• October Half Term 26th – 28th 
• 9am – 4pm each day (times may vary)
• Open to all Y12 / S5 and Y13 / S6 students 
• Specifically for students looking to get into Technology, Business, Accounting & Finance 
• Online webinars and workshops with group exercises + prizes to stand out students 
• Digital log books will be sent out for them to complete during their experience
• All sessions will be taking place on Zoom (so a laptop, tablet or phone will be needed) 

Live sessions

You’ll need to pre-register for each session in advance – the link for each session will be sent to you with the confirmation once you’ve registered for each event. All live sessions will start at 4.30pm and will last for approximately 50 minutes.

Wednesday 9 September           Introduction to PwC and our opportunities

Wednesday 16 September         Our School Leaver programmes

Wednesday 23 September        Studying for an accounting degree with PwC

Wednesday 30 September         Studying for a technology degree with PwC

Wednesday 30 September         Parent and teacher session

Are you looking for a new career?  An opportunity to help people and make a real difference in your community?  A job where no two days are ever the same? 

Have you considered becoming a Police Officer?

Recruitment is now open!  The deadline for applications is 20^th September 2020.

West Yorkshire Police is particularly looking for people from Black Asian Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds to apply for our Police Constable Apprenticeship Programme, as we are striving to recruit from under-represented communities, to enable us to better represent the communities we serve.

We have a dedicated Positive Action Team who can give advice and support BAME applicants through every stage of the recruitment process, so if you’re interested in applying you can contact the team by email – positive.action@westyorkshire.police.uk , quoting ‘JULY2020’

The attached leaflet gives more information about the course details and future career opportunities that being a police officer can offer. This entry route is for people who do not already have a degree.  You can apply from 1 years old, but you will need to be 18 years old to start your course.  If you are due to receive your Level 3 qualifications in 2021, you can apply now, based on your predicted grades.

Or for more information about becoming a police officer, why not join one of our Facebook Live sessions on Thursday 27^th August at 5.30pm or Tuesday 8^th September at 3pm, where you will get the opportunity to ask current police officers any questions around the recruitment process, the course, the training, or what it is like to be a police officer.

For those people interested in becoming a Police Officer who already have a degree, recruitment for the Degree Holder Entry Programme is expected to open in January 2021.

More information about both entry routes and the application form for the apprenticeships is available on the West Yorkshire Police website – www.westyorkshire.police.uk/joinus

PCDA info

I SEE THE DIFFERENCE

The I See the Difference team invite you to explore the benefits of a career in professions such as Podiatry, Therapeutic radiography, Orthoptics and Prosthetics and Orthotics in our profession specific webinars:

• Discovering Podiatry – Go to webinar 
• Discovering Therapeutic Radiography – Go to webinar  
• Discovering Prosthetics & Orthotics – Go to webinar  
• Discovering Orthoptics  – Go to webinar 

If you need an introduction into allied health professions our amazing Outreach Officers Rachel Middleton, George Lock, Emily Farrell, Michelle Tyler, Chris Jefferson and Kimberley Atkinson are also hosting a range of webinar dates and times to introduce you to the 15 allied health professions.

Click here to register for our webinars

• We have found the below summary of a range of virtual encounters that you might find useful…

o   Observe GP is an alternative to work experience for aspiring medics aged 16 and over, who are living in the UK. It is a free interactive video platform providing insights into the role of a GP and the wider primary care team.

o   BSMSoutreach provides a ‘virtual’ work experience for those looking to apply to medical school. You will be introduced to the NHS before exploring the roles and skill sets of six different medical specialists. Along the way, you will also consider some of the challenges and wider issues doctors face

o   Freeformers Virtual Work Experience  is offered through Barclays LifeSkills and gives students the chance to see the inner workings of Freeformers, and actively work with different departments on one exciting project, helping them solve problems and complete real-life tasks. You will need to register for this but all resources are free.

o   The lawyer portal offers work experience in law firms White & Case LLP, Pinsent Masons LLP and Linklaters LLP. 

o   Architecture and Design offers the opportunity to work on design and build projects with Halliday Fraser Munro, an award winning architecture and planning practice.

o   Hunter Bevan Design and Marketing Agency have set a challenge to create a new brand and marketing campaign for a Car Dealership.

o   Fancy Journalism as a career? The National Council for the Training of Journalists is launching a virtual summer school that you can subscribe to through YouTube.

o   Check out Careers Badger : videos on YouTube providing an insight into some different careers

o   The Nine to Five with Stacey Dooley – Advice and Stories from Stacey Dooley and five 16-18 year olds on the ultimate work experience across different industries

o   Explore different roles in the NHS: Subscribe to Health Careers on YouTube to see what the professionals say about their different roles.

I’m getting in touch with some helpful resources and information about our multimedia journalism degree in London and Manchester. Feel free to share this email, and my email address ldyer@newsassociates.co.uk, with your sixth form students. I have attached a PDF of our brochure for you too. 

The School of Journalism is an NCTJ-accredited BA Multimedia Journalism degree taught by the UK’s number one journalism school, News Associates.

If any of your students are interested in a career in journalism and the media then the NCTJ (National Council for the Training of Journalists) is the qualification they need. Learn more here.

At The School of Journalism and News Associates we work closely with national newspapers and broadcasters to deliver their staff training – including The Times and Sunday Times, the Financial Times, Yahoo, Sky Sports News, The Daily Mail and The Sun – meaning 94% of our graduates are in paid journalism jobs within a month of graduating.

Trainees leave the School of Journalism with their BA and the NCTJ qualification – meaning they don’t have to go on to do an expensive postgraduate course! 100% of our final year trainees this year are expected to graduate with the gold-standard NCTJ qualification, alongside 57% predicted a first and 29% predicted a 2.1.

Last year the top-performing NCTJ-accredited journalism degree only achieved 38% gold-standard passes. (Gold-standard is the level needed for a job in journalism. It’s A-C in all modules and 100 words-per-minute shorthand.)

We thought you might like to read about our commitment to making journalism more diverse – click here.

Summer bursary

Every year we offer our trainees up to £1,000 to spend on a journalism project or for work experience. We thought we’d share some of the highlights:

Luke travelled to Bermuda to film a boxing documentary

Harry covered Cannes and Venice film festivals

Jacob got accreditation for the Copa America football tournament in Brazil

Lauren flew to Dubai to work for Time Out magazine and Olivia went to Spain to write for the Olive Press

COVID-19

We understand it is a tricky time to for students in year 13 heading off to university this year so we have reassured all of our applicants that the majority of their classes will continue to be taught face to face.

We are not a traditional university and the students who apply to us don’t want huge lecture theatres where professors don’t know their name. We run small and practical sessions where tutors know their trainees individually. Our small classes and big classrooms means we can keep trainees socially distanced as long as necessary.

UCAS Extra and Clearing

If any of your students have changed their mind about going to university then we have places in UCAS Extra and Clearing.

Clearing has changed for 2020 and I thought your students might find this helpful.

To apply for The School of Journalism via UCAS you will need the codes below.

Course code: MUJO

Institution code: P63

Campus: Manchester (M) or London (L)

This explains our relationship with Marjon University.

Free journalism workshops

We will be running free journalism workshops for sixth form students in our London and Manchester campuses this August. These will be socially distanced and we can add more dates if there is enough demand. We have also added two virtual events!

Please tell your students to get in touch with me if they are interested.

These are for sixth form students only (including those starting year 12 in September 2020) and the two sessions in the office will be the same so they’ll only need to attend one.

Monday August 10, 1pm-4pm – Manchester
Tuesday August 11, 10:30am-1:30pm – Manchester
Friday August 14 – 11am-12pm – virtual open day/Clearing drop-in on Zoom
Monday August 17, 10:30am-1:30pm – London
Tuesday August 18, 10:30am-1:30pm – London
Thursday August 20, 10:30am-1:30pm – remote on Zoom

Click here for our addresses.

Lucy Dyer, Editorial Development Manager

T: 0203 026 3781

M: 07947 379128

@Lucyedyer

www.newsassociates.co.uk | www.schoolofjournalism.co.uk

SOJ brochure OCT 2019

Practical Action Wind Power challenge – A renewable energy STEM challenge where pupils learn about life without electricity before designing and making  a simple wind turbine suitable for pupils aged 7-19. Click here to access resources

FutureGoals Remote resources – “Create it!” 

Students interested in exploring STEM subjects at university can sign up for one of our FutureLearn online courses.  From Food Science, to Atmospheric Chemistry, and Cancer Medicines, these mini-courses provide a great taster of undergraduate study at the University of Leeds.

You can also visit our STEM Opportunities webpage which provides a one-stop-shop for all other upcoming events and activities that may be of interest to you and your students.

We appreciate that it can be an unsettling time for many of your students leaving education this year, with potential questions on what the impact of Covid-19 might be on their immediate options and longer term career plans. In response to this the National Careers Service has adapted its services but remains open and providing free and impartial careers information, advice and guidance. We can also help in supporting your students explore options following exam results or if their exams have been cancelled. The service is available to anyone aged 13 and over and in addition to any internal careers support you provide we can also offer free and impartial advice over the phone, via the internet or webchat.

This service is also available to the parents and carers of your students who might have questions. To make a free appointment with one of our professional careers advisers call 0800 100 900. Telephone lines are open 7 days per week from 8am-10pm.

I attach a flyer which you might wish to circulate remotely to leavers and their parents and carers which provides further information on the services that the National Careers Service is able to provide.

School flyer COVID-19