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Update your browserThe London Careers Festival is an annual summer event which seeks to connect pupils from primary to post 16 with the world of work, fueling imaginations, developing skills, and inspiring futures.
London Careers Festival 2022 will build on the success of previous year’s events (2019-21) which connected over 20,000 pupils with more than 120 organisations.
This year’s event will be a blend of virtual and in-person as follows:
Virtual festival 20-24 June
In-person festival 27 June – 1 July
In 2020, 100% of teachers responded positively to the festival
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London Careers Festival aims to:
92% of teachers said they would recommend LCF to other teachers and schools in 2021.
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A key theme for the London Careers Festival is what we call ‘Fusion Skills’.
Fusion Skills are a set of 12 skills which employers have told us are fundamental to the world of work now and in the future
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The 12 Fusion Skills are:
In the 2019 festival, it emerged that pupils found it easier to talk about the skills they want to use when they leave school (e.g. being creative, working in teams) rather than specific jobs. Similarly, many employers were interested in showcasing the skills needed to work in their jobs.
As a result, we enable schools to filter the festival events by Fusion Skill.
The London Careers Festival is for pupils from the following age group:
In 2021:
In 2020:
Any queries ahead of London Careers Festival, please do email the team at lcf@cityoflondon.gov.uk
For several years, the Livery Schools Link (LSL) have hosted the Livery Showcase which invites pupils from across London to hear from trades and professionals related to the Livery Companies to learn about the jobs on offer, talk to employers, and receive advice on pathways and routes to employment.
Similarly, The Stationers’ Company started to host Apprentice Careers events from 2018 under the brand of ApprenticeFutures. The event was hosted at Ravensbourne University in 2018 where it was hugely successful, so much so that it needed a bigger venue. It moved to the Guildhall in 2019 and became a part of the London Career Festival. In 2020 it went ‘virtual with 10 employers and their apprentices running sessions for students interested in finding out about their apprenticeship programmes.
The vision for the London Careers Festival was to bring together these two highly-valued and successful events and amplify them with the many and long-standing industry partnerships of the City Corporation to collaborate on a week-long festival focused on linking learners to professionals, employers and apprenticeship providers across a range of jobs and sectors. Schools across London would be invited to participate with a choice of events and workshops across the week.
So London Careers Festival was launched and delivered for the first time in 2019! ApprenticeFutures and the Livery Showcase took centre stage over two days at the Guildhall, and a range of employers across London hosted ‘fringe’ career events in their workplaces. There were 5,046 bookings, from 113 schools, hosted by 128 organisations and Livery Companies for events in 2019.
So London Careers Festival was launched and delivered for the first time in 2019! Apprentice 19 and the Livery Showcase took center stage over two days at the Guildhall, and a range of employers across London hosted ‘fringe’ career events in their workplaces. There were 5,046 bookings, from 113 schools, hosted by 128 organisations and Livery Companies for events in 2019.
ApprenticeFutures is an initiative by the Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers. We are a Livery Company in the City of London granted a royal charter in 1557, our membership has strong links with the Communications and Content Industries. You can find out more about us here: www.stationers.org.
The ApprenticeFutures runs the annual two day Apprentice Careers event at the Guildhall in London as part of London Careers Festival. This event brings together a large number of well-known employers, providers, colleges and universities all of whom are involved in apprenticeship. Its also has its own website designed to help anyone seeking to find out more about Apprenticeships. From what an apprenticeship is, potential apprenticeship roles in specific industries and sectors, information and feedback from apprentices themselves about what it is like to be an apprentice, to organisations that can help identify, recruit and manage placements as well as those that give general career advice and guidance.
The Stationers have supported those undertaking apprenticeships in our industries for centuries so it is only natural that we continue to do so, promoting and advocating apprenticeships to potential candidates through our membership and through the use of new technology. We think it is important to encourage and support the aspirations of young people across the country as they consider their post-school choices as well as the ambitions of others who may already be in employment but looking to take on new skills and/or make a career change through an apprenticeship.
Please browse the website and give us any feedback you would like to by emailing apprenticefutures@stationers.org – we welcome all feedback, be it positive or constructively critical, so that we can continue to adapt the website to make it more and more useful.
For more information visit our website here.
Livery Schools Link works with Livery Companies and schools to benefit young people in education.
For more information visit their website here.
The Association of Apprentices (AoA) is a not-for-profit, UK-wide membership organisation for current apprentices and apprentices who have recently completed their programme. We provide the UK’s only dedicated social and professional networking platform that connects thousands of apprentices for peer-to-peer support and learning. Our members join to:
Visit the AoA website here: Association of Apprentices