NEBP Programmes

Aims & Objectives

To help students understand the longer-term career and training implications
of the important decisions they make when choosing from the provision of GCSEs
and Diplomas. To introduce students to the issues, encouraging them to make
informed, long-sighted decisions, with a greater awareness of how these will
affect their future plans. The day works most effectively when scheduled to
coincide closely with the time when these decisions are being made, and the
publication of the school’s options booklet.

Description of Activity

Similar to a BOSS day, facilitators are recruited by NEBP from the world
of work and education, with a good range of private and public employment sectors
represented. Facilitators engage students in interactive activities, which
help to explain how certain GCSEs and Diploma subjects can be used in later
working life and to understand the range of job roles to which the various
subjects can be applied. Seminars are interspersed with forum theatre performances
that reinforce the implications of their decisions.

Learning Outcomes Students will benefit from:

• Understanding the longer term implications of their options decisions
• Greater awareness of the relevance of their school subjects to the world
  of work
• Useful information about the world of work and higher education
• Awareness of careers & training opportunities
• Awareness of the variety of different job roles available and the skills
  and training required
• Understanding of the changing nature of the jobs market and the need for
  ongoing training and education

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