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Employer Engagement Opportunities
If you are an ex-student of Highworth and interested in joining our Alumni network, to support employer engagement events, or to reconnect with old classmates, please click here.
If you are an employer, and would like to be involved in any of our employer engagement opportunities, please contact Miss Hodges (a.hodges@highworth.kent.sch.uk), to discuss more.
Highworth Staff with connections to other industries, or previous work experience from outside Education, can contact a.hodges@highworth.kent.sch.uk to discuss relevant opportunities.
Career Insight Talks
Highworth works closely with our Alumni, and other employers and employees, to offer career insight talks for our current students.
This year our employer talks will compromise a mix of in-person, and virtual engagement opportunities. For the virtual talks, Highworth has partnered with Speakers for Schools to stream their live Discovery Workshops. Our in-person talks will start be in Terms 3 and 4.
Career talks are delivered by those directly working in the industry/job and cover; what the job role actually involves; skills and qualifications needed; best and worst parts of the job; how the students can improve their chances of success in the future; and a short Q&A.
The careers we have scheduled this academic year are as follows: Virtual talks are in italics
Term 2 |
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Screen Industries |
9th November 2022 |
SFX, Hair and Make-up for Film |
23rd November 2022 |
Fashion |
7th December 2022 |
Term 3 |
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Music |
10th January 2023 |
Theatre and Performance |
12th January 2023 |
Tattoo Artist |
17th January 2023 |
Finance |
24th January 2023 |
Visual Arts |
25th January 2023 |
Civil Service Careers |
31st January 2023 |
TV Series Editing |
7th February 2023 |
Graphic Design |
8th February 2023 |
Term 4 |
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Research Scientist |
21st February 2023 |
Games Design |
22nd February 2023 |
Publishing and Marketing |
28th February 2023 |
Health Careers: Therapeutic Radiographer |
7th March 2023 |
Writing Careers: Strategy and Policy Development |
14th March 2023 |
Corporate Solicitor |
21st March 2023 |
STEM Careers |
28th March 2023 |
If you would like to offer a career talk, please contact Miss Hodges (a.hodges@highworth.kent.sch.uk), to discuss more
Highworth Careers Fair
Highworth Careers Fair is a biennial event. We invite employers from local and national organisations to speak to our students, to increase their awareness about jobs, qualifications, skills and opportunities.
Our next Careers Fair will be held in 2024. Please contact careers@highworth.kent.sch.uk to find out how to be involved.
Further Education and Apprenticeship Opportunities
Throughout the academic year we offer providers multiple opportunities to engage with students, across all year groups, to increase their knowledge about academic, vocational, and technical education pathways.
Our next opportunity will be on the 9th February 2023, where will be holding a FE and Apprenticeship Fair, for Years 8 to 10. We are looking for local and national employers to be involved in this. Please contact Miss Hodges at a.hodges@highworth.kent.sch.uk to find out more.