Halewood Academy hosted an event last week to launch the Careers Academy Programme and was attended by many local businesses from sme’s to large international names such as Jaguar Land Rover. See above pictured – L-R . Lesley Martin-Wright, Knowsley Chamber of Commerce, – Gary Evans, Principal of Halewood Academy, Carl Worrall, Head of Careers Academy, Phil Wolstencroft – JLR, Gary Oakford, Merseyside Fire & Rescue who where all present on the night.

Students enrolled onto the Careers Academy programme with Halewood Academy will now be able to engage with businesses and their employees in the following ways:

  • Guru lectures – guest speakers from various businesses come into the Academy to share with the students their knowledge or expertise of a specific subject area in-line with the course curriculum, and/or to give an overview of their own organisation or personal career pathway.
  • Visits and seminars – Visits to a workplace to provide an invaluable insight for the students. Employers who host a visit at their place of work may wish to promote their company and what they do, showcase new products, improve staff motivation and development, and/or talent spot future employees.
  • Partners in Business (PiB) – an employee acts as a role model, critical friend and advisor to a student over two academic years. This also helps the employee develop their own coaching, mentoring and leadership skills. The Partner in Business opportunity is a significant ‘value-added’ element of Career Academies UK’s programme and provides additional learning opportunities and experience for our students. It is the only optional part of the programme but we strongly encourage all of the students to have a PiB because the benefits are significant.
  • Internship (paid) – Internships are the ‘jewel in the crown’ of the Careers Academy programme, as they allow the students to develop valuable workplace skills and take part in a real job that benefits the employer.
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