'New This Week' No.004 - 25th March 2020

CAREER ZONE

CAREERS NEWSLETTER ‘NEW THIS WEEK’ 004

Welcome to the ‘working from home’ edition of Careers News!

As well as advertising any apprenticeships and opportunities that arise for our students, we would like to use this platform to highlight some amazing Careers Resources!

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Find your ideal career based on your personality, subjects, or interests

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Online free courses, learn a new skill!

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Employability skills and CV writing

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Education and revision resources

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Weekly career spotlight from Success at School Health and Wellbeing Click here for the latest government advice on the coronavirus

To access all content from previous Careers News, please see the uploaded archive on the college website.

Click the relevant section below for direct access to NEW stuff!  Careers Information and Opportunities  Jobs & Apprenticeships  Volunteering & Work Experience

 Higher Education  Health and wellbeing during lockdown

Careers Events, Information and Opportunities

All Students

Careers Resources Use this time to suss-out your ideal career! Whether you want to focus on your personality, skills, subjects or interests, there’s a way for everyone to discover their career path!

Career Radar—Click here Find the careers that are best suited to your personality, interests and education, find out what each job involves on a day to day basis, and discover jobs that you may not have heard of before.

National Careers Service—Click here Providing information, advice and guidance to help you make decisions about learning, training and work. Explore careers, assess your skills, find a course, get a job!

Career Pilot—Click here A online platform providing careers information and tools for 11-19 year olds.

Explore all your options in one place!

Choices at 18—Click here Future learn—Click here Learn how to study effectively, improve your research skills, and prepare for the world of work with short online courses.

BBC Bitesize Careers—Click here Whether you’re deciding what to study, taking your exams, planning a career, or just curious, we’re here to explain the world of work, with advice from people who've found the right path for them.

UCAS—Click here Alternatives to University. Information about apprenticeships, internships and gap years.

Careers Events, Information and Opportunities

All Students

Organisation, Timetables and Activity Planning Calling all students stuck in the house! Organise and plan your social distancing to alleviate boredom and increase productivity!

Khan Academy—CLICK HERE for an example timetable This is based on the American curriculum, but a good place to start when creating a schedule. Includes breaks and alternate activities. Sign up and you will also get access to their revision information!

BBC Bitesize— Click here Revision timetables and planning. Incudes daily, weekly and monthly timetable examples, as well as videos and suggestions of the best ways to revise.

Get Revising—Click here Free downloadable study planner, builds revision sessions around your life.

The Independent—Click here Article discussing the best ways to survive isolation

Careers Events, Information and Opportunities

All Students

Careers Resources—CV Writing Use this time to perfect your CV! BBC Bitesize— Click here How to write a great CV and cover letter. Top tips son how to stand out when you’re applying for a job, apprenticeship or University.

Reed—Click here What is a CV? What should it include? What are the different types of CV? CV do’s and don'ts. Free downloadable CV template BBC Bitesize Transferable Skills—Click here Not sure you have any key employability skills? Don’t know how to describe your strengths? You may be surprised!

Everyday life develops key skills that you may not have thought about before. Life experience can lead to job opportunities!

Career Pilot— Click here Careers information and tools for 11-19 year olds. Free online courses (MOOCS) - by completing a MOOC (massive open online course) you will gain skills and knowledge that will boost your CV and UCAS Personal statement.

Careers Events, Information and Opportunities

All Students

Studying Resources Check your college emails everyday! Your teachers will be setting work. Check moodle and teams regularly.

Seneca Learning—Click here Search your subject per module or exam board. Revision content for students and teachers.

BBC Bitesize learning—Click here Daily content to support you through school closures.

Functional English and Maths Skills for Post 16, apply skills to real life contexts. Sign in or register to personalize your bitesize.

Future Learn— Click here Distance learning programmes for students stuck at home due to Coronavirus. Learn new skills, pursue your interests or advance your career with hort online courses The Prodigy game (maths) - Click here The engaging, curriculum-aligned math platform loved by over 50 million students, teachers and admins. Free!

Careers Events, Information and Opportunities

All Students

Free online courses and activities Duolingo—Click here Learn a new language! Download the app for free now (or visit their webpage), and learn Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Italian, Korean, Chinese and many many more! All levels catered for. Practice for a few minutes each day.

BSL British Sign Language—Click here Our unique online signing course is a comprehensive introduction for anyone interested in learning BSL. Available on Desktop, Laptop, Mobile or Tablet. Study at you own pace when it is convenient for you. Designed to be studied over approximately 16 hours—1.5/2 hours per week.

ONLY £3 contribution for students. Normal price £25 Click here for full price list Online cooking school—Click here Classes free throughout April—Video lessons, instructions and techniques, step-by-step tutorials. Theory, not just recipes. Also check out Youtube for simple cooking and recipe tips!

Virtual Museum Tours! - Click here

Viewing art as been proven to reduce stress and anxiety, increase motivation, and boost your mood! Check out some of the most famous museums from the comfort of your sofa.

Careers Events, Information and Opportunities

All Students

Events Bristol City Council—Coronavirus volunteering Facebook Q&A (BCC) - Click here Are you thinking of volunteering or organising volunteers to help people because of coronavirus? We want to make sure you have the right support, and can volunteer safely.

Volunteers are vital so we can help vulnerable people and people self isolating in Bristol. Keeping the volunteers and the vulnerable people safe is our priority.

CLAP FOR CARERS! - 26th March 8pm It’s time to give it up for all our care workers on the front line. People across the UK will come together to clap from their windows to thank NHS and care –workers who are battling coronavirus Covid-19.

At 8pm on Thursday March 26th, people are being asked to stand at their windows, front doors, balconies or their living rooms for a round of applause.

MAKE SOME NOISE. Clap, cheer, shout, bang pots and pans!!

Let them hear you.

JOBS AND APPRENTICESHIPS Part-time jobs during Covid-19 It is worth noting that during this unusual time, most local supermarkets are hiring thousands of new staff on temporary 4 week contracts!

As long as you’re not self-isolating and have no symptoms, do not live with someone who is elderly or could be considered vunerable, why not check out your local supermarket and earn some cash and work-experience!

Please click here for the latest government advice before applying.

Click below for vacancies: Morrisons Sainsbury’s Tesco’s Asda Lidl Aldi Waitrose

JOBS AND

Sport

APPRENTICESHIPS

Weston Sport (formerly Coachmakers) are still continuing to recruit young people for full time programmes and apprenticeships via remote sessions and we would like to offer students who are interested in the opportunity to apply for our 2020/21 programmes As of July, we will be recruiting for approx. 20 Level 3 Apprentices, to deliver PE and School Sport, in Primary Schools , Sports clubs and Leisure Centres. Vacancies are currently being uploaded to Gov.uk/apprenticeships so should be ready for applications before Easter but we would be happy to provide further information by phone or email.

Alongside the apprenticeships, we offer full time Level 2 and Level 3 Sport and Activity programmes with fantastic connections in the sporting industry to support learners to achieve their potential.

These will be running at The Park in Knowle. These are very practical courses, with live coaching in schools each week.

If you are interested in applying for any of these opportunities please email ceiag@stbrn.ac.uk and the Careers Team can put you in touch with the relevant contacts.

JOBS AND APPRENTICESHIPS

Energy and Utillity Careers

Each week we will be highlighting a key career—and how to achieve it.

This week’s Success at School Spotlight is on Energy and Utility careers.

More than one in 50 people work in the energy industry, here are just some of the jobs available:  Scientists: Geoscientists, geologists and chemists search for the perfect places to extract natural resources and turn them into energy. 

Mudloggers: This unusual-sounding bunch help scientists collect and analyse soil, rock and liquids thrown up by drilling to find oil or gas.

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Engineers: Engineers work out how to extract resources to make energy, from fossil fuels like coal, gas and oil, to renewables such as wind, solar and tidal or wave energy. Some carry out the hands-on work required to get the energy, and others look after utilities such as plumbing and wiring.

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Skilled workers: There are also lots of jobs for skilled workers including welders, pipelayers and scaffolders.

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Diving: A lot of the hunt for resources goes on underground or underwater so commercial diving jobs are also common.

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Hydrologists: Identify, create and look after water sources, to ensure we can all access it safely from our taps at home and that it doesn’t run out.

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Electricians: Wire up our homes, factories and businesses to make sure we get electricity to all of the places we need, and safely too.

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Plumbers: Do the same job with water, gas and sewage pipes and are there to fix boilers, blockages and leaks when things go wrong.

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Sales and marketing: These teams come up with new ways to attract customers to choose a utility provider and can plan big national campaigns.

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Administration/management: There are also lots of jobs available in HR, finance, legal, project management and health & safety.

To read more about this industry please CLICK HERE

Work Experience and Volunteering VIRTUAL WORK EXPERIENCE! Speakers for School—Click here Speakers for Schools now works with almost 150 prestigious employers to offer amazing insight days and work experience across the UK. These include Disney, Cisco, Santander, the Bank of England, the NHS, Marie Curie.

Last term, we recognised that more could to be done to provide mind-opening opportunities to young people in communities which struggle to access many of the UK’s leading employers, and so Speakers for Schools committed to delivering a Virtual Work Experience (VWEX) programme, which would allow young people (aged 14-19) from across the UK to undertake structured, interactive work experience placements with prestigious employers remotely (at school or home).

Although we planned to launch VWEX this summer, in response to Covid-19 crisis, WE HAVE DECIDED TO LAUNCH THIS PROGRAMME NOW.

Barclay’s Life Skills—Click here Tools, tips and learning resources to support development by helping young people to get the skills and experience to enter the world of work

Work Experience and Volunteering Employer engagement and connectivity LIKE TO BE—Click here Connects young people with employers, even whilst working from home.

It’s always free for students to sign up to LikeToBe because we are passionate about connecting them with employers to learn about the world of work and career opportunities ahead of them. Thanks to our safe and simple online platform, students can learn how to build an online professional profile using our CV builder, and continue engage with employers and gain valuable careers advice – regardless of their location. We are also inviting employers the opportunity to sign up for free, so that students can connect with them from home, even during these difficult times. Over the coming weeks and months, we will be launching a series of new and free resources for young people to access via the LikeToBe platform, including career articles, online mentors and video career presentations (Transformational Inspirational Career Talks) from STEM Ambassadors.

Once you have created an online profile, you’ll be able to explore our online TIC Talks, employers profiles, and ask questions!

Work Experience and Volunteering

A2L3/2Y1’s

If you are due to be going out on work-experience in June, please check your email for correspondence from Leanne England.

If you have and work-experience related queries you can email the coordinator at: leanne.england@stbrn.ac.uk If you would like a careers appointment, advice or guidance, please email ceiag@stbrn.ac.uk These email addresses will continue to be monitored.

HIGHER EDUCATION

3Y2’s Applied for University

We understand that many of you may be concerned about accepting your university offers. Please see below a summary of the latest Government updates: The Government has asked universities and colleges in England to hold back from making unconditional offers or amending existing offers to students for up to two weeks. Government's announcement

UCAS are extending May’s decision and reply deadlines for undergraduate applications by two weeks.

UCAS will email affected applicants to let them know, and share new dates once they’ve been confirmed. For your reference, here’s a copy of what they are sending.

This extension will give you the extra time you need to fully consider any decisions and offers, and ensure fairness in admissions is maintained. It also gives more time for further information to be shared on the awarding of grades for examinations and assessments which have been cancelled.

When results are confirmed, UCAS expect to run a clearing process, giving applicants the flexibility to make choices throughout the remainder of the cycle.

As the Coronavirus situation develops, please keep a close eye on updates through email, ucas.com, and across UCAS social media channels.

If you have questions about your particular circumstances please email ceiag@stbrn.ac.uk and we will do our best to advise you given the information that we have. You may also wish to contact the admissions departments of your chosen university.

Please click here for the latest government advice about exams and grades.

HIGHER EDUCATION

3Y2’S

It's time to apply for student finance!

Going to uni or college this year? If you’ll be studying a full-time undergraduate course, it’s time to get your student finance sorted.

It can take up to six weeks to process your application, so be sure to apply as soon as you can. If your application is late, your money might be too.

It’s quick and easy to apply online – you’ll just need your passport and National Insurance number.

If you’re a new student, you need to apply before 22 May to get your money in time for the start of your course, so what are you waiting for? Follow our three easy steps now.

1. Find out how much you can get 2. 2. Apply online

3. 3. Check if you need to send us anything Apply now!! - CLICK HERE Deadline: To ensure money is available for September courses, apply by 22nd May!

HIGHER EDUCATION Open University—Click here Online University Courses—experts in longdistance learning.

Free Courses—Click here  Health, Sports and Psychology  Education and Development  History and the Arts  Languages  Money and Business  Nature and Environment  Science, Maths and Technology  Society, Politics and Law Developing Career Resilience—Click here Identifying strengths you already have, recognize the need for resilience in different sectors, identify tactics for goal setting and overcoming obstacles.

Health and Wellbeing during Covid-19 In such unprceceented circumstances like this, when anxiety and stress levels are high, it is increasingly important that you look after both your physical and mental health. Please see below a small selection of the huge range of online resources and classes available.

Internet matters— Click here Balancing Screen time, simple tips to help you develop healthy online habits.

Golds Gym— Click here Offering free access to their app Goldsamp until the end of May. More than 600 audio and video workouts along with DJ mixes.

Planet Fitness - Click here Home ‘work-ins’ daily at 7pm. Streamed on their facebook page.

Eastern Yoga—Click here Daily online Iyengar yoga classes—fantastic for maintain physical and mental health , All levels welcome—£5 or £10 donation per class if you can afford it.

(Many other yoga/pilates/exercise classes are now also moving online, check your local facebook pages for more info).

Joe Wicks ‘The Body Coach’ —Click here Online PE lessons via youtube. Available to stream for free now.

NHS One You—Click here Looking after your mental health. It is important to take care of your mind as well as your body.

Mind (for better mental health) - Click here Plans for staying home, taking care of your health and wellbeing by looking after yourself.

St Brendans—Click here Learning Development, and college counselling.

Upcoming Events for the Spring Term 

You will receive more information about these during  tutorial and AIP. 

Remember to check your student emails regularly!

Having assessed our position in relation to guidance set out by Government, we are taking the decision to close the College to all th students from Wednesday 18 March at 2:30pm.

This means that from this point onwards, no lessons will be running at College and no students will be permitted to be on College site until further notice.

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