We’re delighted you were able to join us for Enterprising Cumbria’s Educate to Employ conference. With the recent release of the revised Gatsby Benchmarks and the new statutory guidelines on Careers education, we hope that the event gave you a chance to consider:
- How work-related learning can underpin school improvement models and raise attainment;
- How the new requirements for work experience can raise the aspirations of the most vulnerable students in Cumbria;
- How schools can work with employers to support the life chances of every student via place-based change approaches.
We are now taking the opportunity to share slides and handouts from the conference – if you click on the agenda item you will see a PDF has been attached to that line – this is a set of the slides used in that particular presentation or workshop.
We would be grateful if you could take 5 minutes to complete the feedback questionnaire, or by scanning the QR code below.
Agenda for the Educate to Employ - Shaping Cumbria's Future Conference.
| Time | Agenda | Speaker(s) | Slides |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09.00 | Arrival and refreshments | ||
| 09.30 | Welcome | John Yarham, Careers & Enterprise Company | Download (.PPTX) |
| 09.35 | The next step: building on success to shape change | Cath Dutton, Enterprising Cumbria | Download (.PDF) |
| 10.05 | Empowering our future generation to drive economic growth | David Beeby, Chair, Economic Growth Board | Download (.PDF) |
| 10.15 | From Classroom to Career: A shared duty to prepare young people | Peter Gaul, Belonging Schools ltd | |
| 10.35 | Key take awy from the morning | All | |
| 10.45 | Refreshment Break and Networking | ||
| 11.10 | Thematic Workshops: | ||
| Delivering high quality careers education | Sian Gresswell, CEC and Jo Tate, Enterprising Cumbria | Download (.PDF) | |
| Essential skills to improve work readiness | Emma Crighton, Skills Builder Partnership and Mark Cant, Mission CX | Download (.PDF) | |
| Careers Leadership: Unlock the true value of careers education | Peter Gaul, Belonging Schools Ltd and Cath Dutton, Enterprising Cumbria | Download (.PDF) | |
| 12.15 | Lunch and Networking | ||
| 13.00 | Collaboration workshop 1: Modern workplace experiences | Collaboration workshop 2: Opening doors for every young person | Download (.PDF) |
| 14.15 | Collaboration workshop 2: Opening Doors for every young person | Collaboration workshop 1: Modern workplace experiences | |
| 15.45 | Plenary | ||
| 16.00 | Close |
READING THAT MAY BE OF INTEREST HAVING ATTENDED OUR CONFERENCE
Following the conference, we thought it might be helpful to signpost you to a couple of websites if you would like more information about some of the topics that were covered on the day.
REVISED GATSBY BENCHMARKS
After nearly two years of extensive research and consultation, the Gatsby Benchmarks have been updated for 2024 and beyond.
The dedicated Gatsby Benchmarks website examines these updates and provides further updates on publication and beyond.
MODERN WORKPLACE EXPERIENCE
Modern work experience should guarantee every young person access to high-quality, multiple workplace experiences, totalling 10 days' worth throughout secondary education.
This equitable approach will facilitate a variety of experiences starting early, connecting education and young people with industry and unlocking the skills and opportunities of the future workforce.
MORE INFORMATION FOLLOWING THE CONFERENCE
We need your feedback!
If you found the conference helpful, please ensure you complete our short online feedback form to help us measure impact and secure future funding.
Essential Skills Event - 24th September at Kendal Rugby Club
Those that have provided feedback from the conference are telling us that you found this workshop somewhat helpful, use this link to register your interest to attend this free workshop on how to utilise Essential Skills even further.
John Yarham's welcome at the Educate to Employ Conference
Watch John Yarham, Interim Chief Executive from the Careers and Enterprising Company welcome video again here.
Photographs from the Educate to Employ - Shaping Cumbria's Future Event
Feel free to have a browse through the photos, there are plenty to see. You are welcome to download any you might like to use. Please credit Enterprising Cumbria if you do use any photos in your own publicity. A big thank you to Paul Mitchell from Route North for taking these wonderful images.
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