Moving On magazine - December 2017

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Moving On is a CASCAID product

The future’s so bright Science based careers

Work of art

Becky Cameron tells us about being an illustrator

Digital by design Where media meets IT

Wet cloths and watermelons Fabulous Foley artistry

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CONTENTS

IN THIS ISSUE...

05 WELCOME TO THE ISSUE

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Publisher, Lynette introduces this creative digital issue.

06 NEWS AND UPDATES

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Discover creative apprenticeships, find out about different levels available and see what employers think about skills.

Fancy a career in TV or film but not as an actor? How about working as a Foley artist? Find out all about it from Lou Brown.

THE FUTURE’S SO BRIGHT

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We take a look at four rich and rewarding science-based careers.

13 TOP OF THE CLASS

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WET CLOTHS AND WATERMELONS

STEM teachers are in demand – we take a look at how to prepare for a career in teaching.

THE WRITE STUFF

There’s more to writing careers than being a novelist – find out about the variety of roles that exist.

25 COPY THAT

WORK OF ART

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Becky Cameron talks to us about life as an illustrator.

THRILLS AND SPILLS

Love writing and interested in marketing? Discover what you need to be a content manager.

DIGITAL BY DESIGN

Discover the roles of data scientist, cyber-security specialist, UX designer and shader writer.

If an exciting career is what you’re after – take a look at our feature on stunt performing, including some great tips from chief instructor, Andreas Petrides.

19 LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION

Work experience student, Jakob Borowski gets busy with careers at all stages of the film making process.

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WORK EXPERIENCE

SPREAD

THE WORD DO YOU DREAM OF BEING A WRITER OR A JOURNALIST? IF SO, READ ON AND GET IN TOUCH.

H

ere at Moving On we like to give young people the opportunity to gain a bit of experience.

Over the years we’ve had many young writers work with us to produce the magazine, some returning year after year and eventually taking on the role of guest editor.

You don’t have to be a budding writer or journalist, enthusiasm and a good work ethic is enough for us!

Doing work experience is a great way of evidencing skills for your CV, especially when you don’t have any paid work experience.

The skills that you can develop by writing for us include skills in research, writing and proofreading, time-keeping (a deadline really is a deadline when you’re writing for a print magazine) and attention to detail.

If you would like to join our team of young writers, get in touch with Lynette via email at ldaly@cascaid.co.uk.

There are six opportunities a year to write for one of our print magazines and plenty more if you want to write for our website.

Here’s what some of our young writers had to say about writing for the magazine and completing work experience in the offices.

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“I enjoyed my experience of

“I tackled a number of different

“I loved writing for Moving On

“Writing for Moving On provided

writing for ‘Moving On’ so

tasks at Moving On, including

magazine as it gave me a taste of

me with experience and skills in

much and feel like it’s given me

researching and writing articles,

what it was like to be a journalist

the field of Journalism. I was able

an insight into the industry of

editing databases and assisting

and convinced me that this is

to independently research and

journalism” – Conor Elliot, Sir

other writers with their work. It

the career path I would like to

structure my own article as well

William Robertson Academy.

was a fascinating insight into the

follow.” – Leyan Yucel, Cox Green

as go out and about as a roving

production and editing process of

School, Berkshire.

reporter. I loved the opportunity!”

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a magazine.” – Louis Ashworth,

– Mel Snow, Alcester Grammar

University of Cambridge.

Sixth Form.

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EDITORIAL

WELCOME

TO THE DECEMBER ISSUE We live in a fantastic world, where the internet has transformed how we learn, work and communicate and where science enables us to do amazing things.

In this issue we bring together the worlds of science and creativity to cover careers in art and design, media and film, science and IT. We have some great interviews for you with people working in illustration, Foley, and stunt Editing publisher Lynette Daly Email: ldaly@cascaid.co.uk Tel: 01509226846 Graphic designer Thomas Levesley Work placement student Jakob Borowski The Cedars Academy Work placement designer Beatriz Soares Loughborough University Sales executive Sophie Boettcher Email: sboettcher@cascaid.co.uk Tel: 01509226856

performing. We’ve also got features on some great STEM-related careers, including food technologist, pharmacologist and software engineer as well as information on becoming a science teacher.

For those of you who love writing, we have features on becoming a writer, editorial assistant and content manager. Our news and qualifications update on page 6 has some handy information on apprenticeships available in creative, design and digital and what employers look for when they are hiring to keep you up to date.

Finally, I’d like to say a special thank you to our

Schools, colleges & sixth forms Annual subscription enquiries Email: movingoninfo@cascaid.co.uk

work experience student, Jakub Borowski, from

Special thanks to the ECO Work-Shop CIC

careers feature on page 19.

The Cedars Academy who joined us for a week and worked hard for us, designing our film

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NEWS

NEWS

CREATIVE, DESIGN AND DIGITAL APPRENTICESHIPS

WOW! Who knew there w ere so many cool appren ticeships?

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WHAT LEVEL APPRENTICESHIP IS RIGHT FOR ME?

FUNCTIONAL SKILLS – WHAT ARE THEY? There are lots of different qualifications.

It might be that you are studying for a Functional Skills qualification but you’re not quite sure what it is. Here’s our 30-second

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LEVELS OF APPRENTICESHIPS Intermediate - Level 2 Advanced - Level 3

guide to Functional Skills.

Functional means practical. Functional

Higher (including Degree) - Levels 4 – 7

Skills are qualifications in maths, English and information technology – all skills that

When you’re at school or college there are often certain qualifications

everyone needs to get on at work and in

and grades that you have to get in order to get onto a course.

life. You demonstrate the skills that you

Apprenticeships are different because employers can decide for

have gained through assessments that

themselves what entry requirements they have for their apprenticeship

reflect everyday use.

programmes.

Some people will study Functional As a general rule:

Skills instead of a GCSE and you will

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You can apply for an intermediate apprenticeship without

see Functional Skills mentioned in

any formal qualifications and show that you are capable of

apprenticeships as well as being offered at

completing the programme.

school or college. Some universities accept

Advanced apprenticeships will normally ask for you to have

Functional Skills at Level 2 in place of GCSE –

GCSEs.

always check the entry requirements!

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Higher apprenticeships might ask for 5 GCSEs and Level 3 qualifications (some are very specific and will ask for 3 A-levels at certain grades or for specific subjects).

WHAT EMPLOYERS THINK The following information is taken from the Employer Perspective Survey 2016.

Here’s what employers said.

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