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Taking a whole-college approach to achieving good quality benchmarks

Sunderland College took a whole-college approach to achieving good quality benchmarks....

15th January 2020

Careers-themed Christmas show is just the job for Gateshead pupils and parents

Mechanics, meteorologists and vets are just some of the jobs that pupils from Fellside Primary Schoo...

18th December 2019

Michelle Rainbow, Skills Director at the North East LEP, provides an update on the North East Ambition Career Benchmarks: Primary Pilot

In 2015, the North East LEP began work on a pilot programme that would go on to directly influence s...

16th December 2019

Round-up from our November Regional Careers Leaders Network Meeting

We welcomed over 140 colleagues from schools and colleges across the LEP area to the first Regional ...

10th December 2019

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East Durham College launches Careers Leadership Committee

East Durham College operates across three campuses and serves a wide and varied group of students st...

9th December 2019

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Enterprise Adviser helps Parkside Academy to deliver successful post-16 parents evening

Parkside Academy in County Durham worked in partnership with their Enterprise Adviser to attract pos...

9th December 2019

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Improving accessibility of careers guidance for each and every learner

A review of careers guidance materials for students at Derwentside College in County Durham led to a...

6th December 2019

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North East LEP expands innovative Ford Next Generation Learning pilot programme

Three new education institutions have joined the North East Local Enterprise Partnership’s pioneerin...

3rd December 2019

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Mock interviews help Gateshead students prepare to enter the world of work

Year 11 students at Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy in Gateshead have been preparing for the world of...

28th November 2019

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Benchmark Three case study: Oxclose Community Academy

Find out how Oxclose Community Academy worked towards achieving the Good Careers Guidance Benchmark ...

28th November 2019

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Benchmark Two case study: Belmont Community School

Belmont Community School noticed a gap in student knowledge as it worked through Benchmark Two....

28th November 2019

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Benchmark Eight case study: St Wilfrid’s RC College

St Wilfrid’s RC College in South Tyneside partnered with a careers guidance company to achieve Bench...

28th November 2019

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