LONDON AMBITIONS Shaping a successful careers offer for all young Londoners www.lep.london/publication/london- ambitions-careers-offer
L O N D O N A M B I T I O N S Michael Heanue Principal Policy Officer Greater London Authority • Shaping a successful careers offer for all young Londoners
7 K E Y R E C O M M E N D AT I O N S 1) Access to impartial, independent and personalised careers education, information, advice and guidance 2) At least 100 hours of experiences of the world of work for all young Londoners and a digital portfolio 3) An explicit publicised careers policy and careers curriculum in every secondary school and college
7 K E Y R E C O M M E N D AT I O N S 4) A governor with responsibility for ensuring the institution supports all students to relate their learning to careers and the world of work from an early age 5) Up-to-date, user-friendly labour market intelligence/information (LMI) 6) Formation and development of ‘careers clusters’ across London 7) The London Ambitions Portal
A L O N D O N C A R E E R S C U R R I C U L U M A checklist for London’s schools, sixth form colleges, further education colleges, pupil referral units (PRUs) and alternative provision • Objectives to inform and support pupil’s/student’s learning outcomes • Activities to stimulate action as part of their learner journey • Examples of careers, enterprise and employability resources to support enquiry-based learning
100 HOURS Option choices and decisions Learning about work Visits to employers, work based Curriculum integration training providers, colleges, universities Learning about options Digital portfolio Pupils arranging visits Career exploration Role models CV and digital profile Visits Labour market exploration Cross-curriclar work Mock interviews Talks and visits Industry expert talks Enterprise education Work experience College and university visits Workplace skills
I M P L E M E N T I N G L O N D O N A M B I T I O N S Sarah Wilkins Senior Project Manager, Education and Youth GLA • London Ambitions Portal • Careers Clusters
L O N D O N A M B I T I O N S P O R TA L To enable more schools and colleges to easily find high quality careers provision to support the career development of all young Londoners London’s Posting work Listing contact employer experience and details for school endorsed career internship and college education opportunities careers and activities and business resources engagement leads
P O R TA L T I M E L I N E S July Aug Dec Mar Sep - Dec Visioning Information Beta-site Portal User Workshop gathering launch update consultation and initial and testing consultation
P O R TA L – W H AT N E X T ? Email Daisy.Greenaway@london.gov.uk with: • Contact details of schools/colleges or employers who would be interested in being involved in developing the site and/or user testing • Links or information on careers education opportunities that you think should be on the site
C A R E E R S C L U S T E R S To share resources in improving awareness of London’s labour market and supporting school and college leaders in a whole-school approach to plan and deliver careers provision c. £8m of ESF 3 years of 12 Min. of 6 geographic funding support cluster or sector- members based (e.g. 5 clusters schools and 1 college)
C L U S T E R A C T I V I T Y A Careers Cluster is an opportunity for secondary schools and FE colleges to work together to develop a programme that will: Support school and college leaders to design a high quality careers offer Pilot sustained employer/HE activities for pupils Deliver careers and employer CPD Match and support pupils into work placement and internships brokered by ‘Youth Talent ESF’
C L U S T E R S – W H AT N E X T ? • Email sarah.wilkins@london.gov.uk if you are interested in leading or being part of a careers cluster • SFA to launch Pre-Qualification Questionnaire • SFA to launch Invitation to Tender • Clusters established • GLA establish London Careers Clusters Network
L O N D O N A M B I T I O N S Any Questions?
W O R K S H O P 1 1. What helps employers to work with schools? Is there anything that could help to facilitate this? 2. Do you know of schools/colleges who undertake joint careers education activity? What helps this work well? 3. What online careers education sites do you currently use and why? What makes them useful?
W O R K S H O P 2 1. How can we bring labour market information to life? Any good examples? 2. How can we get feedback on the effectiveness/quality of careers education activity? 3. What three things can you do to help turn the London Ambitions Careers offer into a reality?
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