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Get free Digital Careers resources for your school
We worked with a wide variety of the region's Digital employers to produce careers resources that would help young people understand the exciting opportunities available in Digital and Tech. Get the resources free of charge now.
Read more >>20 Dec 2018
Bradford Academy Sponsor Day
Now in its fourth year, the Bradford Sponsor Day helps students between the age of 11 and 16 to develop the skills needed for life in employment, by providing pupils with an opportunity to talk to businesses about working life, and different career paths.
Read more >>27 Nov 2018
Children's Take Over Day
Last Friday, students from Leeds West Academy were invited to Ahead Partnership’s head offices to take over our creative department for a day.
Read more >>27 Nov 2018
BNY Mellon attend Interactive Panel at Rodillian Academy
This is part of a series of Digital focused events funded by United Way Worldwide through the generosity of BNY Mellon.
Read more >>22 Oct 2018
Ahead Partnership's first Coffee & Catch up with Keepmoat
This is the first of a series of blogs where we catch up with some of the businesses that we work with, get to know what they do in more detail and why they get involved in our activites. This month, we had a chat with Matthew Lawrie from Keepmoat homes in Doncaster.
Read more >>09 Oct 2018
Sixth form students to discover Birmingham's fintech sector with PWC
Sixth form students from schools across Birmingham are getting an introduction to the world of FinTech with the help of business volunteers at an interactive Industry Day at PwC’s city centre office.
Read more >>27 Sep 2018
Students quiz the professionals at PwC and delve into the world of Professional Services
Students from schools across Leeds and Birmingham are getting an introduction to the world of professional services with the help of business volunteers at an interactive panel session at PwC’s city centre offices.
Read more >>19 Sep 2018
Sixth Form students to discover Leeds' Fintech opportunities with PwC
Sixth form students from schools across Leeds are getting an introduction to the world of FinTech with the help of business volunteers at an interactive Industry Day at PwC’s city centre office.
Read more >>18 Sep 2018
Laidlaw Scholars from Leeds University help primary school students with the WOW Factor
10 Laidlaw Scholar students from Leeds University took part in two World of Work (WoW) Days at primary schools in the city earlier this month, sharing their skills and knowledge with 60 primary school pupils.
Read more >>30 Jul 2018
Bradford students create marketing campaign for First West Yorkshire
Local bus operator, First West Yorkshire, has worked with students from Parkside School in Cullingworth and Hanson Academy this month to design a marketing campaign to encourage more teens to travel by bus.
Read more >>27 Jul 2018
Bingley students and Northern Powergrid host 1940s vintage community fair
Northern Powergrid partnered with social enterprise Ahead Partnership to deliver 'Watt a Community!' a brand new competition to get students thinking about vulnerability within their local community.
Read more >>11 Jul 2018
Grey Coat Hospital School students visit top Victoria businesses
Year 9 students from Grey Coat Hospital School in London, got a chance to experience a real workplace with help from Victoria Business Improvement District.
Read more >>10 Jul 2018
Pinsent Masons support Cockburn School ambassadors with communication skills
Pinsent Masons continue their fourteen-year support of Cockburn School with a workshop experience for their student ambassadors and Head Boy/Girl applicants this summer.
Read more >>05 Jul 2018
BPS Birmingham to Stage its’ Third Professional Services Week Bringing Business and Schools Together
BPS Birmingham will be staging its third Professional Services Week between Monday 25 and Friday 29 June. The initiative aims to raise the aspirations of students currently studying in the region’s schools to consider a career in Professional Services, the largest and fastest growing sector in the West Midlands.
Read more >>21 Jun 2018
New book highlights the global impact of Leeds innovators and pioneers - include Ahead Partnership!
A new book, ‘Leeds: Cradle of Innovation’, celebrates Leeds innovators of the past and present and sets the scene for future innovations.
Read more >>14 Jun 2018
The Careers & Enterprise Company invests in local projects to help bring the world of work to life for young people in Bradford & Doncaster
The Careers & Enterprise Company today (7 June) announced the successful recipients of its £1.5 million Opportunity Area Fund which is invested in programmes across Opportunity Areas including Bradford, Doncaster and surrounding areas to help thousands of young people in the region prepare for the fast-changing world of work.
Read more >>07 Jun 2018
Watt a Community! Northern Powergrid helps Middlesborough pupils raise awareness of vulnerable people
Northern Powergrid is helping year nine and ten pupils from Unity City Academy in Middlesbrough create their own community event to reach out to and raise awareness of vulnerable people in the area they live.
Read more >>06 Jun 2018
Wetherby School students develop essential skills with exciting enterprise challenge
Year 9 students from Wetherby School developed their communication, presentation, teamwork and enterprise skills with the help of local business volunteers by designing their 'Hotel of the Future'.
Read more >>01 Jun 2018
DLA Piper support inner city Leeds schools with Make the Grade
DLA Piper has supported over 1300 local students this academic year in a bid to boost employability skills and raise awareness of the career opportunities available in professional services in Leeds City Region.
Read more >>31 May 2018
Capsticks Opening Doors prepares Birmingham students for life beyond school
Opening Doors with law firm Capsticks in Birmingham took place last month with a bespoke day to help prepare local Year 10 students for either university or life beyond school.
Read more >>30 May 2018
University Academy Keighley's biggest interview assessment day
Business volunteers from Airedale Enterprise Services, Northcliffe Mortgages, Rotherwood Recruitment, UK Asset Resolution and Craven College were among the professionals giving University Academy Keighley's Year 10 students their first taste of a real interview in April.
Read more >>28 May 2018
Ahead Partnership help Leeds West Academy students build their confidence with enterprise challenge
Ahead Partnership worked with local business volunteers from Barclays to deliver a series of enterprise workshops aimed at building the confidence of a select group of their students, allowing them to work on an exciting business challenge to develop skills such as communication, team work and business acumen.
Read more >>21 May 2018
ARRIS help Titus Salt School launch GCSE Engineering course with exciting challenge
To help Titus Salt School in Bradford launch their brand new GCSE Engineering course in September 2018, global leader in entertainment, communications and networking technology ARRIS based in Saltaire challenged 22 of their students to an immersive Consumer Electronics Challenge.
Read more >>17 May 2018
Birmingham Digital project welcoming schools and employers this autumn
With investment from the Greater Birmingham & Solihull LEP, we'll be starting a new digital project in the coming weeks to help young people in the region get a better idea of the exciting opportunities within the digital and tech sector.
Read more >>09 May 2018
Make the Grade in STEM set to launch in Birmingham
Make the Grade in STEM Birmingham will include a range of exciting and innovative employer-led activities for young people next academic year to help link employers to young people and help them understand career opportunities in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) in the region.
Read more >>03 May 2018
Opportunities for employers and schools at Birmingham Professional Services Week
Professional Services Week is a week of activities across Birmingham for secondary schools to raise awareness of and enthusiasm for careers in the professional, financial and business services (BPS) sector. We have opportunities for employers and schools to get involved.
Read more >>27 Apr 2018
St Wilfrid's students put their burning questions to Wakefield employers
Year 10 Media Studies students from St Wilfrid's Academy in Wakefield asked their questions about working in the creative industries with an interactive panel of Yorkshire businesses.
Read more >>12 Apr 2018
#GirlTechLCR helps young women discover tech for Leeds Digital Festival
Female students from four schools across Leeds and Bradford are getting an introduction to the world of digital with the help of volunteers from tech firms across the Leeds City Region for Leeds Digital Festival.
Read more >>12 Apr 2018
Gateley plc challenge students in Birmingham to open their own business
International law firm Gateley plc asked Year 10 students from Lyndon School and Tile Cross Academy to design and pitch a new idea for a pet grooming business in a bid to help them develop their business planning and essential employability skills.
Read more >>11 Apr 2018
Farnley Academy mentoring programme graduates on track for success with help from KPMG Leeds
Year 9 and 10 students from Farnley Academy in Leeds have completed a group mentoring programme with mentors with KPMG. The mentoring is part of the NCOP programme which is aimed at supporting the most disadvantaged young people in England in progress on to Higher Education.
Read more >>03 Apr 2018
Eco-friendly airline wins Birmingham Airport Challenge
An eco-friendly airline concept developed by students from Chelmsley Wood was awarded first place in The Birmingham Airport ‘Launch an Airline’ Challenge.
Read more >>28 Mar 2018
Winners announced at final of ‘Made in Portsmouth’ competition at Gunwharf Quays
A panel of Dragons Den-style judges were wowed by the business plans and innovative product ideas that were showcased by teams of students as part of the Made in Portsmouth project.
Read more >>23 Mar 2018
Integrated Bradford Make the Grade wins T&A Schools Award
Our Make the Grade programme with Integrated Bradford won a Telegraph & Argus Schools Award last Thursday 15 March.
Read more >>20 Mar 2018
Leeds East Academy students hone their interview skills
Business volunteers from Arup, DLA Piper, Calbee, RBS and Transpennine Express were among the professionals giving Leeds East Academy's students their first taste of a real interview last week.
Read more >>13 Mar 2018
Free Northern Powergrid education resources launched to support local teachers and pupils
Northern Powergrid, the region's electricity distributor, has launched a suite of new education resources to help teachers deliver science, technology, engineering maths, (STEM) and citizenship lessons to 7 to 14 year olds.
Read more >>23 Feb 2018
Gunwharf Quays launches Made in Portsmouth challenge
24 students from The Charter Academy, Portmouth Academy and King Richard's School were set a special challenge by Landsec and Gunwharf Quays earlier this month - with an enthusiastic response from local students.
Read more >>22 Feb 2018
Successful project encourages city students to stay on in Leeds
#INLEEDSDAY2018, a student-led initiative that supports graduate retention across Leeds, will see businesses host groups of students on a series of workplace visits and has attracted support from Jake Berry, the Northern Powerhouse Minister.
Read more >>19 Feb 2018
Leeds pupils sleep out to help homeless young people
Pupils at the Co-operative Academy of Leeds will be swapping their beds for sleeping bags this Friday (23 February), to raise funds for youth homelessness charity Centrepoint.
Read more >>18 Feb 2018
Government's new Careers Strategy: What does it mean for employer engagement in schools?
We work in partnership with businesses at a local and national level, to ensure young people are afforded the opportunity to meet professionals from all industries and walks of life. We want all volunteers to understand what this new strategy means for them, and how their work will be valued by schools.
Read more >>14 Feb 2018
Trinity Kitchen Challenge launches for fourth year
Young people from six schools in Leeds and Bradford are getting an opportunity to hone their business and enterprise skills with a unique challenge from Leeds’ Trinity Kitchen – the pop-up street food space at Trinity Leeds shopping centre in the city centre.
Read more >>12 Feb 2018
Carr Manor School & Capsticks take Social Action for Jane Tomlinson Appeal
Leeds charity Jane Tomlinson Appeal challenged 20 students from Carr Manor School to come up with a brand new fundraising idea as part of a Social Action project we've been running with the school.
Read more >>25 Jan 2018
Whitcliffe Mount School's Year 7 take on the world of work
Year 7 students from Whitcliffe Mount School in Cleckheaton learned all about the world of work from a host of local businesses this week, with 280 young people taking part in a Business & Enterprise Day.
Read more >>25 Jan 2018
Ahead Partnership secures national Chamber Business Award
We've been crowned the Best Business and Education Partnership nationally at the Chamber Business Awards 2017!
Read more >>08 Jan 2018
