A team of IoD volunteers recreated TV show Dragons’ Den when they attended a recent Enterprise Day! Around 180 Year 8 students at Linton Village College teamed up and became entrepreneurs – creating, developing and pitching their innovative business ideas to IoD members. The aim was to give each student experience of the skills and […]
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At last night’s Cambridge Independent SciTech Awards, we were thrilled to see Cambridge LaunchPad win in the STEM Initiative of the Year category, sponsored by CityFibre The win marks a proud moment for the programme, which we’ve managed since 2016, as our offer and impact continue to evolve. The last few years haven’t been without
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Illumina and Cambridge LaunchPad announce new partnership to bring STEM careers to school children and young people A new partnership between STEM outreach programme Cambridge LaunchPad and Illumina, a global leader in genomics technology, will deliver hands-on activities to broaden school children’s and young people’s experience of science and inspire them to pursue a STEM
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If you want to spend your time inventing things, a career in engineering might be for you! In the next instalment of our Careers Insights series with Cambridge Ahead, we hear from Elisa Barber, Electronics Engineering Consultant and TTP. Elisa dreamt of being an inventor when she was younger – and by combining her interests
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We’re back with more career insights for the New Year! This week we hear from Andreas Culora, Analyst at Rand Europe. Andreas shares how an interest in maths as a child and his pathway through university lead to a passion for data and a career as an Analyst at Rand Europe. Form the Future is
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Our last Career Insights video of the year is here. This week, we hear from Emma Hall, Lead Developer at Jagex who tells us about her work leading a team of four developers, finding confidence in her abilities, and her advice for those overcoming industry misconceptions. Form the Future is delighted to support
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Written by Tariq Sadiq, Careers Development Professional As part of our new quarterly careers newsletter, which you can sign up for here, we’ll be posting pieces from our careers guidance team. As it’s the first issue, we’re starting with the foundational stuff: theories of careers guidance. You’ll often come across young potential recruits with lots
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On 2nd December we hosted our 6th Annual Conference, using online event platform Hopin. As we emerged from Covid restrictions, it’s been fantastic to be back in school, hosting careers guidance sessions, in-school events, and welcoming our volunteers back for more face-to-face engagement. This year has not been without its challenges, however. As we navigate
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Written by Cinzia Brusini, Head of Careers at Form the Future Employers pay attention! January is the time of year that you want to start advertising apprenticeship roles for school-leaver, start planning an effective approach now using our tips. In this month’s newsletter we share some of the best and most helpful ways to advertise an
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A must-read for anyone hiring entry level staff or responsible for work experience placements within their organisation. Susan Earnshaw is a Careers Development Professional at Form the Future and has been a qualified careers adviser for many years. I wanted to share some thoughts on how young people seem to be coping in schools and
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