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…
Why should my organisation consider Investor in Careers? Through Investor in Careers, we support learning providers to develop their careers policy, meet Ofsted and national government requirements, and become recognised for excellence in careers education. The Investor in Careers approach is designed to raise the standard of careers advice and guidance provision delivered by schools…
#Focus5 What do you do when you’re bored? For #Focus5 leaver, Molly, being bored meant applying for a job! Not a bad way to manage that tedium, right? We recently shared Molly’s success story but things have taken a new turn for her. Molly is now back living in Liverpool and has recently started her new job…
SMART SKILLS We were delighted to launch SMART SKILLS earlier this month on 7th April. The SMART SKILLS programme, funded by the European Social Fund, has been running for 3 weeks and has already started to make an impact on businesses and people in Devon. SMART SKILLS helps small and medium sized businesses across Devon to upskill their staff and…
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…
SMART SKILLS Launch Devon businesses and residents are urged to take advantage of European Social Funding worth £3.5 million. SMART SKILLS funding will help Devon based small or medium-sized enterprise (SME) businesses and other organisations to identify skills gaps in their existing workforce and provide the skills training they need to become more resilient during this economic…
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…
Introduction to Investor in Careers My name is Steph Moore, I am the Services to Education Manager for CSW Group, and I manage Investor in Careers. I always welcome any opportunity to write or talk about Investor in Careers as I am passionate about careers excellent and raising standards wherever possible. I am incredibly proud…
Meet our SMART Partner, Petroc College of Further and Higher Education “We are very excited for the launch of the SMART SKILLS HUB. The offer across the partnership is a fantastic opportunity to support Devon-based SMEs in identifying skills gaps in their existing workforce. Petroc has a core offer of ESF funded short courses available…
Employer Good News Story Daisy Wholesale is an award-winning telecoms and IT services provider, serving over 1,000 partners across the UK channel with a local office in Eastleigh. As part of the Daisy Group Ltd., the business has established relationships with carriers and networks throughout the industry, enabling the business to offer services and products…
It doesn’t matter who you were, you can always be somebody else Moving to a new town can be a daunting task for anyone and for one #Focus5 young person it created quite a bit of disharmony. By her own admission, our young person isn’t the most sociable but that didn’t stop relocating from a…
