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Careers conference: Amplify your alumni - Develop a thriving alumni community and boost your careers provision


Young people can't be what they can't see.

Relatable role models show young people first-hand what they can become and what ‘someone like me’ can achieve. They challenge stereotypes, raise aspirations, and help to unlock potential.

Schools have a great untapped resource: alumni – individuals who once studied with you, and have now gone on into multiple industries, and sectors, and taken a wide range of career paths. They can be a valuable and important part of career guidance.

Join us during National School Alumni Week for a series of online workshops full of practical advice, top tips and ideas to help you amplify your alumni network to improve your careers provision, meet the Gatsby Benchmarks and boost social mobility.

Programme

Tuesday 1st July

3.45pm to 4.15pm:  Hitting the mark: working with your alumni to meet the Gatsby benchmarks - Vic Geary, Future First resident Careers Lead

4.30pm to 5pm: Seeing it from all sides:  panel discussion with 

  • Vic Geary, Careers Lead

  • Rob Cremona, Gatsby Foundation

  • Abby Vaughan, Shawbrook Bank

  • Mark Feerick, Chief Analyst and Alumni Volunteer

Wednesday 2nd July

3.45pm to 4.15pm: Your best year yet: Creating an alumni strategy for the year ahead - Georgie Lumu, Membership Manager and Mark Higgins, Head of Membership, Future First

4.30pm to 5pm: Making it fun: Tips and free resources to keep your alumni engaged - Future First delivery team

Thursday 3rd July

3.45pm to 4.15pm: Build it and they will come: How to build and foster a great community - Caroline Dowson, Volunteers Manager, and Sarah-Jane Freni, Comms Lead, Future First

4.30pm to 5pm: Setting you up for success: Launching our new alumni engagement course with the Careers and Enterprise Company - Marie Jobson, The Careers and Enterprise Company and Mark Higgins, Future First

Friday 4th July

8am to 8.30am: Making it work for you - Drop in Q&A with the Future First Team (Future First members only)

 

Meet some of our speakers

 

This event is free for all staff of Future First member schools. For non-members, tickets are £5 per person per session or £25 for all 6 sessions. If you need help booking a place, please contact us at info@futurefirst.org.uk