Careers
Careers Education Advice
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Careers Education Advice and Guidance
Careers Advice at SMWCA
Careers education, advice and guidance within school is provided by Mrs Poole (the careers lead) who can be contacted by email apoole1@smwca.org.uk
Work Experience – choose your work experience from a range of programmes that give students aged 12-14 or 15-18 an immersive experience of their dream career. Work alongside top professional through a series of role-plays, seminars, simulations and networking sessions.
Calling all St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy Alumni! Please click on the following link for information on how you can motivate and inspire our current students into feeling more confident about decision making and their futures Future First
Career Opportunities
Apprenticeships
Explore events for apprenticeships here
Accountancy, Banking & Finance
Explore a career in finance through this interactive link: Accountancy, Banking & Finance Careers
Drama
Why Drama is useful to a number of careers, including law and medicine. Why universities think that Drama is a qualification worth having: The Importance of Drama: Transferable Skills
STEM Careers and Engineering
Take part in the Big Quiz for an opportunity to win prizes Tomorrows Engineers Big Quiz
Careers in Construction
Careers in Construction: resources and worksheet Careers in Construction or advice, information and guidance at Go Construct
Go Compare highlights the UK’s riskiest jobs
Local College Open Events
Newcastle College
https://nscg.ac.uk/events/newcastle-openevents
Stoke-on-Trent College
Reaseheath College
Useful careers information in light of the Coronavirus outbreak
A new online learning platform to help boost the nation’s skills while people are staying at home, has been launched. Free courses are available through the new online platform hosted on the gov.uk website, called the Skills Toolkit, link: The Skills Toolkit Further information can be found on the gov.uk article via the following link : New free online learning platform to boost workplace skills
Other useful platforms
Personality Profile
KUDOS
Higher Horizons Activities
Success at School