Role Model Event at Dixons Fazakerley Academy

About the Business Leaders

These business leaders have been chosen because their companies are growing quickly.

About the teacher and students

The event was created by Kathleen O'Neill for students aged Age 11 - 18.

Students from the following other schools took part:

• Thistley Hough Academy – 1 student
• Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College – 1 student
• CITY CAMPUS, Sunderland College – 1 student
• St Brendan's Sixth Form College – 23 students
• The Dorcan Academy – 1 student
• Oaks Park High School – 1 student
• Crieff High School – 1 student
• Blairgowrie High School – 1 student
• Ninestiles, an Academy – 3 students
• The Henrietta Barnett School – 1 student
• Linlithgow Academy – 1 student
• Dame Allan's Senior School – 1 student
• Phoenix Academy – 1 student
• Bath Academy – 1 student
• Dixons Fazakerley Academy – 14 students

Event description

Apprenticeships - an Alternative Pathway
Part of the Futures4Students careers inspiration webinars series
THIS EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE VIA MSTEAMS

Part of the Futures4Students careers inspiration webinars series -this is a live virtual event in conjunction with Careers Week 2021, designed to guide young people in decisions about their future career.

In order to help young people make the right decisions about their future career path, it is essential that they have access to authentic and relevant experiences of the world of work in order to gain relevant insight, knowledge and skills. These events will provide essential support for young people in considering and pursuing their career choices and inspire them to make better informed decisions about their future.

Is the apprenticeship route for you and how do they work?

In this session, speakers will explore the apprenticeship routes and their pros and cons so students can decided if it is a pathway for them.

Speakers will ‘tell a story’ about their career journey:
• Subjects they studied and how these are relevant now
• What inspired them to choose their career path
• Their failures, as well as successes
• What their company does and why this is important
• What they enjoy most about their career
• Skills currently relevant in the jobs they are doing now.