WorldSkills UK’s Spotlight Talks: Register your students now WorldSkills UK’s Spotlight Talks: Inspiring Careers Excellence is back by popular demand, once again delivering free virtual advice and guidance to support young people to confidently take the next step on their career ladder. Broadcast live on Wednesday 13 and Thursday 14 October, the Spotlight Talks will…
We are a finalist in the Tech South West award for ‘Best Education Initiative Award’ In June of this year CSW Group (SW Peninsula STEM Ambassador Hub) along with Graphic Science (WE STEM Ambassador hub) put together a 3 week long online educational festival called South West STEM Fest. South West STEM Fest came about as a result of research into…
GCSEs and A-Levels: What to do if your grades were not what you expected Written by Dr Oliver Jenkin PGCE RCDP, Senior Career Development Consultant Getting your GCSE and A-Level results can be nerve-wracking at the best of times. Many of you reading this will be hoping to achieve the grades you need to enter…
We are looking for a Managing Director Do you have the right experience and skills to drive our company forward? CSW Group specialise in supporting transition into post 16 education, employment or training. We are the largest single provider of information, advice and guidance services across the South West region and operate a range of…
Employment success for NEET young person! Our Community Engagement Advisers (CEA) support young people to reach their full potential but its not always easy to build a relationship from the get go, especially if the young person has faced setbacks which are out of their control. Sam*, finished his course in Media during lockdown and…
Tips for living with less plastic For a second year, CSW Group have committed to the Students Organising for Sustainability Green Impact Programme! Green Impact helps people understand sustainability and social responsibility and poses a series of actions to help them make a difference. Our registered teams will work with real passion and commitment to…
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…
