Schools and The Talent Foundry to widen reach
NHS OFFERS WORK EXPERIENCE PLACEMENTS IN DRIVE TO RECRUIT 50,000 NEW NURSES Men and Minority Groups ...
Speakers for Schools launches Green Skills Week to kickstart the Green Industrial Revolution
Speakers for Schools is teaming up with Britain’s most environmentally focused employers to tackle...
Robert Peston’s brilliant economic vision for UK after downturn revealed
According to The Daily Express on 12 April 2020, the Founder of Speakers for Schools Robert Peston o...
Businesses in Cumbria urged to back virtual work experience programme
Businesses in Cumbria urged to back virtual work experience programme Businesses of all sizes thro...
JM launches first virtual work experience programme
JM launches first virtual work experience programme Last month, with the support of social mobility ...
How Penguin is Helping Teachers in this Pandemic and Beyond
HOW PENGUIN IS HELPING TEACHERS IN THIS PANDEMIC AND BEYOND BY LUCY ANDERSON, SENIOR CORPORATE RESPO...
Bank of England’s Andrew Bailey says he’s ‘very worried about jobs’
Bank of England’s Andrew Bailey says he’s ‘very worried about jobs’ by Harry Robertson Bank ...
Camden teams up with leading tech companies to deliver online work experience for the borough’s students Camden teams up with leading tech companies to deliver online work experience for the borough’s students
Camden teams up with leading tech companies to deliver online work experience for the borough’s st...
Thames Water celebrates International Women in Engineering Day
Thames Water celebrates International Women in Engineering Day Female engineers at Thames Wat...
Interview – Sereena Abbassi’s Insights into Advertising
Interview – Sereena Abbassi’s Insights into Advertising by Future TalentEd Speakers for ...
Interview with Robert Peston: Inspiring all young people to thrive in a new the world of work
Inspiring all young people to thrive in a new the world of work – An interview with Robert Pes...
The Tortoise Education Summit. Is it time for a revolution in learning?
The Tortoise Education Summit. Is it time for a revolution in learning? 25th June, 08.15am – 4...
Digital work experience ensure engagement with future civil engineers
21 MAY, 2020 BY CLAIRE SMITH Morgan Sindall has joined forces with education charity Speakers for ...
Morgan Sindall Construction brings virtual work experience to life
Teenagers from across the East of England are experiencing the world of construction virtuall...
Virtual work experience to help students beat coronavirus lockdown (Evening Standard)
Extracted from Evening Standard – Read Full Article here: “Businesses are giving school...
Penguin launches partnership with Speakers for Schools to livestream authors direct to students nationwide, and new resources hub for teachers
Penguin has launched a new partnership with charity Speakers for Schools to deliver a series of Vir...
More Careers Advice, Early in Life, Works Wonders
According to an FT article from 22 January 2020, Entrenched gender bias and out-of-date family expec...
Hartlepool students inspired to follow in banking boss’s footsteps
Students were inspired to achieve great things after the boss of one of the country’s biggest buil...
Placement Spotlight – A day in the life of Spotify
Leading digital platforms such as Spotify, despite their global popularity and innovative technology...
Work Experience Inspiration for Every Employer
Work experience can seem like a daunting task, one that may require a lot of planning and tearing ha...
Spotlight on Creative Careers – A week with AL_A Architects
Experience (formerly S4SNextGen) is a delivery partner for the Creative Careers Programme and is wor...
Spotlight 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 cre...
Solving Common Misconceptions around Work Experience
Hosting work experience students can benefit organisations in many ways – helping to diversify the...
An Autumn update from S4SNextGen
Autumn 2019 is one of the most exciting terms yet for S4SNextGen. Speakers for Schools and S4SNextGe...
Making it work – How speakers can address multiple schools on the same day
Delroy Beverley, one of our most committed and passionate Speakers for Schools speakers recently spo...
Press Release – Insights and Inspiration: Evaluating the impact of guest speakers in schools
The impact of speakers on pupils’ motivation & attitude and self belief New research examines ...
Speakers & 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...
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 ...
Visual Effects from the inside: school talk & work experience with Industrial Light & Magic
Last month, Industrial Light & Magic participated in Speakers for Schools’ Speaker Program...
New School Year and a Big Announcement…
Welcome back! Teachers and students, we hope you have had a wonderful summer break and we look forwa...
Demystify Creative and you’ll access Diversity
To make better informed decisions and have more options for their futures, students need to know mor...
Penguin Random House gives S4SNextGen students a taste of the world of publishing
World-leading publishers Penguin Random House welcomed eight sixth form students to their Strand off...
“I did not know about the variety of careers in the creative industries”
We kicked off the Creative Careers Programme talk series with a whole variety of talks from speakers...
Actor Paterson Joseph: “Think about the creative industries as a whole village of people who are doing different jobs”
Year 9’s had the chance to see Actor Paterson Joseph interviewed about his career, life lessons an...
Supermodel, Icon and Activist Naomi Campbell shares her life lessons with Jamal Edwards and S4S
Over 150 students in South London had the chance to see Jamal Edwards interview Naomi Campbell about...
Danny Jones tells students: ‘Creativity helps to articulate what you couldn’t otherwise’
Danny Jones talks creativity and music at Brentside High School as part of Speakers for Schools This...
A snapshot of the Summer Term
A snapshot of the Summer Term The summer term saw hundreds of speakers delivering talks in schools a...
1,500 S4SNextGen student placements and counting!
We’re very proud to announce that we’ve now had over 1,500 students take place in S4SNextGen pla...
Facebook VP, Lady Nicola Mendelsohn shares life lessons with Year 10’s
This week students had the chance to hear from Facebook Vice President Nicola Mendelsohn about her e...
Highlights from the East Midlands this Year!
This year has already seen dozens of speakers delivering talks across the East Midlands. Below are a...
Accessing Careers Talks Alongside your S4S speakers
Speakers for Schools has long worked with Inspiring the Future to complement our programme of high...
Alan Bishop – Creative Careers as told by an industry leader
”The creative industries benefit from diversity” Alan Bishop has had an extensive career in the...
”It’s OK to fail – it’s not about succeeding it’s about having a go”
‘Acting and drama at school are so important because they ‘install’ the software that’s goin...
A Role for Every Skill: Jellyfish Pictures: VFX and Animation Studios
A Role for Every Skill: Jellyfish Pictures: VFX and Animation Studios Does anyone remember the news ...
Placement Spotlight – A week working in the wild with the National Trust
One of the biggest challenges for diversity and inclusion teams is how to reach new and diverse tale...
Leading designer: ”Do what you love – and have fun!”
This week headed to Orchards Academy to hear from Sterling Prize winner, Professor Sadie Morgan abou...
”The biggest mistake you could make is not aiming high enough”
Tessa Matchett encourages students to pursue their dreams Tessa Matchett is head of press at ITV. ...
Ever wondered why creative work experience is important?
‘It’s opened my eyes to the world of theatre’ Ana, 15 ‘I thought it’s just a theatre…but...
”There are so many jobs involved in making a bestseller!”
Opening his talk at Adeyfield School, the CEO of Penguin Random House UK, Tom Weldon had a bold ...
Creative Careers Programme Launches in Leeds
On Wednesday, we had the pleasure of attending the launch event for the Creative Careers Programme. ...
S4S partners for Creative Careers Programme
Speakers for Schools is proud to be partnering with the Creative Industries Federation, Creative and...
“My work experience at the National Portrait Gallery”
My work experience at the National Portrait Gallery An S4SNextGen student’s perspective This Aut...
Making your work experience a success: Tips from our students & Employers
This year’s first S4SNextGen Employer Best-Practice symposium took us to the fabulous Salesforc...
Partner Spotlight: Founders of the Future
Do you have an idea for the way tech can confront the challenges of today? Do you dream of your idea...
The CEO of Sky speaks about plastic pollution accompanied by a special guest…
It was an early start in Ealing. Despite the drizzly, cold rain there was an underlying excitement i...