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Careers
SEND
Further/higher education
Secondary Schools
Primary
Schools
partners to make sure we are offering beneficial
Figure 10: Five education delivery areas The education work placement programmes Work placement programmes
opportunities for young people to use the skills
To support both the education and work
Ambassadors and CEC Enterprise Advisors. STEM Ambassadors are volunteers from a wide
with other general office and project support
of work experience. We will have a variety of industry placements to offer, including but not
demonstrating the value of them in careers.
CEC Enterprise Advisors will be members of
We will work with education and training
and meet industry experts.
their careers education, while the industry placements will be designed to prepare
Ambassadors and advisors
T Levels follow GCSEs and are equivalent to
staff to become a mixture of both STEM
their Gatsby Benchmarks.
placements that provide positive experiences and
they have learnt, as well as the chance to network
career leaders to improve secondary schools with
young people exposure and experience into their give young people the opportunity to gain the needed to be an asset in the workplace. This an effective channel for recruitment, while giving route offers our contractors and supply chain industry, employability and technical skills chosen career paths.
made up of workshops, activities, careers advice,
mentoring and resources.
education programme to support both school
using existing education providers, we’ll be able
and technical college educational needs. By
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placement programmes, the project will support
programme, we will be able to support students 3 A-Levels. By incorporating them into the with further training and study while providing
range of science, technology, engineering and mathematical related jobs and disciplines, along
roles. They will offer their time and enthusiasm to schools, delivering activities and presentations to help bring STEM subjects to life, while
completed over a two-year course for students
staff who take their industry skills and knowledge and combine it with strategic thinking to support
Level industry placements. It will offer at least will be made up of work experience and T one week’s experience to students to support
students for the world of work.
them with 315 hours (approximately 45 days)
limited to, construction and built environment,
digital design, engineering, business and
administration. The placements will be
who have finished their GCSEs. T Levels sit
alongside A-Levels and apprenticeships to
Figure 9: Indicative map of local education providers
Lower Thames Crossing
Education providers
Key
The education programme will provide support
and training for those in education through five
important delivery areas (see figure 10) and be
Education programme
We are working in partnership with STEM
Learning and The Careers and Enterprise
Company (CEC) to develop an inclusive
to maximise our engagement by connecting
with, and learning from, existing resources and
networks, as well as using our own specialisms
for creating innovative tools. We will also minimise
the number of unnecessary contacts for schools
and provide consistent employer engagement.
What are Gatsby Benchmarks?
A framework of eight guidelines to
improve careers provision, Gatsby Benchmarks have been adopted as part of the Government’s Careers Strategy and statutory guidance for schools and colleges.