The Flagpole

Jaguar Land Rover believe that recruiting the brightest minds is key to succeeding in the rapidly changing global business environment. Only 9% of engineers in the UK automotive industry are female. While attracting talent today is more competitive than ever, things are changing for the better.

JLR are tackling the attitude that engineering is a male-dominated industry head-on by inspiring young people to explore the next generation of exciting career opportunities in science, technology, engineering and maths.

Their ‘Furthering Futures’ career insight event has been designed for talented female STEM A-level and undergraduate students who are interested in Jaguar Land Rover's degree apprenticeships, undergraduate placements and graduate programme.

The events will take place from 09:30-12:30 and 13:30-16:00 on Monday 16 July at Ashorne Hill Conference Centre in Leamington Spa and will offer a mix of empowering talks and career advice delivered by JLR's passionate female engineers plus plenty of opportunities to network.

JLR will be running a shuttle service for drivers from British Motor Museum, Gaydon and will also provide a service from Leamington train station if there is sufficient demand.

Interested students should click here for more information or to apply.

All application forms must be submitted by 4pm on Thursday 28 June. Places will be confirmed on Monday 2 July. Please note: JLR will accept applications from students who live in the UK but participants must cover their own travel expenses.

Students should be busy using Unifrog to search for university courses, create shortlists and record their key competencies in readiness for making applications to UCAS next term. All students will be offered a one-to-one meeting with me this term and then myself and the Sixth Form team will guide them through the process of application. Further advice on personal statements will follow after exam week but they can be started at any time – drafts should be written in the Personal Statement tool in Unifrog.

Tips:
• Open Days are mostly in June and July – these should be booked now.
• Make sure you follow the link on Unifrog shortlists to the course pages and check the details of the courses – not all courses are the same.
• Check out the Careers, Subject and Know-how libraries on Unifrog for information on different careers, help with choosing which subject to study and a wealth of videos on various aspects of the process.
• The UCAS website is also a wealth of information and has a specific page for parents.  Click here to access it. 
• Any parents who wish to use Unifrog themselves can set up their own login by visiting the site here and entering the Form Code ‘princethorpeparent’.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me by email.

Jacqui Quinney
Head of Careers and UCAS Co-ordinator

UCAS provides a wealth of information specifically for parents to help you support your child through the application process.  Click here to sign up for updates.

Jacqui Quinney
Head of Careers and UCAS Co-ordinator

The careers team are keen to involve parents as much as possible in assisting with the decisions your children will be making when choosing a career and their next step. As such, I will be passing on information that might be useful to you.

Please see the articles below for information regarding the following:

• National Healthcare Careers Weekend
• Brightbulb - Creative Internship Scheme

Job opportunity - Do you have the talent and the dedication for a career in television? If so, I have details of a company looking for an Entertainment Runner.

The job involves working with the Entertainment team to ensure effective day-to-day support across all aspects of the team. 

They are looking for someone who is proactive, responsible and reliable with strong organisational and communication skills. You will need a willingness to undertake a huge variety of jobs and be able to adapt to ever changing priorities. A genuine interest in the genre is essential and strong computer skills and technical knowhow are advantageous.

Please email or come and see me in G10a for more information. 

Jacqui Quinney
Head of Careers and UCAS Co-ordinator

The National Healthcare Weekend on 14 and 15 July 2018 is taking place in London, at the University of East London, Stratford.

Over two hundred healthcare professionals form across the UK will be volunteering to present and network with students who are interested in:

• Medicine
• Veterinary Medicine
• Dentistry

These conferences provide a valuable opportunity for pupils to network with a variety of healthcare professions, learn about work experience opportunities and how to make a successful application.

Registration is £25 for pupils on the Saturday conferences and there is an optional UCAS lecture available on Sunday for each specialty.  Please note that these events are likely to fill up quickly.

Pupils can register on the Medic Mentor website and find out more about events here.

All proceeds from the weekend will be used to support UK's healthcare students with scholarships, elective bursaries, free training and educational initiatives.

Endemol Shine are looking for people who love television and are capable of coming up with a broad range of new and exciting TV shows. They're running Brightbulb, a creative intern scheme designed to give some of the brightest and best a chance to get into TV ideas development. Your job will be to come up with brilliant new format ideas for TV.

Their interns work in a fun, creative and diverse environment with excellent, experienced support to guide them through their first role in the TV industry.

They welcome applications from people of all ages, experience and social backgrounds and are looking for creative minds to join their team at their offices in West London. This internship is initially a full-time three month contract, with eight successful applicants starting 17 September 2018. You will be based in either Remarkable Television or Initial TV. The internship is a paid position at a rate of £400 a week.

For further details click here.