Resources for Further Education
Welcome to our resources and insights for the Further Education sector. We work closely with sector colleagues and sector bodies to ensure these are tailored and differentiated to meet your college’s needs.
‘Our vision is that innovative careers guidance services will enable our students to challenge perceptions, raise aspirations and reach their full potential in life.’
Helen Jefferson, Director of Services for Students, Derby College Group
Connect: The College Careers Community - In partnership with the Association of Colleges, Connect the College Careers Community is a termly bulletin that acts as a national community of practice for the sector to connect, innovate and collaborate in support of careers and progression activities for your learners.
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BM1 Guide
This resource has been developed by colleagues in Liverpool City Region Careers Hub to support resource and CPD to Careers Leaders on all elements of BM1.
BM6: How to meet Gatsby Benchmark 6 more meaningfully and deliver positive student outcomes
Watch this webinar and following the accompanying resource to support planning and delivery of meaningful experiences of the workplace.
British Army: Apprenticeship assembly
How should you introduce the apprenticeship route to your students, so that they can start to make informed choices about their future? We challenge pre-conceptions and discover different areas of apprenticeships, some of which may surprise your pupils, using examples from across the British Army.
Business games and enterprise competitions. What works?
This paper provides evidence on business games and enterprise competitions to help schools, colleges and providers of careers and enterprise programmes use the evidence to shape the programmes they are running and developing.
Career Learning SEND activity
Developed by the team in the Black Country Careers Hub this resource uses widgets to raise awareness of different career options for young people with SEND. This resource features in the My Skills My Future programme.
Career Talks: Finding your Future, Reaching your Goals SEND resource
Developed by the team at the Black Country Careers Hub this resource features a number of videos looking at different roles available and reflections from people undertaking those roles. This resource features in the My Skills My Future programme.
Careermag careerometer
Careermap’s Careerometer is a live and interactive tool that gives up-to-date labour market information (LMI) to support discussions on careers. The tool also allows comparing and contrasting LMI on two different job roles.
Careermag for Parents
Developed by Careermap, Careermag for Parents is a termly publication with information for parents of school aged children offering support and information on careers and qualifications.
Careermag for School Leavers
Careermag for School Leavers is a termly publication with information for school aged children offering support and information on careers and qualifications.
Careermap Live
CareermapLive is a video library with a range of clips to be used in the classroom (or links to be shared) covering a wide range of career and qualification topics, along with case studies.
Careers and enterprise provision in England’s colleges in 2019: Detailed Gatsby Benchmark results
This report builds on the national results from the State of the Nation Report 2019 with additional analysis of the Compass data for colleges specifically, to provide Careers Leaders, college leaders and their external partners with the insights needed to make further progress.
Careers Education Information Advice and Guidance (CEIAG) and Transitions in Focus: A guide to support vision impaired children and young people
Thomas Pocklington Trust (TPT) has a range of useful resources for careers leaders and practitioners working with blind and partially sighted students in mainstream secondary schools and colleges.