Tag: young people
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28 March, 2023
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 the icy internal fear of “Imposter syndrome” as I stepped forward to the welcoming applause from students at St John Payne School in Chelmsford. My first talk took place in October 2014, and from that day to now, I have […]
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15 February, 2023
Watch our founder Robert Peston take the floor at the Education Select Committee.
Watch our founder Robert Peston take the floor at the Education Select Committee. Make high quality work experience accessible to all! At the end of last month, Robert Peston was a guest panellist at the sixth session into the inquiry of careers education at the Education Select Committee. Robert highlighted the benefits of virtual and hybrid work experience and made an […]
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5 January, 2023
Introducing our latest campaign investigating transformational change on a national level.
What would it take for every young person across the country to access quality work experience? The first phase of our ground breaking Work Experience for All campaign will ensure that policymakers, employers and educators can contribute to an open discussion about the role work experience should play in future careers education. In the next few months, […]
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19 December, 2022
Shining a light on work experience and its importance to state educated young people in the UK.
Shining a light on work experience and its importance to state educated young people in the UK. Read on to get exclusive access to our second campaign report On Monday 5th December Speakers for Schools founder Robert Peston spoke to Radio 4’s Today Programme to discuss our Work Experience For All campaign. And Robert is by no means the […]
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1 October, 2021
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 Traditional work experience is one of many social and personal development activities that fell by the wayside following the onset of the pandemic. However, thanks to leading youth social mobility charity Speakers for Schools, pupils at St. Aidan’s and St. John Fisher Associated […]
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28 September, 2021
Amplifying the voices of young people through our research
Making Up for Lost Time: Introducing the Latest Research Report by Speakers for Schools Download the Report (PDF) Download the Report (PDF) The start of a new academic year has traditionally signalled an exciting time of transition as many young people head to new destinations to continue their academic studies or enter the world of work for […]
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20 July, 2021
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 Against the backdrop of coronavirus (COVID-19), the Social Mobility Commission (SMC) has taken a deep look at the progress made in all four UK nations in tackling poverty, addressing inequality, and improving social mobility. The report reveals that across the […]
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14 July, 2021
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 Speakers for Schools, UK Youth and Young Enterprise come together in a historic partnership to launch, ‘Youth Card’, the social mobility app packed with thousands of career and life preparing opportunities. Leading social mobility charities Speakers for Schools, UK Youth and […]
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7 July, 2021
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 Speakers for Schools is teaming up with 113 leading employers to provide 11,000 students with tech-related work experience placements across the UK. Launching between 21st to 25th June 2021, Speakers for Schools’ new campaign Predict ’21 will highlight the opportunities technology can bring, […]
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19 May, 2021
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 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 […]