EXPLORE YOUR HORIZONS: SPEED NETWORKING EVENT
On Thursday 19th October, fifteen Year 9 students attended the ‘Explore Your Horizons: Speed Networking and Work Skills Event’ hosted at the famous Lord’s Cricket Ground. Speakers at the event included Matthew Ryder, Deputy Mayor of London and Guy Lavender, CEO & Secretary of Marylebone Cricket Club. The first half of the event involved a ‘Work Skills’ workshop where teams collaborated to create an innovative idea/invention and form a proposal to present to the business volunteers. The task resembled something you may see on the BBC show ‘The Apprentice’ and encouraged students to undertake responsibilities in areas such as project management, presentation skills, logistics, marketing and finance. The second part of the day was ‘Speed Networking’. This gave students the opportunity to gain careers advice in one-on-one, five minute networking sessions with professionals from a range of industries. The INA students all said it was an excellent experience and lots of fun.
10 Secondary Newsletter
3 November 2017