We know that making decisions about your future at a young age can feel overwhelming. This quiz is aimed at assessing skills and interests with a view to aligning these with future career sectors. Why not start the quiz now ?
Army Careers and Development Opportunities
Royal Air Force World virtual careers event.
There is a wonderful opportunity for students to take part in the latest Free & online Royal Air Force – RAF World virtual event on the evening of Wednesday 29th Nov 23. This will provide students the opportunity to immerse themselves in to the RAF World and have the opportunity to speak to subject matter experts from across the 60 roles available within the RAF and also to speak to recruiters about the next steps in their potential journeys. Details of how to book a place on this event, and info on roles within the RAF are available via this link
My Big Career
The latest newsletter from My Big Career is available via this link
My Big Career
The latest copy of the My Big Career newsletter is available via this link
CareerWave – Local Market Information
Labour Market Information (LMI) is a useful tool to help research future jobs in the local area, understand the skills needed for certain roles and the demand for future employment.
Take a look at the information below for more details.
CareerWave – Careers Choice Guide
CareerWave have produced a guide which focuses on the next steps of your career journey- the choices you have when you leave school at 16. You can find the guide by clicking here
Opportunities at North East Futures UTC
Information on opportunities within North East Futures UTC can be found here. As well as A Levels, we also have a technical pathway (available with grades 4 and 5) and a GCSE re sit package that students can complete in 1 year. Any interested students can register interest via the QR code, on our website, or pop in to speak to our staff on the days advertised.
Speakers For Schools – Work Experience information
Local Opportunities for our North East Students: Click on the title to apply
Please see Mr McMahon if you require further details.
The Alnwick Garden – Apply Here on 22/06/2023, Application Deadline 15/06/2023
You will be hearing from the team talking about working for the Alnwick Garden and Lilidorei, how they joined the industry, their day-to-day responsibilities, how they contribute to the success of the organisation and why they enjoy what they do.
SSCL- Apprenticeship 23/06/2023, Application deadline 18/06/2023
SSCL provides business critical support services for the largest government departments, Defence and Police. They employ more than 2,800 people the UK who work from a mix of home and office locations in six Centres of Excellence in Blackpool, Glasgow, Gosport, Newcastle, Newport and York. This virtual session will share more about what they do, their level 2 customer service apprenticeship and how your students can apply. The SSCL offices are based at Quorum Business Park. They are keen to reach as many young people as possible in and around the North East of England who may be interested in leaning more about their apprenticeship programme.
North East Chamber of Commerce 4/07/2023, Application deadline 20/06/2023 (teacher bookings)
The North East Chamber of Commerce gives a deeper insight into policy and politics. This session aimed at year 10-13 students who are interested in law, politics or debating societies aims to show that a career in politics doesn’t have to mean being an MP or joining a political party. Find out more about careers in policy, outside of London and how the Chamber works to build a stronger North East
Newcastle Castle 18/07/2023, Application deadline 4/07/2023
Talking all things heritage, history and tourism. Newcastle Castle runs this session and will cover areas such as starting a career in heritage, roles available and all about the industry. They will be sharing more about Retail, management, marketing, events and venue hire. Perfect for those interested in history, business, tourism and events.
We realise that there’s a huge appetite now for face-to-face work experience but as always there are some young people who struggle to secure a placement. That’s where we can help.
We have so much on offer for both educators and young people that we’d like to highlight. Below is just a sample of what’s on offer for the young people in our area.
Employer | Industry | Date | Time | Link to view more details |
Karbon Homes | Business, finance and marketing | 04/07/2023 | 10am-11.30am | Link |
Newcastle NHS Trust | Medicine and Healthcare | 05/07/2023 | 12pm-3pm | Link |
University of Huddersfield | Get plugged into Music | 05/07/2023 | 10am-2.30pm | Link |
Network Rail | Get your career on track | 05/07/2023 | 10am-12pm | Link |
University of Huddersfield | Electrical Engineering | 06/07/2023 | 10am-2.30pm | Link |
Northumbria Police | Criminology, psychology and forensics | 06/07/2023 | 1pm-3pm | Link |
Sir Robert McAlpine | Civil Engineering | 10/07/2023 | 10am-12pm | Link |
Hart Biological | Biomedical Science | 10/07/2023 | 1.30pm-3pm | Link |
UK Government | Civil Service | 11/07/2023 | 1pm-2.30pm | Link |
Fuiji Diosynth | Biomedical Science | 11/07/2023 | 1pm-3pm | Link |
Cox Automotive | Luxury Car Auctioning | 11/07/2023 | 10am-2pm | Link |
Indigo Greens | Property | 12/07/2023 | 4pm-6pm | Link |
Flamingo Land | A day in the life of a zoo keeper | 13/07/2023 | 10am-3pm | Link |
Lewis Silkin | Insight into Law | 13/07/2023 | 10am-12pm | Link |
Inspire North | Mental Health Wellbeing | 14/07/2023 | 10am-2pm | Link |
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Also here is the link for our Virtual Parent Event on June 7th – please share with your parents/carers
Online Careers Summit
On Saturday 6th November 2021, @gtscholars will be hosting their FREE Online Careers Summit for pupils in Years 8 to 13.
Join the live online masterclasses and learn from professionals from a range of universities and corporate organisations such as PWC, University of Oxford, BT, JP Morgan, EY, BRIT insurance and Blackrock Bank. Pupils & Parents can sign up here: https://careersummit.gtscholars.org