To coincide with this year’s National Apprenticeship Week, we’re looking to recruit another 24 apprentices to our programme this year. More than 300 young people are currently part of our programme and this year we’re advertising a variety of roles across the network, including: Control, Customer Service, Business Administration, Engineering and Train Planning.

Apprenticeships have been a key part of the rail industry employment process for many years and the strength of our scheme is demonstrated by the number of employees who were once apprentices.

Chief Operating Officer, Tricia Williams said: “The railway has a proud tradition of welcoming and nurturing talent and several members of our management team – as well as countless other members of staff – started their careers on the railway with Northern.

“Now we’re looking for the next generation of rail staff to join Northern and help us transform the rail network in the north of England.”

With 24 places available in this year’s intake, our programme offers young people a great opportunity to start their career and gain qualifications at the same time.

Tricia, added: “Whether they have an interest in engineering, train planning, the control room, HR, customer service or any of the other roles our staff carry out, our apprentices learn their craft from experienced colleagues while taking their first steps on a career that will keep northerners on the move for years to come.

“And, of course, we are committed to helping our younger colleagues continue their formal education. As part of the apprenticeship scheme, they attend college two days every month to work with their designated tutor to help gain their qualifications.

“We also like to give our apprentices a sense of being part of the wider community and during their time on the scheme they work together as a group to deliver a project aimed at improving one of our stations. Through this project they develop a wide range of skills – outside of their chosen specialism – and learn how to engage with local businesses, community groups and local government.

“Our scheme is not just about setting people up for a career in rail, it is about setting them up for life.”

Applications for this year’s intake will close on Friday 5 March for further details of the apprenticeship scheme, together with a step-by-step application guide, is available via the Northern website

With National Careers Week and British Science Week quickly approaching, we would like to invite you to our free virtual Pathways into STEM career chats activity on Wednesday 3rd March at 10.30 – 11.30 am. 

This virtual interactive session is aimed at post-16, and will feature a panel of STEM employers talking about their job roles, different pathways into STEM and the skills they have developed along the way. Whether joining from home or from the classroom, students can ask questions via the secure ‘chat box’ live to the employers.

This activity will be facilitated by Inspiring the Future, and can be used to meet Gatsby Benchmarks 5 & 7.

We will be using a tech platform called GoToWebinar, which students and school staff can easily access by following a registration link at the time of joining using their browser. 

we look forward to having you join the session.

HNC Y11 PowerPoint

Message from C&K Careers

If you have received careers information/guidance from C&K Careers with regard to your son/daughter, we hope your experience of speaking to us has been helpful. We’d really appreciate your feedback to help us to continually improve our service. Please can you spare a few minutes to complete this survey. Please click on the link below.

Calderdale Parent Feedback Survey 2020/21

Useful presentations on apprenticeships

Careermag for School Leavers – Out Now

Here is our newsletter, helping to keep you up to date with all the activity and support available over the next few weeks.  You can go to our digital version of this newsletter HERE.

Parents and Carers Event – Invitation

Tuesday 23^rd February 2021 (5:30-8:30 PM) online Zoom event

Please see details of this online Zoom event (and the link to join) attached which has been designed specifically for your students’ Parents and Carers.  There are 3x 1hour sessions for Pre-16s, Year 12s and Year 13s with the aim to give Parents and Carers useful tips and information about how to support their young person in researching and applying for a place at university and making key choices.     

Parents and Carers Invitation and Information event 23.02.2021                                                                                                                 

Academic Webinars: 

Our academic Wednesday webinars provide a fantastic opportunity to help you think about what you might want to study at university and potentially assist you when writing your personal statement for your UCAS application.  Please visit our webinars webpage for a full list, covering a diverse range of topics. 

• 10 February: ‘What can birds, bees, ants and fish offer to Engineering excellence?’ (4:30-5:30 PM).  Engineers are being inspired by nature to find sustainable solutions to issues such as energy, clean water, health and well-being, the environment and urban development.  As well as exploring “nature inspired” sustainable solutions, this session will discuss how applying (A-level) vectors and forces can be used to develop “natural tools” for seeking “best” solutions.  You can Register HERE.
• 24 February: ‘From molecules to microbes, trees and oceans’ (4:30-5:30 PM).  Do mushrooms live in the sea?  Does anything like to eat plastic?  Can lasers find life on Mars?  Can we learn anything about plant populations from their DNA?  An overview of the exciting ecology and environmental science research ongoing at Bradford, highlighting cutting edge techniques to study the molecular basis of life through to genes, microbes and ecosystems.  You can Register HERE.

Additionally, our Tuesday evening webinar, regarding our Adult Nursing Degree Programme at Dewsbury and District Hospital for the course commencing April 2021, is timed for convenience to suit those who may be working or have caring responsibilities:

• 16 February: ‘Find out about our Mid-Yorkshire Nursing programme!’ (7:00-8:00 PM).  Our academics and current students will provide insight into our Mid-Yorkshire Nursing programme and answer your questions.  You can Register HERE.

 Post-16 Activity: 

• 11 February: ‘University applications and a Plan B’ (4:30-6:00 PM).  Have you applied to university but now changed your mind about what course you would like to study?  Have you applied and unfortunately been rejected from your choices?  Are you still deciding if you want to apply to university? The University of Bradford Outreach and Recruitment team are here to support you with your next steps.  This interactive session will provide information, advice and guidance to your situation and answer any questions you have about applying.  You can Register HERE.
• 25 February: ‘Student Finance’ (4:30-5:30 PM and 7.30-8:30 PM). This session includes a summary of how the student finance system works and provides a chance to have your questions answered.
• • 4:30-5:30 PM: You can Register HERE.
  • o   7:30-8:30 PM: You can Register HERE. 

** Any Questions? **Guidance for students who have applied / are wanting to apply for 2021 Undergraduate entry at the University of Bradford

Have you applied to the University of Bradford, but have questions?  Are you thinking about applying / wanting to apply, but have questions?

The Outreach & Recruitment Team are here to answer your queries with advice on things like:  Interview Skills, Application Advice, Personal Statements, Student Finance (the basics), Study Skills, UCAS Extra, Plan B,

Making the Most of Your Pre-University Summer, Work Experience – what to think about, what kind of support you get when you get here and where is Bradford, anyway?

We are holding Call Back sessions to support you and answer your questions between 3pm and 5pm on the following Tuesdays: 
16 Feb / 2 March / 16 March / 30 March / 13 April / 27 April / 11 May / 25 May

Book your call back now by clicking this link

13 Academics Series:

13 Academics is a series that showcases pioneering research from the University of Bradford with a new story each month and continues with ‘From cave paintings to CGI – how we see the world and learn from it’.  Previous topics including ‘NASA’s mission to Mars’ and ‘Naked mole rats and chronobiology’.  Find out more HERE.

Progression Scheme:

We are committed to raising aspirations and widening access to Higher Education, ensuring high quality education is available to all individuals, regardless of background, who have the potential to succeed.  The University of Bradford Progression Scheme is designed to benefit undergraduate applicants whose personal and educational circumstances mean they could be less likely to receive an offer based on our standard entry criteria.  Further details of the Progression Scheme and eligibility can be found HERE.  

“Anytime” Resources for Students:The University of Bradford recently launched the “Bradford Experience”.  This service offers a range of resources to students who are researching Universities or firming up their choices.  Students who sign up will have access to our Virtual Open Day Anytime (including informative subject talks and support information), Virtual Tours, Webinars and invites to Live Virtual Open Days and Campus Tours (when they can begin again).  Students can access the resource on our Open Days website page HERE.

You can find News on help and advice about applying to University in 2021 HERE.

Twitter: 

Please follow us on Twitter to keep up to date with the activity that we are doing @UniBradOutreach.

Lancaster Newsletter: Parents Support

After their website crashed yesterday due to the demand which was out of our control, the Big Assembly is now available on demand using the following link.

Big Assembly on demand

There is also Big Assembly Extra with a more in-depth conversation between the host Hollie and our guest #apprentices

To celebrate National Apprenticeship Week 2021, we are inviting all your students to take part in our NAW Quiz to be in the chance of winning a £50 voucher (There are three vouchers up for grabs).

Here is the link to the quiz 

All answers must be submitted by Friday 12^th February, the winner will be announced on Monday 15^th.