Your Career Starts Here Our dedicated Careers Team offers a range of activities and individual support to students during their time at BRIT providing knowledge , guidance and information to widen their access to career options and progression into HE , FE , further training , employment and apprenticeships .
You will experience : 1 . Events
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Interview Practice Days , Careers Days , Careers Fairs and BRIT Talks from a diverse range of industry professionals such as Cush Jumbo OBE , RAYE , Zandra Rhodes , Pete Tong , Billy Bragg , Judge Jules , Burberry designers , Heads of record labels and many more .
2 . Work Placements and Work Shadowing in a creative industry related field .
3 . Long-term employability skills to support creative careers .
Students will learn and embed in their own practice the characteristics needed to be successful in the creative and performing arts industries . They will understand the importance of these key transferable skills in their future career development .
They will gain these skills from :
• Lessons
• Projects / live briefs
• BRIT Talks : Guest speakers , Q & As & Masterclasses
• Events
• Learning from career and labour market information
• Linking curriculum learning to careers
• Encounters with employers and employees
• Experiences / visits to workplaces
• Encounters with further and higher education
• Independent advice and guidance
Destinations of BRIT students leaving in 2023
0.8 % Internship 1 % Vocational School 1.4 % Apprenticeship
2 % NEET 2.7 % Unknown
4.1 % Further Education
5.7 %
Year 14
7.2 %
4.1 %
Foundation Course
13.3 %
Employed ( PAYE & Freelance )
17.8 %
Gap Year ( including deferred )
43.9 %
Higher Education
“ It is a very professional school with a really high standard of teachers . This is good as I feel that I can get the most out of school and find the right next step for me in my career .”
Student Survey
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