Oxfordshire Careers Hub

Welcome to the Oxfordshire Careers Hub page. On this page you will find news, events and best practice for educators, businesses, parents/carers, volunteers and training providers to support young people across the county to find their best next step. Please follow the page and tag it into your relevant posts so that we can re-post your updates.

🚀 The new @AmazingAppsUK website is here! With new features & zones, it’s now even easier for schools, students, parents/carers & employers to explore post-16 & 18 options. ✨ Don’t miss the ‘Meet the Employer’ platform for insights, opportunities & tips! 🌐 amazingapprenticeships.com

🌟Join our team🌟 We're very excited to be recruiting a Cultural Learning and Participation Apprentice! During this 24-month apprenticeship, funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, you will be creating exhibitions and events with our local communities about their heritage. The Cultural Learning and Participation Apprentice will play a key role in delivering the aims of the Museum's 50th birthday project, where we will be working in partnership with Oxford’s communities to celebrate and share 50 new stories of our local heritage. Up to 20% of your placement with the Museum will be dedicated to training, and as part of this training you will complete a Level 3 Cultural Learning and Participation Officer Apprenticeship with Westminster Adult Education Service. 📅 APPLICATION DEADLINE: Sunday 5 January 2025 Find out more and apply: https://lnkd.in/enitf3f4

Last shout out for 2024! The University of Oxford has a wealth of academic enrichment and access opportunities for students from state schools, including our flagship access programme UNIQ, for which applications are now OPEN! Take a look at the attached document for a huge range of opportunities coming up in 2025! APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN FOR OXFORD’S UNIQ!! WHAT: As one of the most established programmes of its kind in the UK, UNIQ offers participants access to step-by-step online support as well as a residential based in an Oxford college. The programme is completely free and gives pupils the chance to meet Oxford academics, speak to current students and learn first-hand about the application process and what life might be like at Oxford.  WHO:  Year12 state school students with good GCSE grades or equivalent from backgrounds that are underrepresented at Oxford. Students can find out more about the programme and selection criteria on the UNIQ website uniq.ox.ac.uk. WHEN: From April 2025 through to point of application in Year 13. WHERE: This is an online programme of academic and application support with the opportunity for an Oxford residential experience in the Easter or Summer vacation of 2025.   LINKS:  Applications open NOW with deadline 23 January 2025 for more information UNIQ website: https://www.uniq.ox.ac.uk/ or email uniq@admin.ox.ac.uk.

A great part of my role at EKFB being able to support my local SEND school. Yesterday I was invited to their Christmas coffee morning. A very enjoyable few hours and seeing the students looking after people serving coffee, mince pies and bacon rolls very rewarding.Eiffage Kier Ferrovial BAM (EKFB) Natalie Dayer

✨ Join us during National Apprenticeship Week 2025 (Feb 10-16) for our Apprentice Engineering Employer Open Evenings! Discover companies close to you offering incredible apprenticeship opportunities. 👩🔧 From innovative radar technology to precision engineering tools and even furniture craftsmanship, these open evenings are your chance to: ✅ Meet top employers. ✅ Learn about vocational career pathways. ✅ Tour the factory and see engineering in action! 📅 Book your spot now and take the first step toward building your dream career in engineering! 🌟 More exciting companies will be announced soon. Stay tuned! XDS Oxford Ercol Furniture Ltd Norbar Torque Tools Ltd. Navtech Radar AFE Ltd Barrus Ltd 👉 Full details at https://lnkd.in/gA-q2ZaK #NationalApprenticeshipWeek #EngineeringFuture #ApprenticeshipsMatter #HandsOnLearning #BuildYourCareer #EngineeringLife #NAW2025 [ the engineering trust, engineering, manufacturing, recognition, technical, engineering uk, engineering life, employer, apprenticeships, building construction, career change, civil engineering, engineering student, viral, courses, education, oxford, Bicester ]

🙏 The Oxfordshire Careers Hub team would like to thank you for all your support in 2024 and wish you all an enjoyable and relaxing festive break and a very happy New Year! 📅 Planning ahead for 2025? Here are a few of our events and initiatives that you might be interested in getting involved with or supporting next year.   💻 Apprenticeships webinar for parents and carers 🖱️ https://lnkd.in/ekJN_JmF  Like to understand more about apprenticeships to help you support your young person with their career choices? Oxfordshire Careers Hub is teaming up with CareersLive to hold an apprenticeships awareness webinar for parents and carers on Tuesday 11th February from 18:00 – 19:00, during National Apprenticeship Week. 🚶♀️➡️ Careers Fest 2025 🖱️ https://lnkd.in/ejVVnnRF  Are you a parent or carer of a young person in Year 9 or above? Like to know more about their options for when they leave school to help you support them with taking their best next step? Oxfordshire Careers Hub are holding a twilight session for parents and carers at Careers Fest on Wednesday 19th March from 16:00 – 19:00 at The Kassam Conference & Events Centre. 🏫 Volunteering in Oxfordshire schools and colleges 🖱️ https://lnkd.in/eKsH5Vbt  Like to get more involved with informing and inspiring the next generation by engaging with local schools and colleges? Our website has a list of the events and initiatives that they are looking for business volunteers to support, including human libraries, careers fairs and work experience placements. 🏆 Oxfordshire Apprenticeship Awards 2025 🖱️ https://lnkd.in/eYexbaDX Got a bit of downtime over the festive break? Why not show someone you care by nominating them for the Oxfordshire Apprenticeship Awards 2025? With categories for apprentices, former apprentices, employers, schools and training providers, there’s something for everyone! Winners will be announced at a special celebration evening at Blenheim Palace in May. #seasonsgreetings #happyholidays #happynewyear #oxfordshire #oaawards2025 #careersfest2025 #naw2025 Nikki Wakefield Susan Ledgard-Hoile Aoife Roughneen Eleanor Gordon-Martin Fiona Rogers

And just like that, another Future Fest in the books! ✅ A huge thank you to our numerous exhibitors that came into Greyfriars Catholic School to share their various offerings and expertise today. Our students are lucky to have such an amazing extended community that is there to foster and support their success. 💫 👀 If you would also like to be a part of our extended community, please complete our employer network form: https://lnkd.in/ezbNWnyX Activate Learning Oxford Brookes University University of Exeter University of Hertfordshire Outreach Team University of Hertfordshire University of Reading Morgan Sindall Construction The Hill Group Oxfordshire Advanced Skills UKRI - Industrial Decarbonisation Challenge (IDC) voco Hotels Leonardo Hotels ACE Training & Consultancy Ltd The Nasio Trust BMW Group Oxfordshire County Council Engineering Trust Training UK Atomic Energy Authority University of Oxford Oxfordshire Careers Hub Charlotte Roan Dennis Owusu Gemma Scrivener Tarlok Klair CIHCM Sarah Beth Lockwood Olivia Rands Clare Wheeler Mark Vingoe Georgia Ireson Danni McCarthy Charlotte Beaumont-Oates Ruth Boyce Nynke Toussaint Assoc CIPD Caroline Wood Freya Brimson Shilpa Bhatt Susan Ledgard-Hoile Nick Rimmer Kathy Wittet #careerseducation #ambition #careersfair #oxford #oxfordshire

Are you ready to kickstart your career in 2025? We’re thrilled to announce that our apprentice programme will be open on Monday 6 January 2025! This is your opportunity to gain hands-on experience, learn from industry experts, and build a strong foundation for your future. We will be recruiting in the following areas: 🛠 Engineering 💻 Computing 📊 Business support 🔩 Technician Opportunities 🏗 Building Services Our opportunities are based in: 📍 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot 📍 Daresbury Laboratory, Cheshire 📍 Chilbolton Observatory. Hampshire 📍 Boulby Underground Laboratory, North Yorkshire Sign up for job alerts now and be the first to know when applications open! https://lnkd.in/gAP5jRNk #DiscoverWhatsPossible #STFC #Apprentice #ApprenticeJobs

What a inspirational way to finish the year. Yesterday I spent the afternoon with 12 teachers at The John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, part of the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, as part of our Oxfordshire Careers Hub Teacher Encounters programme. We learnt about what goes on in 4 areas of the hospital and the pathways into them, nursing, radiology, microbiology and pharmacy. All of the departments gave our teachers so much to take away and share with their students in the classroom, through relating what they learnt and saw to the curriculum. What I also took away is there are so many different opportunities for all our young people in the NHS, including apprenticeships for those at 16 who may have struggled with their GCSE's, and graduates who want to focus on a particular area. But what will really stay with me was the people that we met, all so passionate, positive and proud about what they do and so keen to share their experiences. It was all so inspiring, and as you can see from this teachers feedback it wasn't just me that felt that way. 'I nearly exploded with happiness when they let us into the microbiology suite. I teach some of these skills they use in this area and to see them being used was very exciting for me.' Teacher, Activate Learning. Thank you to Shilpa Bhatt for making this happen. We will be back! #inspiration #careers #bestnextstep #nhs #healthcare #learning #apprenticeships Susan Ledgard-Hoile Eleanor Gordon-Martin Aoife Roughneen Fiona Rogers Cat Marin Alison Lyndon Nicola Cannon Jessica Princivalle Mel McAndrew Shanthi Pandit MRSB, fCMgr Darcie Bishop Sinem Arslan Mancar OxLEP Skills Hub Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership (OxLEP) The Careers & Enterprise Company Emma Carney Kerry Senatore Richard Byard Sarah M. Leah Bryan Nikki Cooper Andrea Harrison Ruth Meakin Sarah Penn Beth McLoughlin