dxw Support, Author at Inspiring The Future

13 August 2019

Inspiring the Future becomes a PiXL community partner

13 August 2019

Education and Employers is pleased to be partnering with PiXL (Partners in Excellence) to support their PiXL Secondary and PiXL6 members to engage effectively with employers via its Inspiring the Future programme. PiXL is a not-for-profit partnership of over 1,600 secondary schools, 500 sixth forms, 600 primary schools, and 75 providers of alternative education. Our […]

2 August 2019

Inspiring the Future: A Year

2 August 2019

It has been a wonderful year at Inspiring the Future with thousands of events taking place in schools and colleges across the country and thousands of young people benefitting from talking to volunteers from the world of work. Throughout this academic year, teachers up and down the country have used Inspiring the Future to invited […]

12 July 2019

Inspiring Apprenticeships

12 July 2019

On Wednesday 10 July the Institute of Apprenticeships and Technical Education (the Institute) and Education and Employers organised a special joint event – ‘Inspiring Apprenticeships’. Hosted by the Waterfront UTC in Chatham, Kent, the event was designed to show young people the range and quality of apprenticeships that are available to them – some of […]

10 July 2019

Lifting the curtain on theatre careers

10 July 2019

On Wednesday 3rd July, the West End lifted the curtain on careers in theatre to inspire young people. A year since the launch of Inspiring Future Theatre theatres, arts organisations, and industry professionals across the UK celebrated the wide range of offstage theatre activities. The campaign – a joint initiative with Society of London Theatre […]

1 July 2019

Step up to careers

1 July 2019

Loredana Roberts, Director of Global Learning & Communication for Gumley House School FCJ, recently run their annual sixth form careers event. How do you incorporate employer engagement and careers education into your students’ learning? Employer engagement is critical. The scope we provide for students includes: Careers events App design projects with companies such as Amazon […]

26 June 2019

Accessing careers talks

26 June 2019

Inspiring the Future has long worked with Speakers for Schools to complement their programme of high-profile, inspiring figures who can help students hear from those influential figures shaping today. Offering volunteers such as CEOs and tenured professors, Speakers for Schools connects state schools with leading figures who share inspiration on pursuing their ambitions and broaden […]

17 June 2019

Challenging stereotypes

17 June 2019

John Peet, Deputy Headteacher at Cheadle Hulme High School, recently ran an event to help challenge stereotypes. Originally intending to get girls interested in careers in science, technology, engineering, and maths (STEM), the career speed networking event ended up being so much bigger. It received such a good response that it was widened to ‘Challenging […]

14 May 2019

Creating a Subject Flyer for Students

14 May 2019

Mark Anderson from Gordon’s School used Inspiring the Future to compile a flyer to help students when making their GCSE options. Using our online portal, Mark Anderson contacted a number of volunteers to help him to produce a flyer that students could use to see the importance of the subjects taught in school in the […]

28 March 2019

Helping schools evidence Gatsby benchmarks

28 March 2019

The Department for Education adopted the Gatsby Benchmarks as the benchmarks of best practice careers provision. Inspiring the Future has a network of over 45,000 employee volunteers from the world of work and as well as a wide range of classroom resources. Our latest leaflet is designed to help schools to evidence their alignment with […]

26 March 2019

icould becomes part of our family on 31 March 2019

26 March 2019

We are delighted to welcome icould as part of our family from 31 March. Our research shows that careers encounters have greater impact when students prepare beforehand and reflect afterwards. Therefore, connecting our volunteer visits to schools with icould’s video career stories and digital resources will expand the reach and deepen the impact of these […]