Careers

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CAREERS

Here you will find all the information that relates to our careers and student destinations offer at UTC Oxfordshire, including key contacts, useful documentation for parents, students, employers and teachers, as well as our careers programme. Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you would like further information.

Careers Leads

Ceri Tranter: CTranter@utcoxfordshire.org.uk

Gerrie Fourie: gfourie@utcoxfordshire.org.uk

Careers Advisor: The careers people: contact@thecareerspeople.co.uk

The Senior Leadership Team, Staff and all at UTC are committed to providing all students with a programme of events and supporting activities to provide them with information and guidance about career opportunities and employment. This will be guided by the Gatsby Benchmarks thus ensuring best practice.

The current careers programme is delivered through a combination of methods, including Tutor time, PPD in Year 10 – 13 and through assemblies, competitions, presentations, employer visits, workshops and 1:1 session.

Read more about the intent and implementation of our Careers programme here

At UTC Oxfordshire, we aim to prepare our students for the next stage in their lives. We know how important employers view strong employability skills. Our careers programme has been designed to make our students aware of real working life, motivating them to achieve their goals.

GATSBY BENCHMARK

It is our responsibility to support our students by not only giving advice to make the right decision, but also by providing them with independent information, and teaching them interpersonal and management aptitudes, which are crucial skills when starting a career. We will draw on the eight Gatsby benchmarks of Good Career Guidance which include:

A stable careers programme
Learning from career and labour market information
Addressing the needs of each pupil
Linking curriculum learning to careers
Encounters with employers and employees
Experiences of workplaces
Encounters with further and higher education
Personal guidance

USEFUL INFORMATION

For Students

Students will have several other careers related opportunities throughout the academic year to complement their studies and continue to develop their employability skills in preparation for the world of work.

For Parents

All careers related events that take place off site or beyond the end of the school day will require a consent form which will be sent home prior to the event taking place.
All businesses that attend the school for careers purposes are DBS checked and/or are supervised whilst working with our students.
All our year 10 and 12 students will attend a two-week work experience placement and UTC Oxfordshire asks that you support us and the students with allocating these placements.

Key resources 

https://www.oxfordshirelep.com/

https://www.unifrog.org/

Can you offer careers support?

We are always keen to have parents who work for, or who own, their own business related to Engineering or Science to work with us and our students. If you think you may be able to support our UTC in anyway, please contact admin@utcoxfordshire.org.uk