General
| BBC Bitesize | Support around all aspects of Careers education for young people |
| WOW Show | The WOW Show is a live online channel creating real-life encounters with the world of work to inspire young people about their futures. |
| Sector Spotlight | Video resource from the Changing Education Group. |
| First Careers | This site offers careers inspirations where searches can be conducted by subject, job title or brand. |
| National Careers Service | The National Careers Service provides information , advice and guidance to help you make decisions on learning, training and work. |
| Plan it Plus | Information about courses, apprenticeships, finding a job and an ‘easy CV’ too |
| Fire It Up | Apprenticeship video resource |
| iCould | Free and simple to use, icould.com features over 1000 videos of people talking about their careers – explaining their job role, career path, and how different factors have shaped their direction. |
| careerpilot | https://www.careerpilot.org.uk/
A user friendly dashboard to research all things careers. |
| STEM Person of the Week – NUSTEM | A STEM engagement activity that’s been shown to reduce children’s stereotypes of science and scientists by providing counter-stereotypical character attributes through a set of diverse STEM role models. |
Encounters
| Site | Outline |
| Inspiring the future virtual encounters **account needs to be created by teacher | Inspiring the Future is able to connect schools and colleges with a large pool of ‘virtual volunteers’ to allow young people to engage with employers virtually and gain virtual experiences of workplaces. Schools can access over 10,000 virtual volunteers to help meet Gatsby Benchmarks 3-7. |
| Morgan Sindall Construction | Members of our team share their career journeys through education into employment, the choices they made and their advice to help others consider a career in the industry with Morgan Sindall Construction. |
| Sector spotlight videos | Changing Education is an expert provider of the full solution to work experience, including CONNECT, the optimum software in work experience management. |
| Sunderland Software City | Driving digital technology growth across North East England |
| Inspiring the future | At Inspiring the Future we enable schools to connect directly with volunteers from the world of work – real people in real jobs. |
| Self-Employed Virtual Encounters | The pilot forms part of the North East LEP’s North East Ambition programme, which aims to support each and every young person in the region to make informed decisions about their future careers. |
| BBC Bitesize careers | General careers information and videos |
| Panjango encounters | The virtual tours offer workplace information and job profiles, as well as interactive challenges and fun facts to bring the workplace to life. Supporting resources. |
Pathways and Post 16
| Education and Learning GOV.UK | Browse pathways to courses and qualifications for 14-19 year olds, includes a careers helpline for teenagers. |
| The Uni Guide | Search for a course and where A-level subjects will take you |
| UCAS | Take a Career quiz, explore study options, qualifications and jobs |
| Newcastle College | Explore facilities, study areas and subjects at the college |
| Northumberland College | Explore facilities, study areas and subjects at the college |
| Newcastle University | Explore facilities, study areas and subjects at the university |
| Durham University | Explore facilities, study areas and subjects at the university |
| University of Sunderland | Explore facilities, study areas and subjects at the university |
| Northumbria University | Explore facilities, study areas and subjects at the university |
| Amazing Apprenticeships | Amazing Apprenticeships is a leading organisation in the education sector, founded to tackle misconceptions about apprenticeships and promote the benefits |
| Fire It Up | Videos providing an insight into inspiring apprenticeships. |
