Opportunities outside of school
Young Researchers wanted to know how other activities can help enable young people progress in education .
Graph showing respondents answers to the question ," what opportunities do you have beyond school to prepare you for later life ?" Participants could tick multiple options .
Part time work
Volunteering
Work experience
Sports
Uniformed youth group e . g . Scouts / Girlguiding / Cadets
Duke of Edinburgh Award
National Citizen ' s Service
Events or activities run by Universities about higher education
Online resources such as careers or education websites
Events or activities run by colleges about further and higher education
Clubs
Nothing
Other ( please specify )
27 %
22 %
39 %
42 %
13 %
12 %
6 %
10 %
18 %
11 %
45 %
17 %
7 %
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 % survey respondents
106 young people left comments to " other , please specify " answer . This is a summary of what they said :
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Don ' t know Musical theatre . Piano . Dance . I don ' t do activities outside of school I want to work in crime law so i watch YouTube videos on crimes and how they were committed and solved . Military . I did guides and brownies but I stopped .
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Some people might choose playing video games as an option so then they can do what ever they want to do . And looking after my family . CV . Working . Looking for a part time job . Careers centre for support in our decisions . 2 RYA ' s in sailing , 2 BCU quali cations
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