Know Your Community
Aligning education to the world of work
There’s so much that goes on in the world around us that is often missed or unseen. It's so easy to get caught up in our day to day lives and forget to step outside the front door. Our 'Know your Community' programme encourages young people to take more interest in what’s going on right now so they can get to know the post-education world they are soon going to be entering into.
Education Materials
We produce education materials for use in the classroom and at our events that encorporate numeracy and literacy into real life events, experiences and situation. Here are some examples of the topics we have covered:
Buckmore Learning Zone
Racing Board Game
Sports Board Game
Classroom Fillers
Business/Careers Events
Taking young people to new and exciting events allows them to explore careers, job roles and industries that they may not even have considered. Through our programmes our students are also given exclusive access to press and media resources, which encourages them to go out onto the show floor and start conversations with exhibitors and visitors.
In case they were wondering how demanding the world of work can be, they'll also be tasked with creating their own press release about the event within the four hours that they are there! Below is a list of some of the events that we have previously attended with students:
Smartworking Summit
TIGE Talk: Lawrence Bloom
Francis Maude MP Presentation, RSA
Open Government Partnership
Trust and Itegrity in the Global Economy conference for business
Diane Abbott MP's LSBC Awards Evening
Scottish Referendum Forum
Swanley Jobs Fair
Tunbridge Wells Jobs Fair
Gadget Show
Southampton Boat Show
Coffee Cup Challenge
In order to better equip our next generation for their transition into the world of work, we devised the 'Coffee Cup Challenge', which gives aspiring young people the opportunity to interview top industry professionals and thought-leaders. Since the world of work is changing so rapidly, our aim is to find out more about what is needed to thrive in the business world, which skill sets are imperative and what advice top professionals would give a young person looking to go into their industry. These are some of the interviews our students have recently taken part in:
Professor Cary Cooper, The Work Foundation
Professor Peter Head, CEO The Ecological Sequestration Trust
Janet Davies, Community Development Librarian
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