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23 April 2018

New campaign urges employers to support local school governance and develop their staff

23 April 2018

Inspiring Governance has launched a national campaign urging employers across England to support local school governance. The campaign highlights how organisations, individuals and young people can all benefit from employees volunteering as school governors. Spearheading the campaign is a short film in which school children describe the urgent need for more people to volunteer as school governors […]

19 April 2018

Inspiring the Future of Theatre

19 April 2018

We are delighted to announce that we are partnering with UK Theatre and Society of London Theatre (SOLT) to deliver a wide-reaching new industry initiative. Inspiring the Future of Theatre will aim to showcase the range of careers available in theatre to young people, and encourage and strengthen connections between schools and theatres. Theatre and the performing arts are part […]

13 April 2018

A Head Teacher’s experience of her school’s first Primary Futures event

13 April 2018

A Head Teacher has given an account of her experience of inviting volunteers to her school to talk to the children about their jobs and careers. Tracey Lake, Head Teacher at Wheldon Infant School and Nursery in Castleford near Wakefield, has given a detailed account of the day’s activities and her delight in working with […]

11 April 2018

STEM: Creative Choices, Career Footsteps with the National Theatre

11 April 2018

Education and Employers, under the Career Footsteps Campaign, worked with the Learning Department at the National Theatre to support their STEM: Creative Choices event on the 26 March.

4 April 2018

Primary Futures – Aspirations Week in Corby

4 April 2018

During National Careers Week, Education and Employers worked with a collection of Corby Primary schools to deliver a fun packed week of activities aimed at raising both aspiration and awareness of careers. Four primary schools from the Greenwood Academies Trust took part. The week followed the successful Career Footsteps event at Kingswood Academy in Corby, […]

30 March 2018

Health Ambassadors campaign launches

30 March 2018

As part of the NHS 70th birthday celebrations, NHS England have teamed up with Inspiring the Future to get more NHS staff into schools on a regular basis talking about the breadth of interesting roles available and encouraging school children of all ages to consider a career in the NHS. These volunteer Health Ambassadors will not […]

21 March 2018

Career Footsteps at Hazel Oak School in Solihull

21 March 2018

Career Footsteps kicked off February with an exciting event at Hazel Oak School in Solihull. Hazel Oak is an all age special school for children with moderate learning difficulties, many of whom are on the autistic spectrum. The day followed the format of other Career Footsteps events with speed networking followed by a carousel of […]

15 March 2018

Inspiring the Future calls for No More Female CEOs

15 March 2018

Inspiring the Future’s new campaign NO MORE FEMALE PROFESSIONALS asks whether the language we all use when talking about jobs, contributes to the problem of unconscious gender bias which limits the opportunities that children perceive they have. It states that ‘A Female CEO is a CEO’ and asks society to consider why we unnecessarily add a […]

8 March 2018

Drawing the Future report discussed in OECD podcast on gender imbalances in STEM

8 March 2018

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8 March 2018

The British Council in China launches #RedrawTheBalance film

8 March 2018

The British Council in China has been working with our #InspiringWomen campaign since 2015 to tackle gender stereotypes in career aspirations and inspire the next generation to expand their horizons, realise their ambitions and fulfil their career potential. To mark International Women’s day 2018, they launched a new version of our #RedrawTheBalance film using Chinese children and […]