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Key dates for the diary this month.  

National Careers Week – Virtual Careers Fair

📅 3 to 8 March

🕙 TBC

📍 Online

The Virtual Careers Fair will go live on day 1 of Careers Week, please share the website address with students.

AI in Careers: Innovation or Intrusion?

📅 Friday 7 March

🕙 11:00 - 12:00

📍 Online

Explore the transformative role of AI in career services across educational sectors.

NHS Careers: Working with Babies, Children & Families

📅 Tuesday 29 April

🕙 13:30 - 14:30

📍 Online

Find out how midwives, neonatal nurses and learning disabilities nurses support patients in their job role.

NHS Careers:  Psychological Professions

📅 Thursday 12 June

🕙 13:30 - 14:30

📍 Online

Hear the career stories of professionals working in schools, forensic psychology and mental health services.

King’s Calculating Women (Y11)

📅 16 to 17 April

🕙 Full day

📍 University of Cambridge

A free residential event for Year 11 female students from UK-based state schools, showcasing real-world maths applications and career pathways.

Exciting opportunities for your students to get involved in.

ITV Academy News Traineeship 25-26 

This is a great opportunity to begin your career with ITV, Britain's most popular commercial broadcaster. This is a nine-month programme starting on Monday, 29th September 2025.

TUI Pilot Team Vacancies

TUI are now accepting applications for exciting opportunities in their Pilot Team in the UK.

Balfour Beatty Apprenticeship Opportunities

Balfour Beatty currently have a wide range of apprenticeship opportunities available.

Work Experience Opportunities - Virtual

Speakers for Schools give the latest work experience opportunities.

Cyber Explorers Cup 2025

Help raise awareness of cyber security within your school and provide an unforgettable opportunity to compete on a national stage.

Leaders Award Competition

Pupils from the ages of 3-19 are tasked with interviewing an engineer, before identifying a problem in the world around them they want to solve.

The Big Bang Competition

Inspire inquisitive minds to think big, challenge facts, ask questions and invent solutions with the UK’s top annual science, engineering and technology competition.

Helpful resources to use in your Careers activities. 

National Careers Week 2025 resources 

Booklets, Guides, Activity Ideas and Printables to help support you with National Careers Week planning & delivery.

CyberFirst

CyberFirst offer several initiatives designed to seek out those with potential, offer the support, skills, experience and exposure needed.

Tycoon Enterprise Competition (SEND)

Pathway to Enterprise – startup funding and resources for SEND Enterprise Projects.

Trotman T Levels Resource Hub

Free downloadable resources to help young people explore whether T Levels are right for them.

Darlington College Careers Podcasts

Hear about courses, pathways and opportunities – don't just learn it, live it.

BBC Bitesize – National Careers Week

Useful resources to support with delivery for national Careers Week.

Latest training and development opportunities for you and your team.  

Talentino Annual SEND Inclusion Conference

Toolkit for resources and recordings from the conference in November.

We Find Any Learner 

Free Counselling Skills Level 2 course. An introductory course.

UCAS Points for Apprenticeships

UCAS are introducing a new Tariff points structure that now includes Level 3 apprenticeships alongside A-levels, T Levels, and other post-16 qualifications. These changes aim to support apprentices' progression to higher education by creating a unified system that helps universities and colleges evaluate apprenticeship qualifications against traditional academic routes.

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