Upcoming Career Events

National Healthcare Weekends. Medic Mentor are a social enterprise who mentor aspiring medics, dentists and vets from schools nationwide. They hold Healthcare Weekends throughout the where Doctors, Dentists and Vets, give lectures on work experience, personal statements, interview techniques etc, led by their team of doctors. Registration starts at £25. Students from low-income backgrounds can apply to attend for free, and teachers can attend for free. Students can register and find out more information here

Abingdon & Witney College Open Days and Events - see here for information on upcoming Virtual Open Days.   

Hartbury College hold a number of Virtual Open Days throughout the year - their July 2021 newsletter is here.  

Activate Learning Oxford hold a number of Virtual Open Days throughout the year - see here for information.

Swindon & Wiltshire Institute of Technology (IOT)  is a new college offering non-traditional routes into HE and specialising in high quality technical education programmes and Apprenticeships, focussing on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) programmes specialising in Engineering and Manufacturing, Science, Health and Creative Media and Business Management professions. See here for more information.  .

WOLP (West Oxfordshire Learning Partnership of Schools) Careers and Apprenticeship Events for 2022:

Location of Event	Date	Other Info
Abingdon & Witney College	Wednesday 19th January 2022 - provisional TBC	For Yr Gps 10 and above. Timings tbc nearer the date.
Marlborough School Apprenticeship Fair	Thursday 17th March 2022 - provisional TBC	For Yr 11 and above. Timings tbc nearer the date.

Find Your Future – Virtual Careers Platform

Find your Future, OxLEP’s online careers platform for young people, parents/carers, schools and colleges is live (as at 25 March 2021) and available for all to access!

This brilliant new online Careers platform for jobs, courses and careers opportunities provides information, inspiration and guides for students and parent/carers.

The platform can be accessed here - there’s no need to register - and offers so much:

• Visit 100 different pods to learn about the different employment sectors and businesses available across Oxfordshire
• Pods contain videos/links to websites, useful information and so much more
• connect with local and national employers
• research Post 16/18 options including-Levels, colleges, apprenticeships and universities
• Discover tips on the skills employers are looking for, CV writing and how to succeed at interviews

The Find Your Future platform is available for a whole year so there’s plenty of time to explore this excellent and informative platform.

Important dates for Year 9

January	Matching GCSE options to Careers
January	Options Assemblies
February	Choosing Options
February	Parent Exchange Evening - Options
March	Parents Evening
March	Deadline Date for Options Choices

Important dates for Year 11

October	Sixth Form Information Talks
November	Work Experience Week - TBC for November 2021 due to COVID19