Careers, College & Apprenticeship News

Careers Information

Resources

Careers information, apprenticeship vacancies and higher education information can be found on the webpage under Students-Work Experience and Careers. http://www.highfields.derbyshire.sch.uk/careers.html

Careers inspiration and advice from BBC Bitesize

Explore BBC Bitesize’s brand new collection of free, online careers resources offering a wealth of inspiration and advice for students.

This new resources offer a rich collection of case studies across a wide range of sectors, linking curriculum subjects and the world of work: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/careers

Online careers programme for 11-18 year olds

START is an online careers programme designed to connect 11-18 year olds with their future career potential.

The programme is broken down into sections on ‘world of work’ with a job search according to subject, skill or interest; ‘what to study’ about pathways and qualifications; ‘where to learn’ which views all colleges, universities, sixth forms, training providers and UTC; and ‘employability’ which has sections on work experience, work preparation including CV writing, covering letters and interview preparation. There is also the facility for students to upload their personal statement and CV, so they can start to build their own careers profile.

Students can access the programme at home via the website (www.startprofile.com) with the student code they have been issued with – contact Mrs Turner for further details.

Y11 students – Decisionz Magazine

Please follow the link below to the latest Decisionz magazine. This is a free online publication that provides a wealth of advice and guidance for students who will be looking to take on the next step in their lives post Y11. It provides advice about colleges in Derbyshire, how to make applications to college and sixth forms and information about careers.

http://magazine.decisionz.co.uk/books/qdus/#p=1

Buxton & Leek College Resources and Open day

Please follow the link below to access Buxton & Leek College presentations covering what they are able to offer students and to find out more information.

The presentation below is 24 minutes long: https://ca-lti.bbcollab.com/recording/4202da3d91fc465497f782c46bc429fe A shorter presentation below is 15mins long https://ca-lti.bbcollab.com/recording/118788fc24214794b68c334ab6714b0d

An open day is planned for November which will be a virtual event that students will need to register for in advance. Dates to be announced shortly.

A link to Buxton & Leek YouTube channel provides a good video library with a wide range of clips including ‘meet the tutor’ videos, interviews with students and the main college film: https://www.youtube.com/user/BuxtonLeekCollege/videos

Learn Live - & Free resources

Learn Live have a virtual pod within www.myfuture.org.uk (located within the careers and transitions zone). Within their pod there is a live streaming TV screen – they will be streaming careers linked videos from over 300 organisations continually through the platform, as an example the Royal Navy are streaming currently.

Linked to that within the ‘Welcome to the Careers and Transitions zone’ you will see a ‘more videos’ hotspot with over 150 pre-recorded videos that have been recently added from organisations such as KPMG, Barclays, Mental Health charities etc.