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West of England Careers Hub

What is the Careers Hub?

We want our region’s young residents to have the skills, information, advice and guidance they need to reach their full potential.

Our Careers Hub encourages collaboration between education providers, the public, and the business community to provide positive career outcomes for our young people. We are supported by the Careers and Enterprise Company.

Quotes from our 2024 Careers Leader Survey

"The Careers Hub is consistent, reliable and knowledgeable - everything we could need!"
“My Enterprise Coordinator is always supportive, professional and creative. They have a real sense of what it is like to work in education and are a supportive and collaborative critical friend.”
“The Careers Hub is constantly driving careers forward, putting us in touch with people who can help us and ensuring we have a consistent approach. I know without their guidance I would have felt rather lost!”
“My Enterprise Coordinator has been a great listener, made excellent suggestions, supportive and keeps lines of communication open for specific help. E.g. the work experience toolkit was invaluable to me this year and has informed our whole WEX programme.”
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West of England Annual Careers Conference

A Decade of Careers Education: Reflecting, evolving, and building a meaningful future

The West of England Careers Hub is hosting its fifth Careers Leaders Conference, “A Decade of Careers Education: Reflecting, evolving, and building a meaningful future”.

Careers leaders, advisers, SLT, governors or teachers with careers responsibility in state schools and colleges throughout the region are invited to join careers professionals for practical workshops that will help you enhance employer connections, improve student support, and stay ahead of emerging trends. Leave with actionable strategies, new skills, and fresh ideas to make a real impact on your careers provision and boost student career readiness.

Book your place here

Get involved

We work with volunteers and employers to inspire our young people to make informed career choices

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Volunteers and employers

We work with volunteers and employers in a variety of ways to inspire our young people to make informed career choices

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Schools and colleges

Let us help inspire your students and encourage them to aim high.

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Career activity providers

We are always keen to assess collaboration opportunities with providers of school activities.

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LMI & resources

Stay up-to-date with our latest careers resources and upcoming events.

West of England Careers Hub

Green Futures Project

The Green Futures Project will test innovative approaches to delivery of school careers activity and curriculum that align with the regional 'green' skills agenda.

Find out more

Careers Hub case studies

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Employability and Skills
A Whole School Approach to Careers: Compass+ Inset Day Training at Chipping Sodbury School
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Employability and Skills
Inspiring the Next Generation of Green Scientists 
Employability and Skills
From Classrooms to Careers: COWI and the West of England Careers Hub inspire the engineers of tomorrow
Employability and Skills
Careers Hub supports special education needs students to access work experience opportunities
Employability and Skills
Local business volunteer supports Bristol school to deliver virtual employer talks
Skills
West of England Careers Hub – Brimsham Green School
Skills
West of England Careers Hub – Chew Valley School
Skills
West of England Careers Hub – Abbeywood Community School (OAT)
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"Working with the Careers Hub has been transformative: the team provide the perfect balance of support and challenge needed to effect real and significant improvement in our careers provision for all members of the school community."

Caroline McClean - Assistant Principal Head of Sixth Form and Careers Lead

Meet the Enterprise Advisor

Since becoming an Enterprise Adviser in 2019, I have been supporting St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School, which is conveniently located near our offices. This role has provided an opportunity to volunteer and assist the school in developing its strategic career programme and enhancing employer engagement opportunities. 

Through my firm’s responsible business initiatives we’ve been able to provide meaningful employer engagement across all year groups including hosting students at our offices to give them a taste of what working in a corporate environment looks like.  We also promote our work experience and mentorship schemes, access to student open days and careers talks highlighting the various roles available in a law firm and the different routes open to students interested in pursuing a career in law. 

As Enterprise Advisor to St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School I’m delighted we’ve been able to form a partnership.  This has enabled us to utilise volunteering opportunities within the firm to provide more resource to support the school’s careers programme including more employer engagement opportunities across all ages and a mentoring scheme.

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    Enterprise Advisor Jess Denton