Research to understand what attracts young people to careers and how we can encourage them into sustainable community careers
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| Project Title | Project Aims |
| Sustainability Mentoring | To provide graduate and final-year university students with mentoring from regeneration practitioners. Sept 05-May 06 and repeat next year. |
| Places matter | To engage schools and the public in developing understanding of quality built environments. Ongoing. |
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| Project Title | Project Aims |
| New Regenerators | To further understanding of what is known by young people about regeneration and how best to encourage young people to choose a regeneration career. March 2005. |
| Regeneration Placement Service | To encourage entrance into 'core occupations' and to encourage diversity in these occupations. To raise the profile of regeneration careers, providing work placements for young people through our Regeneration Placement Service and sharing good practice on graduate recruitment and development. Dec 03 – ongoing. |
| Career Development Project | A sustained campaign to raise awareness of careers in regeneration and core occupations with young people in colleges and universities. Sharing good practice on graduate recruitment and development with employers and working with careers centres and their advisors to raise the profile of careers in this sector. |
| Young People’s Perceptions of the Public Service Sector | The Public Service (PS) Compact commissioned the production of a report, including a short film, identifying trends in young people’s perceptions of the PS, and also to challenge some preconceptions about the attitudes of young people in this age group. This research demonstrates the need to promote the benefits and opportunities within the sector, the types of careers available and the make up of the sector, as well as challenge some of the existing perceptions of what the sector can offer as an employer. June 2005 for the DVD. Further work planned. |
| Careers in Public Service DVD | As a follow up to the Young People’s Perceptions DVD, the Compact commissioned the production of Public Service Careers Information DVD to reverse some of the negative preconceptions. The research and DVD investigates and promotes the benefits of working in the Public Service sector, and helps inform a wide range of individuals about the highly diverse choice of opportunities available. March 2006. |
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| Project Title | Project Aims |
| i-town/my town Youth engagement project | To capture the views and opinions of young people relating to their towns. To provide a forum in which to have their views heard by the Town Teams. Ongoing 2006. |
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| Project Title | Project Aims |
| Careers events with CIC East | Bringing all built environment professions together as part of ODPM pilot programme. To demonstrate to young people choosing careers the range of built environment professions and how they interrelate - rather than looking at each profession individually. Completed Spring 05. |
| GCSE Geography | Project with Geographical Association, CABE and North West to develop new modules for GCSE geography, 04/05. |
| Interviews | Series of interviews with sustainable communities professionals exploring how and why they entered their chosen profession. All interviews published at www.inspire-east.org.uk. |
| See East Midlands (CABE Housing Audit) | |
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| Project Title | Project Aims |
| Network Learning | Recommendation made to develop pathways into regeneration for young people. Report March 2006. Recommendations link with possible future commissioning by ASC. |
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| Project Title | Project Aims |
| BSF Student Conference | Engaging year 9 students in their physical environment (school). Conference – 30 June. 150+ young people. |
| Opun Education programme | Engaging young people in dialogues around the built environment. CABE-supported programme – July 06 for two years. |
| LSC project re buildings for education | Engaging 14–19's, adult learners and employers in identifying what's best in term of learning environments. Research phase ongoing – reporting Oct. |
| CABE Housing Audit | Potential link with Opun education and place-making agenda. Commence Jan 07 for East and West Midlands, East of England and South West. |
| Planning Capacity | Ongoing discussions with LSC and East Midlands Further Education Council to encourage and develop programme for recruiting and highlighting skills needed and professions in SC sector from 16+. |
