Picture a young person living in a major town or city in today’s Britain. They will know what they want or need as a teenager, some will have them all: a smartphone which gives them access to anything on the … Continued
Bernie hosted the #Tycoonathon events at the Peter Jones Foundation’s #Entfest19 at University of Buckingham, 28th June 2019 There were two consecutive events, for Primary and Secondary students, based on the Love Buckingham brand – teams had to … Continued
Hello, I hope you’re well? We were looking at the year–so–far recently and during that time I did some personal reflection on the personal aims I set in January after reading a report highlighted in Adam Alter’s superb ‘Irresistable’ book, … Continued
Habits, habits, habits. What word springs to mind when you see ‘habits’ – Good? Bad? Clerical? – I bet the main one was ‘bad’, right? Most of us would agree that we have a few bad habits wouldn’t we? Some … Continued
Here’s another short blog post for you – it’s a daily reminder, print it off, put it on the fridge, next to the kettle, at your desk, on your bike, on the mirror…you get the idea: “Be SO GOOD … Continued
Future Skills – research and responses. There have been a few new studies and reports written recently about careers development, support and access in the UK. I read a few of them over the weekend and will try and make … Continued
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
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