COMPASS is here: ESF Project COMPASS is a wide-reaching partnership project, led by Cornwall Council, with the aim of supporting 1,800 young people aged 15-24 to find their direction into education, employment and training throughout Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. The project was successful in accessing the last tranche of ESF funding under Investment…
Developing LMI as a company-wide resource Written by Dr Oliver Jenkin PGCE RCDP, Senior Career Development Consultant As I reflected in my recent article on LMI in the context of Covid-19, labour market information is a complex, multivariate resource at the best of times and has become even more challenging to stay abreast of as…
Can a podcast help young people with their career choice? Written by Sara Rosengren, STEM Coordinator CSW Group Deciding what career path to pursue is tough and can be a very daunting process. As a young person, I remember worrying about making the wrong choice, ending up in a job I did not enjoy and being trapped in it until I retired. I worried…
Targeted work to support vulnerable young people: The Ambitions project in Cornwall Written for Career guidance for social justice by Tristram Hooley Oliver Jenkin and Barnaby Ridge discuss the Ambitions project in Cornwall and ask if it offers a way forward for the provision of career support for vulnerable people. A recent FE Week article reiterated long-standing…
Helping your students with LMI in the context of Covid-19 Written by Dr Oliver Jenkin, Senior Career Development Consultant for Indigo Careers Fulfilling Gatsby Benchmark 2 in schools and colleges can be challenging at the best of times. Labour market information (LMI) comes in multivariate forms, some more digestible than others, and different sources of…
South West STEM FEST Things are starting to take shape for our big summer event, South West STEM Fest! Lined up for the 7th – 25th June 2021, the South West STEM Fest is a chance for all of our STEM partners with a base in the south west of England to join us in…
Community Engagement Advisers One of the most important things that a CEA (Community Engagement Adviser) has to do is to identify and dispel any myths, misunderstanding and misconceptions that the young person may have, surrounding education, employment and training. Whilst attempting to re-establish contact with the young people who have previously been unavailable to engage…
Inspiring Futures Round-Up During the week 15th-19th March, in conjunction with the Careers and Enterprise Company, CSW Group delivered a series of high-quality careers education webinars aimed at young people in education, including those with special educational needs. This was the third series of webinars that CSW Group has delivered within the past year, partly…
Our experience of a virtual careers fair This week saw CSW take part in the first Inspiring Careers event with the LiketoBe platform. The event was aimed at schools, colleges, young people and their families across Plymouth and Devon, with a daytime and evening session. It was great to be part of such a large…
What career advice would you give your 14/15 year old self? For National Careers Week, we asked our staff and board of directors what career advice would you give your 14/15 year old self? We love their honest and real answers which we hope will inspire young people to think about their future but not…