We had a fantastic range of events and activities happen across Careers Hub Luton for #NAW2020.
The Big Assembly with Lea Manor High School
We started off National Apprenticeship Week at Lea Manor, where the school hosted the Big Assembly.
This was a very exciting event for a local Luton school as we streamed the event to around 40,000 viewers.
If you missed the broadcast, you can find it on demand here: https://www.bigassembly.org/naw2020-register-on-demand/
Apprenticeship Video
Later in the week, we teamed up with film-maker Greta Zabulyte to create a video sharing the experiences and career journeys of local apprentices. We were able to film apprentices at Vauxhall, KIER and TUI.
We hope the video can be used as a useful tool in classrooms around careers education and pathways, and will share it as soon as it is finalised.
Get ready for National Careers Week 2020
National Careers Week begins on Monday 2nd March 2020. Here are some useful tips and resources you can use for NCW2020:
Resources to use & share
WOW Show special for NCW2020: The WOW Show team is producing an exciting 12 minute show for #NCW2020, turning the spotlight on some of the most anticipated skills and careers of the future. Designed in an assembly-friendly format which can also be used during any lesson, tutor or form time. This will be available on The WOW Show YouTube Channel, Watch it here
Career Videos:
BBC Bitesize Careers: Explore "Where could your favourite subject take you?", "Explore careers by job sectors", and "Careers A-Z: Find your perfect job"
iCould: Videos provide a great talking point, explore them by subject and job type, and also find easy to understand job data including salary and hours, job description and much more.
Careersbox: National careers film library, a free resource showing hundreds of real people doing real jobs
Finding employers for classroom talks or assemblies
Ask parents, governors and/or alumni
Pool personal contacts with other members of staff: consider family, friends, neighbours etc.
Log onto STEM Now to request a STEM Ambassador visit
Ask your Enterprise Adviser or Enterprise Coordinator
NCW2020 Assembly packs: download pre-made assembly resources by National Careers Week here
Career Path Door Signs: What job did you teaching staff have before they got into teaching? Share your career journey with these Career Path door signs by NCW, download them here.
Ignite, Oxford University Careers Service: Ignite is a programme for secondary school PSHE lessons, to instil greater self-knowledge, confidence and assertiveness, to help students with their career planning. Each module provides lesson plans available in 20, 30, 45 and 60 minute versions aimed at KS3, KS4 and KS5: plans. Ignite is free and no training is needed – just an interactive whiteboard/projector. Register for access here.
Find everything you need for #NCW2020, at there website, visit the link here
Extra opportunities
Youth Voice Census 2020: "This is a fantastic opportunity for our young people to have a voice, sharing their experience of life, study and work. The responses are anonymous and we will 100% respect each person privacy. Last year, an amazing 3,008 young people completed the survey which was shown to UK policy makers and people who can truly make a difference. There are over 7 million young people in the UK today, so this year, let’s make a BIG impact!" Please share with your young people and ask them to fill in the national Youth Voice Census
Careers Advice Toolkit: The Careers Advice Toolkit is designed to enhance teachers’ and schools’ resources in delivering careers education with a particular focus on supporting students' development of key employability skills and their understanding about technical skills, careers and apprenticeships. Find out more here
Careers Resources
Here are some useful resources that can be helpful towards building your careers education work-frame and achieving the Gatsby Benchmarks:
SEMLEP Gatsby Benchmark Guides: Visit the SEMLEP resource hub for information and resources in achieving the Gatsby Benchmarks
SEMLEP Digital LMI Resources:Visit this link to view SEMLEP's digital guide and resources on Labour Market Information
Send an email using the link below if you have any relevant and useful information and/or resources that can be shared with the rest of the careers hub - We can feature it in the next newsletter:
