29 January 2018
29 January 2018
Kingswood Secondary Academy in Corby kicked off 2018 by hosting a Career Footsteps event for their year 8 students. The Career Footsteps programme, run in partnership with the Edge Foundation, aims to open students’ eyes to the wide range of routes they can follow into the world of work with a focus on vocational and technical […]
Read more25 January 2018
25 January 2018
Our Drawing The Future report has been in the news this week. Here are some highlights: BBC Online BBC Online Education The Guardian science blog TES Mail Online OECD World Economic Forum
Read more19 January 2018
19 January 2018
Education and Employers have published their landmark report Drawing The Future The survey was undertaken in partnership with Tes, the National Association of Head Teachers, UCL Institute of Education and OECD Education and Skills, asks primary school children aged seven to 11 to draw a picture of the job they want to do when they grow […]
Read more15 January 2018
15 January 2018
Inspiring Women is inspiring primary school children as far afield as Mexico. Modelled on the UK campaign, Human Rights Awareness ran their own Inspiring Women event bringing together a range of successful women to talk to over 100 children aged 8-12. The event took place at of Colegio Nueva Laguna school, a school in the […]
Read more20 December 2017
20 December 2017
We are continuing our series of regional events to help local schools and employers connect. This time we’re in Gateshead for an an event that brought together multiple schools and a wonderful selection of volunteers for an exciting showcase event. Inspiring Gateshead is an exciting new initiative to raise and broaden aspirations of young people […]
Read more17 December 2017
17 December 2017
Over the past six months, members of the Isle of Man Employability Group have been working within Island secondary schools, University College Isle of Man and with employers to develop a common recruitment language. The implementation of a common language framework is designed to help employers understand better the skills of their potential recruits and […]
Read more13 December 2017
13 December 2017
In partnership with the Edge Foundation, Inspiring the Future has, via the Career Footsteps campaign, worked with hundreds of schools over the past 2 years to hold events involving volunteers from a vocational or non-traditional background. Career Footsteps aims to show young people that there are various routes into the world of work. Enter our […]
Read more21 November 2017
21 November 2017
As part of Health Education England’s #StepintotheNHS competition, Sandon School in Chelmsford, Essex, ran a Career Footsteps event that focused on careers in the health sector. The #stepintotheNHS competition is running to help raise awareness of the 350 roles that a career in the NHS has to offer. This event brought together Year 9 students […]
Read more8 November 2017
8 November 2017
Theale Green School in the village of Theale, Berkshire, seized the opportunity to get a flying start back into the school term with their very own Career Footsteps event! This event brought together three volunteers with over 70 Theale Green year 7 students for a series of talks and workshops. This was the first careers […]
Read more23 October 2017
23 October 2017
Inspiring Bradford, a celebratory week of events took place in primary and secondary schools across the city to raise and broaden the aspirations of young people in Bradford. Each event had a real buzz as volunteers, both local and national, visited schools to talk to the young people of Bradford about their careers and inspired […]
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