Gain virtual work experience with National Highways!

12th November 2024Mr B Clayton

Digdata is thrilled to announce free virtual work experience events with National Highways this November and December. These career challenges are designed to develop key employability skills such as problem solving, data literacy, storytelling, and presentation. Hosted on Microsoft Teams, these sessions take place outside of school hours, making them easily accessible.

 

Students will enjoy: • A 45-minute briefing with the National Highways team • The opportunity to complete a career challenge at their own pace • Certification upon completion

 

These events provide valuable insights into emerging careers and help students build skills that will enhance their future education and employment choices.

Please can you share the below with your students – registrations are now open!

 

England and Wales – years 7,8,9

Wednesday 27th November at 4.30pm (45-minute briefing session on MS Teams)

Gain virtual work experience with National Highways!

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Upcoming Careers Webinars with Success at School!

11th November 2024Mr B Clayton

Upcoming Careers Webinars with Success at School!

NatWest Thrive Webinars

5th November 2024Mr B Clayton

NatWest Thrive Webinars

Developing Your Entrepreneurial Mindset

Duration: 40 minutes
We offer a number of programmes to help young people make informed choices about their future whilst developing their skills for work, but the focus of this session is ‘Developing Your Entrepreneurial Mindset’.

Our Vision

Our mission is to inspire the next generation of entrepreneurs by embedding entrepreneurial education in the curriculum across the UK.

Benefit

By engaging with this session young people will:

  1. Broaden their career horizons by developing awareness of entrepreneurship as a potential future career path
  2. Develop critical future skills and capabilities, leading to increased confidence and resilience – with a particular focus on young women
  3. Bridge the gap between education and the workplace
  4. Understand themselves and others better by developing awareness, understanding and self-reflection

The Session

  • 40 minute webinar: Developing Your Entrepreneurial Mindset
  • Focused on showing young people the impact entrepreneurial skills will have on their future by looking at important topics such as purpose and mindset.
  • This session is aimed at developing their own entrepreneurial skills in preparation for the future world of work.

*It is important to note that the session is fully funded, and throughout we introduce role models from our Accelerator communities to bring the content to life.
Register: 09:00 – 5th Nov 2024
Register: 14:00 – 7th Nov 2024

A career where no two days are the same: Army Foundation College Harrogate

8th October 2024Mr B Clayton

The Army Foundation College (AFC) is no ordinary college, we train 16 and 17-year-olds ready for a career in the British Army. The course we offer is split into 4 sections, Military Training, Education, Resilience & Leadership Training and Physical Training.

We also appreciate that your downtime is important and you can enjoy our newly refurbished Wellbeing Centre including satellite TV, an Xbox zone, games area with table tennis and pool, a cinema and more. Sports is a huge part of your career within the Army, you’ll have plenty of opportunities for athletics, basketball, hockey, swimming, football and more.

Join us on Tuesday 19 November 18:30 – 19:00 for a special online event that could transform your future!
Register here
Register here