The Boswells School Careers Department Update Follow @Boswellscareers on Twitter __________________________________________________________________________________ Careers Advice Students can contact Mrs Page, Careers Adviser, who is Level 6 qualified in Career Guidance and Development, to gain advice and/or information on next steps. Mrs Page can be contacted via email [email protected] __________________________________________________________________________________ Apprenticeships To search and apply for new vacancies https://www.gov.uk/apply-apprenticeship __________________________________________________________________________________ Amazing Apprenticeships Parents’ Pack https://amazingapprenticeships.com/resource/parents-pack-june-21/ __________________________________________________________________________________ The National Careers Service is delivering a series of webinars for parents and carers whose children are receiving results this August. It has been a challenging year for students and the National Careers Service want to equip parents and carers with advice to support their children on the day. Click the links below to sign up to one of the webinars and get: tips on how your child can prepare for results day advice about their options advice about leaving education and exploring careers signposting to useful sources an opportunity for Q&A Book your free place now: Choose one of the dates below and click the 'book your place' link to sign up. Friday 30th July, 12pm – book your place Tuesday 3rd August, 4pm – book your place Wednesday 4th August, 12pm – book your place __________________________________________________________________________________ Helping You To Plan Your Future Our latest issue of Careermag for School Leavers is out now! Inside you'll find top tips to help you decide the right pathway for you, alongside top opportunities from the UK's leading employers. CLICK HERE TO VIEW __________________________________________________________________________________ Medic Portal I just wanted to remind you that our excellent virtual work experience programme is running and is a brilliant thing for your students to do over summer and beyond to help put them in a great position when applying for Medical School. We are all aware that getting work experience is a huge challenge for aspiring medics and this has been largely compounded by COVID. We are therefore delighted to have a genuinely brilliant solution. We have partnered up with Kissing It Better, a leading charity who have been recognised by NHS England and the BMA. They have recently been featured heavily on the news for their excellent work in supporting older, isolated people in Care Homes. Through our joint programme, we are giving students the opportunity to connect with these people through Zoom coordinated sessions to build up the key skills they will need during their medical training and career, while also importantly supporting a vulnerable demographic. Alongside the live Zoom calls, there is a suite of learning modules to help students get the most out of this unique volunteering opportunity. This programme has already been joined by over 500 students and has received amazing feedback. The programme runs in different countries and live Zoom sessions will be taking place to accommodate for global time zones. PLEASE SHARE THIS LINK with your students so they can book on to the programme. __________________________________________________________________________________ Work Experience Opportunities Psychology Work Experience Learn more Deadline: 26th July 2021 Law Work Experience Learn more Deadline: 26th July 2021 Siemens Work Experience Learn more Deadline: 26th July 2021 Marsh & McLennan Dates: 2nd August Eligibility: 16-18 year olds Application Deadline: 23rd July http://www.s4snextgen.org/Opportunities/View/id/1963 Royal Air Force Date: 23rd August Eligibility:14 - 19 year olds Application deadline: 23rd July http://www.s4snextgen.org/Opportunities/View/id/1482 __________________________________________________________________________________ Free Summer Virtual Careers Festival from Deloitte Deloitte is hosting a series of skills workshops which include inspiring, live and interactive events to help students to make informed career decisions. Some of these exciting event topics include building your network and focusing on presentation skills. They’ll be running these events throughout the month with many informative topics to choose from! To join an event, you can register here. __________________________________________________________________________________ Medical Projects We are running a free online event for year 11s and soon-to-be 12s who are just starting to think about applying to medical school. This is primarily aimed at your year 11s who will be starting A- levels (or equivalent) in September 2021. We will have Doctors and current medical students covering the application timeline, work experience, entrance exams and everything they need to hit the ground running in September. An event timetable can be found on the Google registration link below. Event name: Medicine Application Timeline - Getting Ready Location: Online Date: 21st August 2021 Ages: Current year 11 (going into year 12 in September) This is a FREE event and booked on a first come first serve basis. Google registration link: https://forms.gle/Dud254nM1dozd3uF7 __________________________________________________________________________________ SAVE THE DATE - Meet the Russell Group Virtual Event - Wednesday 29th September 12-7pm We are proud to announce that this autumn all 24 Russell Group Universities will once again be exhibiting at this fantastic online event, as well as presenting a host of vital webinars. Interested students, parents and teachers can find out more and register here. __________________________________________________________________________________ Apprenticeship at ITN https://www.itn.co.uk/careers/apprenticeships/ _ A brand-new introduction episode for the much anticipated Parent Perspective podcast series is now available to listen to! This exciting new podcast series for parents and carers will support listeners to explore their child’s careers options and will call on the insight of expert speakers and a brilliant parents’ panel. Anna from Amazing Apprenticeships and Conor from Not Going To Uni talk producer Steve, through the motivations behind starting the podcast and the brilliant topics we have coming up throughout the series, including career options 101, supporting your school leaver, over- looked careers, improving employability skills, preparing and dealing with results day and much more! You can listen to the intro episode and subscribe to the full series by clicking here or on the image above. Share your perspective Submit your own question for discussion with an expert careers leader and adviser on an upcoming episode, we’d love to hear your perspective. You can record yourself asking the question here or can email us here. Presented by Amazing Apprenticeships’ Anna Morrison CBE (and produced by The Branding Man), Episode 1 of The Parent Perspective Podcast looks at the ways we can support our children with their options this summer. In the opening episode of the series we hear from Nicola Hall, Director of Education at the Careers and Enterprise Company, talking about the current careers landscape and the parent and student concerns linked to it. We’ll also hear from George Anderson, a health and wellbeing expert, addressing the anxieties parents have right now and the practical solutions to help. We are also joined by a brilliant panel of parents and carers, who will be asking questions and discussing our speaker topics throughout the episode. What are your plans for the summer? There are a few places left for Year 11 and Year 12 girls on a free NCSC CyberFirst virtual course in the summer holidays. The courses are open to any student interested in tech and computing. A great chance to explore the fast-paced world of cyber security with hackathons, team tasks and hands-on challenges to teach the problem-solving skills our digital society needs. Here’s one student’s view of the free course: "The activities were so relevant that sometimes I thought I was working in the field for real. Even during the online courses, it was great to work both independently and as a team for the ‘hackathon’. This challenge really got our adrenaline pumping! "I was able to expand my network and meet a few people of my own age who are critical thinkers, smart and passionate about cracking codes and programming. I enjoyed every bit of the residential (in 2019) and online (2020) courses." Limited places remaining, so apply now > www.smallpeicetrust.org.uk/cyberfirst __________________________________________________________________________________ ___ Careerpilot provides careers information and tools for 11-19 year olds. Students can learn more about the options available after finishing school, including sixth form, college, apprenticeships and university. Start Careers is a free digital platform, offering schools and colleges careers guidance for students. Learn Live seeks to inspire the next generation through engaging and interactive live broadcasts. The website has a comprehensive careers section with links to a wide variety of industry partners. Barclays Virtual Work Experience gives a unique opportunity for students to gain work experience in a company, while highlighting the essential skills they might need. Students