Oxford City 14-19 Consortium
Learning in Partnership
Careers Festival 2011
What are we aiming to achieve?
Support young people to maximise their talents and raise/realise aspirations
Raise the profile to young people on the importance placed on skills, behaviours and attitudes by employers and higher education
Improve the quality of impartial IAG Enhance Careers Education programmes
What are we aiming to achieve?
Attract exhibitors from key industry sectors Provide workforce development activities Positive learner/employer evaluations Establish reputation of Oxford Careers
Festival as a prestigious event Reduce the number of 16-19 NEETs/NiLs City collaborative event further to further
develop the partnership identity
Current situation
Initial agreement and £6,000 secured from City Partnership
Additional £5,000 secured (OCC Connexions & Aimhigher)
Project Group established and OEBP in-kind support of a Project Manager allocated
Kassam Stadium visited and ‘holding’ dates for last week in January 2011
Venue – Kassam
Project Management
Project Plan (lead, milestones, risks, resources) Securing additional sponsorship/funding Develop marketing strategy Develop options for format of the event Develop concept/themes for workshops and showcase
zones Recruit exhibitors Develop pre-event/event/post-event materials Identify, prepare and brief steward Communicate to schools/stakeholders ongoing
progress
Target audience decisions How universal – to age groups
Current Y8 & Y7 first cohorts affected by RPA to 17 and 18 respectively
Targeted invitations e.g. NEET 16-18 year olds
Amount of time available to a visiting cohort
Maximising the impact of the event
Pre-event activities
On the day
Post-event follow-up
Maximising the impact of the event Exhibitors – hands-on / stands
Talks -sector, by organisations)
Motivational presentations – universal / targeted
VIP area for employers/teachers
Student input
Key Questions Format
Content
Target audience
School Name 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
The Cherwell School 270 271 268 268 267 241 238
Oxford School 109 175 121 155 200 131 115
Cheney School 233 240 220 230 238 146 123
St Gregory the Great Catholic 205 189 192 177 177 111 64
Matthew Arnold School 167 176 174 173 176 148 92
The Oxford Academy 148 105 93 114 150 105 40
NOR according to the October 2009 census 1132 1156 1068 1117 1208 882 672
Target audience
The table above does not include special schools or the 16-18 learners at OCVC (2,766 full-time) alongside the possibility of targeting actual NEETS to attend the event.
Key Questions Who do we prioritise to attend and how much time do they
get to spend at the event?
What activities/experiences would you like students to access on the day? (essential/desirable)
What preparation/activity should take place prior to the event in schools?
Target audience
Key Questions What post-event follow-up would you like to see?
What activities/workshops would you like to see in our VIP area where we bring employers, teachers (and selected students) together?
In what ways, if any, do you feel parents/carers could be involved?
Target audience
Small Group Discussion
55 Min.55 Min.
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