Further Education
We work closely with sector colleagues and sector bodies to ensure these resources are tailored and differentiated to meet your college’s needs.
The Careers & Enterprise Company partnered with CooperGibson Research to carry out this research into careers leadership in colleges. Read the report here.
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Careerscope - Hospitality Industry Hub
CareerScope is your one-stop-shop for all things careers in the Hospitality, Leisure and Tourism Industry.
Our mission is to support people from all backgrounds and ages, attract talent towards the industry, and ultimately, promote hospitality as a great place to work.
Whether you’re a teacher or careers advisor, a student, or a job seeker, we have resources, programmes and support available to help you reach your full potential.
Making encounters meaningful: support for providers
This resource is for providers who deliver encounters in schools, special schools and colleges to support students with learning about all pathways.
In the context of the provider access legislation, a provider is an organisation that offers approved technical education qualifications or their representative, for example an FE college or training provider. The purpose of the resource is to enable providers to effectively engage with schools, special schools and colleges to deliver encounters that have an impact on students and are aligned with the institution’s wider careers education programme.
School roadmap/college roadmap
Understand the role of Careers Leader, and the support offered through our Enterprise Adviser Network, by following our roadmaps for success.
Careers Provision in Colleges: What Works? (2018)
This paper provides evidence for effective career guidance within the Further Education (FE) sector. The evidence can be used by colleges of all types and providers of career and enterprise programmes when considering supporting young people with careers activities.
Understanding the role of the Careers Leader: A guide for colleges
The government's Careers Strategy means that all schools and colleges should have a named Careers Leader in place by September 2018. This guide for colleges explains what careers leadership in colleges looks like and how it could be led and managed within your college.
Careers Leader training
Transform your careers programme and develop your skills as a Careers Leader to strategically embed careers in the curriculum.
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Careers Education: A Guide for secondary school governors
This guide helps Governors to support Careers Leaders around the Careers Strategy highlighting priority areas to maximise the impact of careers and the support and resources available.
Careers Education: A Guide for college governors
This guide helps Governors to support Careers Leaders around the Careers Strategy, highlighting priority areas to maximise the impact of careers and the support and resources available.
The Careers Podcast
How do you find a job you’ll love? What will it take to land that dream role? How do you discover what your dream job is?
The Careers Podcast interviews people doing all kinds of different jobs, finding out what they do, what they love about it and how they got to where they are now.
The WOW Show
Take advantage of this flexible and valuable teaching tool, which offers the unique capacity to capture the attention of a wide student audience.
Technical Education Pathways Resource
These resources will support you in promoting the wide range of technical education pathways which are available for young people.
Created in partnership with the Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP), these resources are designed to explain the pathways available to young people as well as promoting the wider work of the Training Provider (ITP) sector.
Podcast: Creative Industry
Join Emily Maguire as she hosts lively conversations with entertainment professionals from all corners of the creative industry. In each episode, Emily explores her guests’ career journeys and passions for their roles.
Naturally Talented Me
This Gatsby Benchmark-aligned profiling platform is designed to present and evidence an individual’s natural talents – and align them with real job requirements.
My Week of Work: Wednesday
Introducing the world of Marketing. These lessons cover innovative thinking, creativity, marketing campaigns and promoting yourself as a brand.
My Week of Work: Tuesday
Introducing the world of Human Resources. These lessons cover work/life balance, dealing with stress at work and self-reflection, considering which careers options would suit you.
Subject in a box
Developed by Loughborough University this resource helps students understand the range of opportunities available to them through Higher Education and inspire them to continue learning via an engaging learning experience.
Support for students on Results Days
We have collated key advice, resource and support to help you to prepare, deliver and reflect on Results Days.
Support students at risk of NEET
We have collated key resource and support for you to ensure that you can effectively support students who are most at risk of not having a destination this summer.
Careers Guidance
Resources for College Careers Leaders - AoC
The Careers & Enterprise Company are working with the Association of Colleges to provide resources, webinars and information for the leaders, governors and careers guidance professionals in the FE sector to help support colleges with their careers guidance offer.