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Parliament Hill School Careers Education Programme 

Parliament Hill School is committed to developing Careers and Work-Related Learning across the curriculum. This learning is embedded in different subjects and supplemented through enrichment opportunities and clubs, through guest speakers and assemblies and through practical work activities such as work experience, visits and careers days. 

Apprenticeships, traineeships and further education colleges

Apprenticeships are available for anyone over the age of 16. There are up to 20,000 apprenticeships available in 1500 different roles in over 170 industries. 

Find out more about opportunities for apprenticeships on this website.

ASK Apprenticeships also have a range of useful information resources for students and parents.

Each year there is a National Apprenticeships Week in February. There will be an assembly for year 11 students during this week and information provided to Form Tutors to share with students. 

Traineeships are courses which involve work experience aimed at preparing you for an apprenticeship.  More information about these is available on the government website

For more information about career pathways that do not involve a university, visit the Not Going to Uni website

Universities 

For information for 6th form UCAS applications please contact:   

Director of LaSWAP: eschlesinger@parliamenthill.camden.sch.uk 
Careers Lead: RM@parliamenthill.camden.sch.uk
Achievement Team Leader for year 13: sjones@parliamenthill.camden.sch.uk 

Information about University information fairs can be found here

At Parliament Hill School we start learning about University life and possible degree courses from year 7.  In year 9, all students visit a local university and there are opportunities within subjects to learn more about relevant degree courses. 

The following universities have provided online resources, taster days and trips for students at Parliament Hill school in recent years: 

  • Girton College Cambridge: up to 3 Students in year 10 and 11 each year are selected to attend a Philosophy or a Geography taster session.
  • University of Southampton: Geography Department invites students to sample lectures and the opportunity to chat with current students about their courses. 
  • University of Hertfordshire: Offers taster lectures - for example students were invited to this lecture by a glacial scientist recently.
  • Swansea University: Offers advice and support on applying to university, personal statement writing and information about student life – here They have also offered students a Politcal and Cultural Studies Webinar recently. 
  • St Mary’s University, Twickenham regularly offers students a chance to hear from current university students and lecturers about their studies and experiences. They also offer advice for parents and students in preparing for the university application process.
  • University of Birmingham: research scientists have offered lectures for school students on climate change and Earth Science.
  • Royal Veterinary College: Students in year 9 regularly visit this local University.
  • University of Cumbria provide academic masterclasses on subjects that students do not typically study at school such as Occupational Therapy, Psychology and Physiotherapy.
  • UCL provide information for parents on applying to university. Their widening participation group offers a range of opportunities for students from Camden.

Careers, employers and organisations 

Students will have access to the careers library at lunchtimes and breaktimes and after school. They can use a laptop to spend some time researching different career options and finding out more about the skills and experiences they will need to develop to follow particular careers paths.   

The lists of links below are just a handful of the resources available to students, teachers and parents to support young people to follow their career pathway. We will continue to update this bank of resources. 

All student at Parliament Hill have access to Unifrog. This platform is a place for them to record their careers learning experiences and develop their careers pathway. They can search through videos and case studies of careers and ‘like’ those that interest them. There are also personality and aptitude quizzes that can be a useful starting point for students in identifying their own skills and interests. 

The following provide more information about careers education and the range of pathways and careers available: 

Information about careers in media, journalism and the arts: 

The Dance department benefit from links to The Place in Camden

The Media department offer the BBC Young Reporters club which provides students with opportunities to develop journalism skills.

Information about careers in Science, technology and engineering: 

The Science department benefit from their partnership with The Francis Crick Institute based in Kings Cross.

The geography department has worked with the organisation UrbanPlan to introduce students to careers in architecture, town planning, sustainability and law. 

The careers department coordinates a series of careers trips and events with DELTAs, an organisation which has been established to encourage students to consider careers in cyber security and legaltech. 

Information about legal and political careers 

Information about careers in management and finance 

The Business studies department have invited in guest speakers from a range of industries through a partnership with Speakers for Schools

Information about medical careers 


If you would like to speak to us about our Careers Education Programme please contact:

Rihana Maya
Careers and Enrichment Lead
020 7485 7077 
RM@parliamenthill.camden.sch.uk