Supporting students applying for scholarships
With a reputation of being hard to find and highly competitive, it would be easy to ignore scholarships as a [...]
How to gain and maintain the Quality in Careers Standard
As with many things in schools, gaining the Quality in Careers Standard takes a lot of work, but I would [...]
Whose CPD is a careers leader responsible for?
Careers leaders in most schools will probably have at most one or two colleagues who they line manage: the careers [...]
Helping your students with LMI in the context of Covid-19
Fulfilling Gatsby Benchmark 2 in schools and colleges can be challenging at the best of times. Labour market information (LMI) [...]
Using the impetus of National Careers Week to help build your careers team
It’s almost impossible for me to credit that National Careers Week (NCW) will be 10 this year. I got involved [...]
Experiences of the workplace: what are the options in 2021?
One positive to come out of the first period of lockdown in 2020 was the growth in virtual experience opportunities [...]
Addressing the needs of all students in your careers programme
One of the key principles that should underpin a good careers programme is the idea that students’ career learning should [...]
The benefits of networking for careers leaders
As careers leaders we have a wonderful opportunity to develop careers work in our schools, showcase all the amazing initiatives [...]
Making sure your school meets all 8 Gatsby Benchmarks by the end of 2020
2020 is a year that will be difficult to forget for UK schools. Teachers and students were expected to adapt [...]
Evaluating and developing your careers programme
Evaluation is about thinking about what you have done, whether it has gone well and what you might do differently [...]