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

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