LifeSkills Unpacked

Get ready to join LifeSkills Unpacked - a weeklong CPD event where educators can learn more about why investing in young people’s core transferable skills is more important than ever. Come back every day for access to new content, the only event requiring registration is the live webinar on launch day.

Launch day

Welcome to LifeSkills Unpacked. Today you'll hear from some inspiring panellists including Saeed Atcha, Chief Executive of Youth Leads and Neil Carberry, Chief Executive of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation, and find out more about how Unpacked can help you to continue to develop your own knowledge of core transferable skills for the future of work.

Keynote video

Meet the Managing Director for Citizenship at Barclays, Kirstie Mackey to find out about how the week of LifeSkills Unpacked topics closely interconnect, to help set students up to feel prepared and able to adapt their skills easily to how the UK workforce is evolving.

LifeSkills Unpacked live webinar

Hear from our selection of expert panellists who will be coming together to share their real-world insights on the current labour market problems, explore what the future of jobs looks like and how LifeSkills can help unlock your students’ potential and prepare them for the future through developing core transferable skills.

Meet our panellists
Kirstie Mackey OBE

Kirstie Mackey OBE

Managing Director, Citizenship UK & Europe

Neil Carberry

Neil Carberry

Chief Executive, Recruitment and Employment Confederation

Saeed Atcha MBE

Saeed Atcha MBE

Chief Executive, Youth Leads UK

Simon Beck

Simon Beck

Assistant Headteacher, Lister Community School

Jyoti Pettit

Jyoti Pettit

Head of Personal Development and Careers Leader, The Suthers School

Nuno Alexandre Goncalves

Nuno Alexandre Goncalves

LifeSkills Youth Panel member

The importance of aspiration

Improve your awareness of the factors that can influence the development of your students' career aspirations and hear from educators on how they bring core transferable skills to life in the classroom.

Explore and refine aspirations with your students

Learn about the issues that can affect young peoples' aspirations and explore key features of effective practice to help refine and improve aspirations.

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Core transferable skills spotlights

Hear from an educator on why it is so important to build students’ leadership skills to prepare them for their futures, and a recent graduate shares how LifeSkills resources helped him build his resilience during learning and work.

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Sustainable skills

As we all work towards net zero, discover how the jobs of tomorrow will adapt to the green economy, the core skills needed to join this future workforce and what you can start doing now with your students to prepare them for the future.

Sustainable skills podcast

Join our panel of experts to hear about the latest research and trends in the labour market and the key skills gaps that employees have highlighted. With a particular focus on how many jobs will be green jobs, you'll hear why skills such as adaptability, leadership and communication will be in demand.

Meet our panellists
Stacey Drake

Stacey Drake

Careers and Employability Leader at Daventry Hill School

Neil Carberry

Neil Carberry

CEO of Recruitment and Employment Confederation

Olly Newton

Olly Newton

Executive Director, Edge Foundation

Matt Larsen-Daw

Matt Larsen-Daw

Head of Educaton, WWF-UK

Helen Janota

Helen Janota

Labour market and careers information consultant

Elizabeth Ogunbodede

Elizabeth Ogunbodede

LifeSkills Youth Advisory Council

Green jobs animations

Start the conversation about how many jobs will be green jobs with our new animations, aimed at primary and secondary aged audiences respectively. Discover why jobs are changing, the creative ways that they are adapting to meet our net zero target and how core transferable skills are integral to those changes.

LifeSkills Unpacked - Green jobs animation - (Primary)

LifeSkills Unpacked - Green jobs animation - (Secondary)

Green careers case studies

Use the case studies in Your guide to the jobs of the future to dive deeper into jobs in different industries; discover what makes them 'green' and how people are using their core transferable skills to make an impact. Use the quick fire activity to extend the learning with your students.

Your guide to the jobs of the future

How all jobs can become more green QFA 7-11

How all jobs can become more green QFA 11-19

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Core transferable skills and financial capability

Discover the link between core transferable skills and financial confidence and how you can bring practical learning ideas into the classroom to help prepare your students for their financial futures.

Financial education insight piece

Discover what educators think about financial education in their schools and what you can do to enhance the provision at your school.

Financial education insight piece

Panellist Q&A

Hear how our Unpacked panellists apply core transferable skills to become more financially confident.

Building Financial Capability Q&A

Core transferable skills and money educator framework

Use this interactive framework to explore how you can integrate core transferable skills into money skills lessons.

Secondary money lessons overview and planning framework

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Extended learning

Finish the week with our highlights from the week and top tips from educators on how you can extend your learning beyond Unpacked.

Educator Q&A

Read our educator top tips to find out how you can highlight core transferable skills and the future of work at your school.

Educator Top Tips

LifeSkills Unpacked takeaway guide

Read our highlights from the week, what were the key takeways from our experts and what we can all do to prepare young people for the future.

LifeSkills Unpacked Takeaway Guide

Thank you for joining us for LifeSkills Unpacked

You can access the full library of free tools, lesson plans and resources by registering today.  If you’d like to share any feedback with us on LifeSkills Unpacked, you can email us at barclayslifeskills@barclays.com