Free Resources – Aspire – Your essential guide to FE, university and careers Post 16 Pupils (Ongoing)

Launched by the social mobility charity upReach, Aspire is a collection of free careers, university and further education resources designed to give students the tools and knowledge they need to make more informed decisions about their future, with free resources including:

The Aspire Guide – a 64-page guide providing in-depth information on different career pathways, university options, apprenticeships, degree apprenticeships, student finance, gap years and more.
The Aspire Webinar Series – Since launching in September 2021, our free-to-attend Aspire Webinars have had 7500+ registrations from 600+ schools, with 99% saying they would recommend these sessions to another student. The webinars are also a great way of achieving the Gatsby Benchmarks 5 and 7.
Teacher Toolkit – a resource pack containing everything teachers/careers advisors need to deliver an effective and engaging session about university and careers, including ready-to-use scripts and assembly presentations
Newsletter – a quarterly email newsletter highlighting current careers and social mobility news, updates and hot topics across the education sector.

Aimed at post-16 students, these resources provide detailed information about a wide range of career options that students from lower-socio-economic backgrounds may have limited exposure to through existing networks.

“The Aspire Guide is invaluable – it breaks down all the options available to students as they come to the end of their compulsory education. It’s well written and our students find it very accessible. Thank you.”

Ned Browne, Senior Teacher

If you have any questions or would like more information on our programmes and how we can work together, please do not hesitate to get in touch amelia.colley@upreach.org.uk

Download the free Aspire Guide here

Download a free copy of the Teacher Toolkit

What Schools Say About Us

Being part of the Stoke on Trent and Staffordshire Careers Hub has been pivotal to the development of careers provision in our school. The Hub have shared good practice across their members resulting in a stronger focus on good quality provision. The annual event enabled the hub to share their vision of School Improvement Through The Lens of Careers and looking beyond the Benchmarks. It was a fantastic opportunity to share different models of school improvement and strategies to further develop careers provision to enhance the future opportunities of our young people.

Mrs A Spencer, John Taylor High School

What Businesses Say About Us

It it superb to be able to speak with local schools, colleges, and businesses in Stoke and Staffs and show how important the partnerships are to bring the skills of the future. Educating those who educate the ones shaping the aspirations of young people is essential for the industry to grow and be more sustainable.”

Alison Tucker, St Modwen