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Barclays LifeSkills offers a variety of resources and opportunities for educators – whether you’re working with young people or adults to prepare them for their first job, progress in their career, make changes to their working life or even start their own business. There are also resources to help develop financial capability and money management skills.

 

You’ll find content suited to a range of settings, including class work, one-to-one or group sessions, and remote learning. 

 

Discover how LifeSkills can help you support others build the skills, knowledge and confidence they need to succeed in work. Browse this page to find hints and tips, research insights and further support, to help you get started make the most of the programme. Alternatively, start exploring the full range of lessons for young people or adult learning modules and discover resources to boost your employability session planning here.

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Mental health awareness for students
Advice 5 mins 11-19
Mental health awareness for students

Mental health discussions have come along way in recent years. Read this blog from Time for Change and learn how to help students be more open about mental health issues.

A school social action programme that works for all
Advice 5 mins 11-19
A school social action programme that works for all

Read how Laura Mason rolled out a social action & volunteering programme to her whole sixth form at High Storrs School in Sheffield.

Essential skills for enterprise success
Advice 3 mins 14-25
Essential skills for enterprise success
Virtual Work Experience: An educator’s experience
Advice 3 mins 11-19
Virtual Work Experience: An educator’s experience

Read Lin’s story about how she used our interactive video tool to prepare her students for work experience.

Make the most of CVs and covering letters
Advice 2 mins 11-16
Make the most of CVs and covering letters

How do these two crucial documents combine to make a positive first impression?

Handling emotions in the workplace
Advice 2 mins 14-19
Handling emotions in the workplace

Everything your students need to know about keeping calm at work.

Getting ahead through social media
Advice 1 mins 14-25
Getting ahead through social media

Head of LifeSkills Kirstie Mackey tells us how social networking is the new networking.

5 reasons to share your skills online
Advice 3 mins 14-19
5 reasons to share your skills online

Hear from Digitalme about the impact of having a Champions Digital Badge

Help your students become expert problem solvers
Advice 2 mins 11-16
Help your students become expert problem solvers

Find out about the 6-step process we’ve created to help support young people in developing their problem solving skills.

Bridging the gap between school and work
Advice 1 mins
Bridging the gap between school and work

How businesses can work with LifeSkills to give students the skills they need.

Opportunities for young people
Advice 5 mins 11-19
Opportunities for young people

Barclays has announced its commitment to helping transform young people’s employability skills education.

Embedding employability across the curriculum
Advice 2 mins 11-19
Embedding employability across the curriculum

It’s a fast-moving world for students, and it’s crucial that educators remain up to date on what external help there is out there to open up the world of work to students – and LifeSkills can help.

Are your students learning the right skills?
Advice 1 mins 11-19
Are your students learning the right skills?

Nearly half of 14–25 year-olds say ‘no’, according to our survey.

5 tips to help parents support students towards employability
Advice 2 mins 11-19
5 tips to help parents support students towards employability

How can teachers help parents with their children’s journey to the workplace? Janet Colledge, chief careers education consultant with Outstanding Careers, offers some invaluable advice.

Baroness Brady’s top tips on how to get ahead
Advice 1 mins 11-16
Baroness Brady’s top tips on how to get ahead

Baroness Karren Brady, regular judge on BBC1’s The Apprentice and Chair of the LifeSkills Advisory Council, discusses her top tips for young people on being enterprising and putting their best foot forward for the future.

Soft skills in schools: an essential requirement
Advice 2 mins 11-16
Soft skills in schools: an essential requirement

A case for greater focus on soft skills and PSHE education in schools

5 musts for running a cracking careers day
Advice 1 mins 11-19
5 musts for running a cracking careers day

Donna Mason, Careers Development Manager shares her top tips on running a successful careers day.

Why you should get your students coding
Advice 3 mins 11-16
Why you should get your students coding

ICT Director Matt Britland discusses the important skills learnt from coding and tips for delivering it in the classroom

Help your young people make the right choices
Advice 2 mins
Help your young people make the right choices

64% of young people think they need help making decisions. Here’s how you can help them

Six ways to teach creativity & supercharge students’ future
Advice 2 mins 11-16
Six ways to teach creativity & supercharge students’ future

Roisin Ellison from the RSA highlights six ways you can build creativity into your employability

Supporting young people’s wellbeing for successful futures
Advice 2 mins 11-19
Supporting young people’s wellbeing for successful futures

Find advice on supporting students’ mental health in order to help them succeed

Five steps to developing students’ mindsets for the future
Advice 2 mins 11-16
Five steps to developing students’ mindsets for the future

Find support to help students develop the right mindset and kick start their career journey

Social action: An educator’s experience
Advice 3 mins 11-19
Social action: An educator’s experience

Read Simon’s story about how to go about implementing a social action programme in your school.

BITC Scotland: Cultivating a culture of enterprise
Advice 5 mins 11-19
BITC Scotland: Cultivating a culture of enterprise

Hear from BITC Scotland about the positive impact business engagement in schools can have.

The Virtual interview practice tool: An educator’s experien
Advice 5 mins 14-25
The Virtual interview practice tool: An educator’s experien

Find out how the ‘interview practice tool’ can help your students feel confident in an interview situation.

Champion financial education to young people
Advice 5 mins 11-16
Champion financial education to young people

Discover how you can develop financially capable young people.

10 mistakes job-hunters keep making
Advice 2 mins 25+
10 mistakes job-hunters keep making

Are your students applying for jobs? Don’t let them hit send before they’ve read these simple mistakes that could cost them the role of their dreams, courtesy of Head of LifeSkills Kirstie Mackey.

Early intervention is key to helping care leavers progress
Advice 5 mins 14-25
Early intervention is key to helping care leavers progress
How to be a cut above the rest in a competitive job market
Advice 5 mins 16-25+
How to be a cut above the rest in a competitive job market

This blog considers the challenges of a competitive job market and explores how learners can stand our to employers when applying for jobs.

How to educate pupils on financial literacy?
Advice 3 mins 11-19
How to educate pupils on financial literacy?

Lisa Worgan, Head of Curriculum for Victoria Academies Trust, explores how educators can develop their pupils’ financial literacy at an early age.

Developing a lifelong learning mindset
Advice 5 mins 16-25+
Developing a lifelong learning mindset

This blog aims to promote the benefits of developing a lifelong mindset for the future and offers educators suggestions for discussion it with their learners.

Making maths feel relevant to learners
Advice 5 mins
Making maths feel relevant to learners

Maths matters. Everyone uses it every day, often without thinking about it. Learn more about making maths feel relevant for your learners.

Challenging myths about maths and money
Advice 5 mins
Challenging myths about maths and money

Help your learners to address and overcome maths anxiety by challenging myths about maths and money.

Practical steps to feeling more confident about finances
Advice 3 mins
Practical steps to feeling more confident about finances

Discover how Barclays LifeSkills can help you support adult learners to be more confident with money

Making the most of LifeSkills
11-19
Making the most of LifeSkills

Find out how to make the most of our employability resources and insight to help more young people. Or contact us to book a call to find out how to make the most of LifeSkills.

21st century skills
21st century skills

Find out more about the 21st century skills young people need to be better prepared for the future workplace. Start by watching our films featuring listening and problem solving.

A fast changing job landscape
11-19
A fast changing job landscape

Find out more about how the changing world of work will affect the employment landscape.

Your guide to the jobs of the future
11-19
Your guide to the jobs of the future

Explore the skills needed for the top 40 jobs of the future with our downloadable guide

How-to guide: YouTube
How-to guide: YouTube

Find out how to utilise the benefits of YouTube.

How-to guide: Google Apps for educators
How-to guide: Google Apps for educators

Find out how to get started on Google Apps and work collaboratively on documents with people all over the world.

How-to guide: Twitter
11-19
How-to guide: Twitter

Find out how to use Twitter to enhance your teaching.

How-to guide: Skype
How-to guide: Skype

Read our guide on using Skype to give you access to a whole range of amazing learning experiences.

How-to guide: Blogging
How-to guide: Blogging

Find out how to start your own blog to share your thoughts, experiences, opinions and insights with others worldwide.

Understanding digital tools for educators
Understanding digital tools for educators

Explore our digital guides to help bring lessons to life.

What is coding?
11-19
What is coding?

Check out our guide for support on delivering coding in your classroom to build key digital skills.

Know your iRights
11-19
Know your iRights

Find out which resources support the five key principles that empower and enable young people to be creative, knowledgeable and fearless online

Digital dictionary
11-19
Digital dictionary

Get to grips with IT terminology to help you bring digital skills into the classroom.

Global trends and the new jobs they're creating
11-19
Global trends and the new jobs they're creating

Discover more about the new jobs roles we may see emerge in the future.

The skills needed for future jobs
11-19
The skills needed for future jobs

See which skills employers increasingly need in the future world of work and why.

Big data analytics: an educator's guide
11-19
Big data analytics: an educator's guide
LifeSkills Award
LifeSkills Award

Apply for a LifeSkills Award and shout about your institution’s commitment to delivering top employability teaching through LifeSkills.

Resources for primary pupils and secondary school starters
11-14
Resources for primary pupils and secondary school starters

Help your students feel prepared and confident in their transition from primary school to secondary school, plus explore our financial literacy resources for younger children.

Understand core transferable skills
11-19
Understand core transferable skills

Find out more about the core transferable skills young people need to be better prepared for the future workplace.

TES professional development course for employability skills
11-19
TES professional development course for employability skills

Find out more about the employability skills needed for the workplace with the tes CPD course.

Moving forward after care
16-25
Moving forward after care

Many young people leave their care setting poorly prepared for independence, particularly when it comes to managing their finances.

Employability skills research and trends
11-19
Employability skills research and trends

Stay up-to-date on employability skills and the future of jobs with Barclays LifeSkills research, reports and trends. Discover more here.

How-to guide: Fledglink
11-16
How-to guide: Fledglink

Read our guide on using Fledglink to give you access to resources for young people to help them make informed decisions about their future work.

Where do I want to be?
19-25
Where do I want to be?

This tool will empower your learners to set goals and plan how to achieve them, step-by-step.

Remote learning resources
11-19
Remote learning resources

Explore our remote resources, supporting online learning sessions and independent study. From engaging Online lesson films to Interactive worksheets.

Wellbeing: remote learning activities
11-19
Wellbeing: remote learning activities

Interactive worksheets and Online lesson films to help young people develop coping strategies and maintain positive attitudes through activities adapted from full lesson plans.

Money skills: remote learning activities
11-19
Money skills: remote learning activities

Access interactive worksheets and an online lesson film around financial risks, fraud and scams and budgeting to support students develop good money management.

Preparing for employment: remote learning activities
11-19
Preparing for employment: remote learning activities

Help your young people know how to successfully present themselves on their CV and during interviews through our Interactive worksheets and Online lesson films.

Building transferable skills: remote learning activities
11-19
Building transferable skills: remote learning activities

These Interactive worksheets and Online lesson films focus on skills that employers value, and that can transfer across most job roles and industries.

Primary schools: remote learning activities
11-19
Primary schools: remote learning activities

Find engaging activities which can help support good money habits and the development of a range of Core transferable skills, including interactive tools.

Understand core transferable skills
11-19
Understand core transferable skills

Find out more about the core transferable skills young people need to be better prepared for the future workplace.

Exploring job sectors and preparing for work
11-19
Exploring job sectors and preparing for work

Help prepare your students gain virtual work experience with our interactive worksheet around developing job skills for different sectors.

Help your students get work experience from home
11-19
Help your students get work experience from home

Support your students to gain insight into a range of workplaces virtually from a simulation tool, broad range of industry films and interactive worksheets.

Content curriculum guide
Content curriculum guide

Not sure where to start on your LifeSkills journey? Our comprehensive content guide provides direct links between LifeSkills resources and the curriculum.

Making the most of LifeSkills for adult learners
Making the most of LifeSkills for adult learners

For educators working with adult learners, we recommend a three-stage approach: LifeSkills wheel, goal setting & modules. Find out more… H1: Making the most out of LifeSkills for a

Guide to coaching adult learners
25+
Guide to coaching adult learners

Get the best out of the LifeSkills programme for your adult learners with our step by step educator delivery guide and top tips for coaching adults.

Interactive CV builder for adult learners
Interactive CV builder for adult learners

Help adult learners independently create a CV with our free interactive CV builder tool.

Youth employability during the COVID-19 pandemic
11-19
Youth employability during the COVID-19 pandemic

Support young people’s employability through the COVID-19 pandemic with free educator resources from LifeSkills.

Mental health courses
11-19
Mental health courses

Mental health courses to support school staff in maintaining their mental wellbeing in the workplace.

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