Expecting GCSE or A Level Results In The Summer?
First of all - don't panic!
In most cases there is another route open to success, but it's not always easy to identify. This is where impartial and independent careers guidance comes into its own. A careers adviser can help a student see through the fog of confusion and, importantly, identify the real decisions that have to be taken.
Alternative progression routes can be explored, possibly requiring lower entry requirements, or, if grades are higher than expected, a shortcut or a more attractive course might be found. Options with clear similarities can be suggested, and a clear path to the future identified, while decision-making and applications can be supported.
So, keep calm, seek help from your local careers services, school or college. You can also contact National Careers Service on 0800 100 900 or online
for free confidential support.
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Apprenticeships in Sussex, Talks and Workshops
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Funding has been allocated through the Skills East Sussex Progress Project, supported by the Careers & Enterprise Company, which enables them to offer an additional 32 free school talks and workshops on Apprenticeships and Traineeships in East Sussex.
Workshops are offered until May 2017 and have updated information and a new team of work-based learning specialists and young apprenticeship ambassadors to speak about the options available post-16 and beyond.
The workshops can be offered to small groups, assemblies, whole year groups and including sessions with parents. To find out more or to provisionally book in dates contact Richard Freeman
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OPEN DOORS - Exciting careers opportunity for Year 9 students
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Open Doors is part of the new Progress! initiative, run by Skills East Sussex, East Sussex County Council and in partnership with 'Love Local Jobs' and STEM Sussex.
Taking place over two weeks from
Monday 7th November to
Saturday 19th November, Open Doors aims to provide Year 9 students with the opportunity to visit the work place of multiple businesses in East Sussex.
On offer will be workplace tours, demonstrations and talks by different businesses to help support Year 9 option choices. Hourly slots from 9:30 - 14:00 are available across the two weeks with some on Saturdays for parents to attend too. Group sizes are a maximum of 12. If your school, parent or business is interested in taking part or to find out more, email here.
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Apprenticeship Vacancies Available
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A target of 6 apprenticeships vacancies per month should become available within the NHS in the Brighton and Haywards Heath areas. Apprenticeship opportunities are available in many sectors including Health Care, Admin and Facilities (catering, porters, cleaning, and front of house). For more information or to find out what is available please contact: Apprenticeship Coordinator - BSUH NHS Trust.
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Quality in Careers Standard Award Validated
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Three more of England's dedicated career quality awards have achieved national re-validation for a further three year period. Career Mark, Essex RoQA and C&K quality awards are three of twelve awards validated by the Quality in Careers Standard (QiCS) which are available across the country.
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Essex Skills Board Publishes Growth Sector Factsheets
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The Essex Employment and Skills Board (ESB) has developed seven 'Sector Factsheets', aimed at promoting career opportunities within local growth sectors. These sectors (Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering, Care, Construction, Finance and Investment, Health, IT, Digital and Creative and Logistics) have been identified by the ESB as priority sectors because they offer significant current and future employment and/or are suffering from skills shortages.
The ESB is keen to help ensure young people and their parents can find out about these exciting, life-long career choices, all which are available in Greater Essex.
More information can be found here
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Essex Employment and Skills Board Evidence Base
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| The Essex Employment and Skills Board Evidence Base
has now been published. The book contains lots of informative facts across the sectors in the region and some of their plans for economic growth in the future. Below are some of the highlights from their plans for future growth:
- London Gateway to create more than 32,000 jobs overall
- London-Stansted planning will create 10,000 jobs and £4.6 billion in additional economic activity
- Growth at London Southend Airport to create 2,000 jobs
- Harlow Enterprise Zone creating over 5,000 jobs and over £150m in private sector investment
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According to data from the East of England Forecasting Model, the Thurrock economy if forecast to grow by an average of 3.2% per annum between 2012 and 2030 and total employment will grow by an average of 1.5% a year; equivalent to an increase of 21,200 jobs in Thurrock. Thurrock is expected to see annual jobs and GVA growth significantly above projections for Essex County and the UK as a whole between 2012 and 2030.
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London Gateway is a new deep water port and business park near to Stanford-le-Hope. It is the largest project of its kind in Britain and cost £1.5bn. The project will create a world class deep sea container port with a business park.
There are significant benefits for Thurrock with large scale employment opportunities which include:
- 12,000 new jobs in the port; and
- An estimated 3,000 new jobs linked to the port's supply chain activities.
The park first became operational in November 2013 with 2 berths. There are numerous career opportunities, visit here and also watch the some of the videos on YouTube.
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New Website - Apprentice Kent
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A new website to link employers, young people, parents and apprenticeship providers has now been launched. The website aims to provide information on apprenticeships as well as support in applying for apprenticeship roles. Kent County Council's Skills & Employability team are aiming to increase the uptake of apprenticeships in Kent through a new apprenticeship recruitment website. It is designed to help employers recruit simply and easily, whilst giving young people the best chance of finding an apprenticeship.
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Kent and Medway Strategic Economic Plan
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Kent and Medway set out proposals to secure £501.5m in Local Growth Fund investment, over six years to unlock 49,000 homes and 60,000 jobs by 2021.
The proposals in the plan include:
- Transport investment
- Skills Capital Investment
- Land and Development
- Business Finance
- Sector Growth
- Employment and Skills
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Bluewater Expansion Plans Set To Create 2,300 Jobs
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Land Securities, the co-owner of the mall between Gravesend and Dartford, has unveiled proposals to build 300,000 sq ft of retail space around the site, in a move it said reflects a change in consumer demand.
Bluewater's general manager Robert Goodman said: "These plans are the exciting next step in Bluewater's evolution. Not least of these is a major boost in employment, the provision of additional training to create a mobile and skilled local workforce, and the direct contributions to the local economy through increased business rates.
Read the full article here |
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Teach First Careers & Employability Leadership Programme
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Teach First has been piloting a programme of CPD for careers leaders in schools this year. The pilot has covered 15 schools from across England. Teach First has now secured funding to expand the programme to a further 45 schools from January 2017 to July 2018. Applications are invited for these 45 places, from eligible schools in the areas identified by Teach First.
Application forms are available from TeachFirst
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Gatsby benchmarks are 'not accountability measure'
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The Department for Education has confirmed that its statutory guidance for careers advice will incorporate the eight Gatsby benchmarks, but that it has no plans to make them compulsory within schools. Meanwhile Sir John Holman, who developed the benchmarks, said he would be concerned if they were used as an accountability measure. An online tool to measure the effectiveness of the benchmarks is being rolled out this term.
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Report On Attitudes To Apprenticeships
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Interserve has published a research report entitled
'The Interserve Society Report: Apprenticeships: the path to success'.
The report provides a snapshot of attitudes and perceptions towards apprenticeships among young people, parents and employers and call for the launch of a campaign "similar in scale to that which promoted university attendance - but targeted at apprenticeships - especially in the South where they have the biggest image problem".
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| What Does Useful LMI Look Like |
LMI is a significant factor in the decision making process within careers work. We already have a certain amount of LMI at our finger tips, with various sources informing us whether an occupation is in decline or growth...
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We have previously discussed the importance of Careers Guidance Professionals being independent of agenda when working with clients and, when their practice does contain an agenda, to declare this...
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| Why do we need Career Advisers |
We have hundreds and possibly thousands of different careers websites at our disposal, from those that offer matching services to those which are information led...
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| The World Of Work LMI Booklets |
As part of the work to raise awareness of the local growth sectors and access to labour market information (LMI), CXK's Inspiration team has published the World of Work LMI Booklets, with the support from EMSI. The young people friendly LMI booklets are proving popular with young people, teachers and parents. Secondary schools including special education schools should by now have received a limited supply of the A5 gloss hard copies. PDF version can be downloaded by registering on CXK's CareersNet.
Accompanying the LMI booklet is a lesson plan that is available upon request by contacting CXK's Inspiration Team
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National Careers Service Virtual Workshops
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The "Webex" virtual presentation is an initiative aimed at schools and colleges that is proving very popular with schools across the country. The presentation can be adapted to suit assemblies, parents' evenings and smaller student groups.
Delivered remotely by the
National Careers Service National Contact Centre team, it's easy and free to use and all the school will need is a computer with internet access, external speakers to enhance the sound and a whiteboard or projector screen.
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An estimated 8,500, 9-19 year old students and their teachers from almost 200 schools across the South East attended The Big Bang Fair on Wednesday 29th June 2016 at the South of England Show Grounds near Haywards Heath. During the day, the visitors were able to engage in over 200 interactive workshops, demonstrations, shows and more. All activities relating to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), from over 160 companies including professional bodies and educational institutions.
Among the Exhibitors was CXK's National Careers Service Inspiration Team who delivered a series of interactive and thought provoking group sessions titled 'Careers, Aspirations, Employability and Alternative Routes'. The aim of the workshop was to provide STEM related careers guidance and information whilst helping students to consider wide range of skills, career opportunities and pathways.
Click here for more information |
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Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance - Report from Sub-Committee on Education,
Skills and the Economy
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The Sub-Committee on Education, Skills and the Economy (ESE) has published its report on the provision of Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance (CEIAG). The Sub-Committee urges the Government to incentivise schools to improve, which includes Ofsted downgrading those where careers provision is sub-standard.
The Sub-Committee also found that too many young people are leaving education without having had the chance to fully consider their future options or how their skills and experiences fit with opportunities in the jobs market.
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