Careers & Enterprise

Work Related Learning, Enterprise and Careers

The aim is for our students to leave school able to take on the challengesof the outside world. They will need to be independent, to take risks,be open to change, think outside the box and be skilled for the worldof work and continuous learning.

Skills for Life brings together

• Work related learning
• Enterprise Learning
• Careers

With a common purpose of preparing our students for life with the right:

• Attitude
• Skills
• Knowledge

Careers

At Cornwallis Academy our careers provision is supported by Connexions Kent & Medway.
Their trained personal advisers offer students information, advice andguidance to support them in making careers and further educationchoices. Careers advice is available to all students, but particularlyfocuses on students in year 11 and 13. For further information click on the tab opposite.

Careers Library

The Skills for Life Dept has an extensive careers library that is available to students from all years. The library includes books, journals and online resources. As part of its Wellbeing programme, the school uses U-Explore to promote careers awareness. Please click here to login to U-Explore.

**CURRENT NEWS**
Work Experience
All Year 10 students will take part in Work Experience for two weeks between 9-20 July 2012. All students have now registered online for the 2012 programme and placement details will be made available shortly. Please see the Work Experience page for further details.

University Applications 2012
The Skills for Life team provides support and guidance to all students submitting an application to University. This year 54 students from the Cornwallis Academy have applied for a place at University in September 2012. Their choice of course includes a wide range of subjects such as Business, English Literature, Biosciences and Education. In addition to supporting these University applications the Skills For Life Department are also running Information and Guidance sessions for all those year 13s who are not applying to university. The aim of these sessions is to ensure that all students have a plan for what they are doing when they leave school and this includes having a well prepared CV.

What's Next Trip
On 26th April Year 12 students attended the annual Higher Education Convention at the University of Kent. This was a fantastic opportunity for students to speak to representatives from a huge variety of different Universities and Colleges, and to find out about the courses and options available. Many students took the opportunity to attend talks and seminars around areas such as ‘student life', ‘writing a personal statement' and ‘Student Finance'. On returning to school students attended a choice of workshops aimed at helping them to plan for their future. These focused on ‘Going to University' and ‘The World of Work'. UCAS Information Evening for 2013 entry is Wednesday 9th May from 6-7.30pm.

Year 9 Enterprise Challenge with Stixx
On 26th April Year 9 students at Cornwallis Academy took part in a creative Enterprise Challenge. The youngsters were given a brief to identify a new household product with a unique selling feature, then asked to design and create a prototype. The prototype was made using 'stixx' which are created using rolled newspaper. The event was arranged by the Skills for Life team in partnership with EBP Kent (Education Business Partnership). Skills for Life Coordinator, Andrea Barkaway, said:"Stixx is a creative opportunity for our students to not only design and make a product, but to engage with representatives in the business world in order to develop their understanding of marketing and financing a new product."

Discover Risk
This very successful day gave Sixth Form Business students the opportunity to meet local employers from the insurance sector. Students learnt about accessing and quantifying risk by playing the 'Discover Risk' board game; and were given a fascinating insight into the world of insurance.

This Year's Trips
7th October - World Skills Careers Fair Excel London - Sixth Form Students
14-15th April - Careers Live Detling - Year 10 and Sixth Formers
26th April - What's Next Trip HE Convention Canterbury - Year 12
5th July - Greenwich University - Year 10