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Student progression in employability and financial education

Introducing our new, ready-made schemes of learning. They’re designed to help your school take a structured approach to embedding employability skills and financial education.

Top tips to embed careers education in your school

This blog provides top tips on how to build a whole school approach towards employability and skills development.

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.

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.

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

For young people today, aspiring to set up a business is becoming more and more popular and it’s not hard to see why. In a world of increasing economic uncertainty, carving out your own path can seem like a more rewarding prospect.

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

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

Handling emotions in the workplace

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

Managing Workplace Wellbeing for Learners

Discover how you can help learners reach their work life balance goals, and help them to explore and understand the value of workplace wellbeing.

Getting ahead through social media

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

Top tips for starting the new school year (SEND/ALN focus)

This blog provides top tips and guidance on how to support students to get ready for life beyond the classroom.

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

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

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

Opportunities for young people

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

Are your students learning the right skills?

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

5 musts for running a cracking careers day

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Virtual interview practice tool: An educator’s experience

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

Champion financial education to young people

Discover how you can develop financially capable young people.

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

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?

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

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

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

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

Practical steps to feeling more confident about finances

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