Skills and knowledge or skills v knowledge? Our last blog was about the World Economic Forum’s research into the skills needs for the 21st Century and so by definition, what we need our young people to be learning about alongside … Continued
New skills, old skills? New organisations, revisited skills? As you will probably know, we have been working with young people for 12 years – we started off delivering Enterprise programmes (hence the name!) in schools and we’ve developed in a … Continued
National Careers Week review. #NCW2017 was an amazing, exhausting, fun, far-reaching, exciting and life-changing experience for everyone involved. There were events held in schools, colleges, universities and businesses to support young people in their career aspirations, pathways and to increase … Continued
“There was luck involved…had I been brought up in Newcastle, Leeds, Birmingham or Bristol there would have been no indoor cycling and no Olympic Gold medals”. The above quote is from a multiple Gold-medal winning GB Track Cyclist and highlights … Continued
It’s here! The TEDx talk I delivered at TEDxWhitahaven on 7th September has been approved and put onto the TED YouTube channel. Featuring our work over the past 10 years, the title of the talk is Engineering Random Opportunities for … Continued
On 6th July I had the privilege of working with the Prudential and the Transformation Trust at the London Olympic Velopark as a preparation event for the Pru RideLondon sportive at the end of the July. We delivered a session … Continued
The perfect time is right now. “I trained for eight months. Then I just felt I was ready. I could have delayed it, to get fitter or secure more funding, but I might never have left. Many people postpone making … Continued
You will likely remember a visit I (Bernie) made to Number 10 Downing Street after I sent a text to Lord Young? Well it’s here if you’ve not seen it. Following on from the visit- where we discussed an idea … Continued
New owners and management for National Careers Week Aiming to become the ‘Google’ of careers education UK 25th April 2016 A new consortium, of individuals and organisations today announces the acquisition of National Careers Week and Careersbox from Careersbox Limited. … Continued
For the past three years I’ve been talking about ‘my book’ The Enterprise Alphabet, I had a cover made up and some cover card promotions sent out. I’ve laboured away on some text, started the first chapter and got into … Continued