‘Success at school’ have published their parents’ guides for the new academic year.

From Success at School:

“Parents’ guide:

This year’s Parents’ Guide will be our second edition, and has a skills specific theme. This guide has been designed to help parents support their children in making informed decisions about their future, and develop the correct skills to help them succeed. Parents will benefit from content on topics including:

• Pathways into work, including T-levels, apprenticeships and university
• The importance of employability skills 
• The value of work experience placements
• Student finance and choosing student accommodation
• Careers advice dos and don’ts
• 24-day “skills workout” exercises to complete at home, designed to help young people actively develop eight key employability skills
• PLUS interviews and guest content from organisations including PwC, University of Bath, Sky, Institute of Student Employers, Staffordshire University and many more

STEM guide:

This year’s STEM Guide explores the full range of secondary and A-level STEM subjects, to help young people to understand more about careers in the STEM field. This comprehensive guide has been designed to showcase just how creative, exciting and rewarding a career in STEM can be. Students will benefit from content including:

• 10 detailed subject pages, each detailing career paths these can lead to and the qualifications needed to get there
• Pathways into STEM, covering T-levels, apprenticeships and university
• STEM in its real world applications looking at innovations STEM has helped us create through history and how it can benefit us in the future

Case studies and interviews from organisations including TFL, Sky, Royal Horticultural Society and many more”

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