News & Blogs

Sanj Kamal is innovatively equipping the young people at a Social, Emotional, Mental Health (SEMH) school with the skills and confidence to support their future re-entry into mainstream pathways.

Kirstie Payne is a volunteer Enterprise Adviser whose dedicated work is changing perceptions of careers education for young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

In a blog written for Volunteers' Week 2023, Enterprise Adviser Andy Neal writes about the power of businesses and schools working together.

Maxine Hughes is a Careers Leader at Rotherham Aspire. She spoke to us about how Careers Leader training improved her management skills to help Rotherham Aspire achieve all eight Gatsby Benchmarks.

For Mental Health Awareness week, we hear from Sarah Harrison, Careers Lead at Horizon Community College. She tells us how the college are making mental health part of their careers programme.

Our expert panelists convened for the second Careers Excellence Seminar to discuss how varied experiences of the workplace with multiple employers is key setting young people up for success.

Liam Wall is both a Careers Leader and a Careers Advisor at Ormiston SWB Academy. He shares how eye-opening Careers Leader training has been for him and emphasises how important it is.

Simon Spooner is the Careers Leader at Hartpury College. Read about how the training time he invested is paying off and what it's brought to his college.

Robert Halfon, Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and HE visited Loughborough College to meet employers & apprentices & see the work of The Careers & Enterprise Company’s Leicestershire Careers Hub

Oli de Botton sets out what the evidence in our Ready for the Future report shows about the emerging consensus on high-quality modern careers education, its impact and the future priorities of CEC.

Rita Patel-Miller of Mace Group provides her perspective on the important role employer can play in working with schools and colleges to improve young people’s careers readiness.

The new chair of our Youth Advisory Group Elijah Denning and the new youth member of CEC’s board, Mohammed Samir, reflect on the role careers education can play in tackling disadvantage.