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We strive to deliver the best careers service to every one of our students. To make a positive first impression in the world of work, our students' insight, understanding and experience are just as important as the qualifications they achieve with us.
To simplify we sometimes call this part of our school UTCness as it is what makes us unique.
From the moment a student joins North East Futures UTC, they take part in our bespoke Careers and Employer Engagement Programme.
Designed with the personal development of our students in mind, the Careers Programme ensures they feel confident enough to make well-informed decisions about their next steps and ready to achieve their career goals.
Our complex CEIAG programme adds value to our academic curriculum delivery by offering:
These programmes are vital to help young people raise their aspirations. They give them the opportunity to work directly with employers to gain an insight into these industries and learn about current issues and are given the opportunity to help the employers find solutions.
We help students develop their employability skills such as leadership, team working, communication, resilience and problem solving. They also allow us to help broaden their knowledge of the range of careers available and how to identify pathways to achieve their desired destination.
To allow us to continually develop and improve our careers programme and ensure we are meeting the needs of our students we have committed to achieving the Quality in Careers Standard in 2021 accredited by CSW. CSW is a Licensed Awarding Body able to deliver the national quality award The Quality in Careers Standard. The award provides schools with a good practice framework for organisations that work with young people, which includes, schools, colleges, and other learning providers.
We ensure all of our Year 11 and Year 13 students are offered at least one careers advice session with an independent advisor. These advice sessions are also available to other year groups on request. We work closely with our provider Careerwave to ensure the students are offered a high quality and well informed advice service during their time at the UTC.
In 2014, Lord Sainsbury’s Gatsby Charitable Foundation published a report by Professor Sir John Holman, Adviser in Education at the Gatsby Charitable Foundation, titled “Good Career Guidance.”
The report identified eight benchmarks that are the core dimensions of good careers and enterprise provision in schools:
Our careers programme is structured around these benchmarks to ensure our students are receiving the best careers advice and guidance we can offer.
North East Futures UTC measures the impact and success of the Careers Education programme from our:
Our teachers are committed to bringing their subjects to life and bringing careers learning into our classrooms. Some of the methods we use include:
Careers sessions are delivered termly in lessons to help students understand the links to different career paths from their learning in those subjects. There are some links below to relevant research studies which support this practice and evidence the impact this has on young people and also some great resource links for teachers who want to develop this learning in their own classroom.
CEC - Careers in the Curriculum – What Works?
NUSTEM Careers. An online database of over 100 different STEM jobs sorted by National Curriculum Science topic. Makes it easy to include jobs into your lessons.
NUSTEM careers resources including worksheets linked to North East companies.
National Careers Service Job profiles. An A-Z list of different career options.
STEM Learning eLibrary (was the National STEM centre eLibrary). Searchable repository of STEM related resources. You can search it to find career resources linked to specific topics or subjects. (Free registration required)
NHS Careers website. Invaluable for students who ‘want to be a doctor’ but who, due to the competitive nature of that profession, would do better thinking about other options.
Many useful resources, further information and career posters are available on Unifrog, our careers and destinations platform for students.
| Amazing Apprenticeships | Helping your child find the right employer, financial support for apprentices, updated advice on accessing higher and degree apprenticeships, and more! |
| icould | A website that provides over 1000 personal video stories and detailed job information about hours of works, the skills and qualifications needed and tasks that need to carried out. |
| National Careers Service | Provide information, advice and guidance to help you make decisions on learning, training and work. |
| Unifrog | A one stop shop for every students destination needs and is the platform the UTC has chosen to allow them to explore how their interests lead to different education and training pathways. They can see what steps they need to take to stand the best chance of application success; study expert guides explain how to navigate each step in the application process; log any employability or skills building experiences they have had and look at areas they might want to develop. It helps students to make better choices around careers and future study options, as well as a rich mix of inspiring careers and employability information. |
| National Apprenticeship Service | Offers guidance on how to apply for an apprenticeship as well as listing current local apprenticeship opportunities. |
| Careerwave Insights | Whether you are a parent wanting to be able to better support your child make decisions, an individual seeking some direction or another professional needing access to recommended resources , you will find inspiration below. |
| CareersBox | Free online library of careers related videos, news and information. |
| UCAS Progress | Online search and application tool for post 16 courses. |
| Careers Advice for Parents | Aims to give parents an easy-to-read overview of all the essential facts on finding jobs and apprenticeships or choosing further and higher education courses which could make a real difference to their child's future career prospects. |
| NHS Careers | The NHS offer a huge range of careers, from healthcare science to digital, finance and engineering, not just for students who want to be a doctor. Take a look at their website to find out more about the opportunities they offer. |
| Labour Market Information (LMI) | LMI for All is an online data portal which brings together existing national sources of high quality labour market information (LMI) that can inform people’s choices about their careers. The online portal includes LMI that can answer the questions people commonly ask when thinking about their careers, including ‘how much do people get paid?’ and ‘what type of person does that job?’. |
| Parental G12uidance | Advice and information on all aspects of the process of career choice for young people aged 13 to 25. |
| FutureLearn | Whether you want to develop as a professional or discover a new hobby, thwere's an online course for that. You can even take your learning further with online programs and degrees. |
North East Futures UTC believes that employer engagement is a very important part of our students' education. That's why we give them some insight into the wide range of different careers available in the Digital Technology and Health Science sectors here in the North East.