FROM THE CEO
SUPPORTING YOU TO
DRIVE SOCIAL MOBILITY
JIM CARRICK-BIRTWELL
CEO, FUTURE TALENTED
Welcome to the third edition of our termly magazine for
secondary schools, bringing the world of work to life for
young people.
While our name has changed to FutureTalentEd, our
mission remains the same: to support careers leaders in delivering
high-quality careers guidance to their students.
By partnering with influential organisations such as The Careers &
Enterprise Company, BP, Barclays LifeSkills, STEM Learning, The Skills
Builder Partnership and the Institute of Student Employers, we are
able to curate content and insights from education and business.
In this issue, we emphasise the urgent need for schools to help level
the playing field for young people from all backgrounds, through
effective careers guidance. As Sir John Holman, senior adviser to the
Gatsby Foundation, wrote in a blog: “Good career guidance in schools
is the key to social mobility.”
Increasingly, business is willing to help in this vital task, not only to ensure
the future diversity of their talent pipeline, but to make a difference.
Here, we highlight a successful partnership between Barclays LifeSkills,
The Transformation Trust and schools to unlock the potential of white
working-class boys (p12) and describe how the ‘Science Capital
Teaching Approach’ – developed with funding support from BP — can
help lead people from diverse backgrounds into STEM careers (p42).
“Our name has
changed, but our
mission remains
the same: to
support careers
leaders in delivering
high-quality
careers guidance”
A desire to create opportunities for young people, and to equip them
to seize these, lies at the heart of these schemes — and FutureTalentEd's
reason for being.
“Where you start should not determine where you end up,” asserted
former US president Barack Obama in a speech in 2014.
Too often, however, it does. But by working together, careers leaders
and employers can play their part in delivering Obama's promise to
young people in the US and beyond.
Jim Carrick-Birtwell, CEO, FutureTalentEd
Email: [email protected]
FUTURE TALENTED DIGITAL MAGAZINE
FutureTalentEd is also available in a digital format, so you can read
it on the go and share issues with peers, parents and students.
futuretalented.co.uk/register
FUTURE TALENTED WEBSITE
Visit our website, featuring a wealth of
careers-related content, plus practical
tools and resources for schools.
futuretalented.co.uk