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Don't be bound so much by educational standard progression routes that aren't led by skills for work, but by our administrative desires

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Students travel independently and can find opportunities across London and beyond

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West Ham, East Ham and Newham all had good employer links in the past, some still on our curriculums,

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Need to start being more realistic with expectations for students

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Removing a bad reputation

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More person-centred planning for work experience looking for specific opportunities rather than giving a choice from a few available employers

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Need more inventive ways to engage with employers

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Need more inventive ways to engage with employers

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Using generic retail placements which could be more specific to curriculum

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Apprenticeships
Change focus away from just business admin to more practical skills. Stop current offers with no employer links.

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Assuming that all opportunities are for the 16-18s.
Adult work experience opportunities could be available

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Employers need to be involved in curriculum development
The courses need to be responsive to employer feedback
Encourage students resilience in solving personal challenges
Since the gate is being widened for students with disabilities, we need to ensure that NUC provide resources to support them throughout

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Don't focus on the pathway to university if it is not right for the learner. Equip learner with the right skills for the workplace, not just for further academic progression - we should be advising learners on which jobs they can go into at every level.

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Make sure that they are aware of the path progression, what they can achieve and how.

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Ensuring our we can trust our students can be trusted

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stop waiting for employers to come to us

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Providing work experience for every pupil 

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Providing work experience for every pupil 

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One possible barrier is that different departments work in silos and up to this point and could possibly work better together. This could be improved by increasing communication between departments so each knows and appreciates what the others are doing.

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Engaging with just curriculum

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Meetings with employers to identify their specific workforce needs and develop more bespoke trading modules

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better collaboration across the college

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Have students working in the college as part of their study programme. Have more apprentices spread across different departments within the college.

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Learners placed on work experiences that are not related or beneficial to thier course, especially sciences.

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Stop working with employers thay do not offer structural employment opportunity.

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Send only students that are absolutely ready for work experience

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Increase awareness among staff regarding the employer links we already have.

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Students not thinking about the “end game”

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and continue and improve

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To let them know what to expect from work rather than immediately starting and commiting to placements

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Complete VLE, register merging to produce a final virtual CV for our students and also work further on getting our systems online

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Offering tailor made training for specific employment positions

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Non aligned learning outcomes with employers

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Non aligned learning outcomes with employers

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To stop having learning outcomes that are academic only but also strategically aligned with employer needs

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Our learners are in work experience, but should have the opportunity to work at different levels, according to their level of course

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Need to start educating employers about the potential of students with SEND. Need to work with employers to improve inclusion in the place of work and the community

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needs to be embedded within the college, driven and managed as a corporate priority

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Summer camps/placements

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Marketing blitz with all employers in Newham to determine staff needs. Use this information to determine needs. College can then go into these workplaces and do training even for an hour.

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Marketing blitz with all employers in Newham to determine staff needs. Use this information to determine needs. College can then go into these workplaces and do training even for an hour.

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Introduce employers to the learners and invite them into talk to learners before hand and deliver employability workshops in school.

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Get apprenticeships with the council, and their varying departments. To ensure our students/ local residence and borough all benefit long term

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Too many external employers in London to warrant placing students in Newham College

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Confusion in how to highlight employer endorsements, where do we go?

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Focus on being on time, getting work ready

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Give all staff specialist careers advice training, so that we can provide our learners with information about careers at their level

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answering calls and calling back missed calls

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answering calls and calling back missed calls

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promoting and marketing to new potential employers

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Bank of workshops to develop team work, communicative, office, presentions skills, time management etc. Open to all students.

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Accepting lateness, skipping eng and maths - change the student culture

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Make sure learners are prepared for employers and understand the demands that will be placed on them.

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External assessments of more holistic aspects of life here.

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Encouragement and information for starting their own business 

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Encouragement and information for starting their own business 

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To engage with new employers and getting new leads

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To engage with new employers and getting new leads

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More communication re which employers we are already endorsed with.  Which new ones are on our books.

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Promote and publicise our current employer partnerships more

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Promote and publicise our current employer partnerships more

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Include existing companies on website

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Employment and industry week college wide

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contiue with excellent customer service 

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contiue with excellent customer service 

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continue to deliver innovative employer-led courses

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continue to deliver innovative employer-led courses

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Guidelines for creating an employer link?

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Guidelines for creating an employer link?

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Create a set of guidelines for staff to follow if they think they have an employer link that they could share, I.e. what’s the first step to take?

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Limited resources and maximise all fields

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Limited resources and maximise all fields

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Who are some potential unseen employers?

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Make it worthwhile for small local employers to get involved- for instance a local restaurant probably needs ESOL for their existing emplyees

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To encourage students to engage with work experience more.

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“It’s someone else’s job”

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Find out what our students are doing outside college. eg part time  or weekend work and see if we can bridge the gap.

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 “ the left hand should know what the right hand is doing” 

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 “ the left hand should know what the right hand is doing” 

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Work experience to liaise with staff in curriculum

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Links with volunteering organisations (not just charity shops!!!?!)

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All teaching staff need to develop employer focused teaching models, and have employers supoort teach on programs

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A bit more effort should be put into placing learners on work experiences they can truly learn some vocation from

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Invite employers in regularly to talk to specific learners and courses

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Stop using internal language for external communications 

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Stop using internal language for external communications 

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Acronyms and abbreviations that sound good in meetings but don’t translate to the general public

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Prepare students before hand about employment practices.

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Specialist Employability officers needed for program

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Specialist Employability officers needed for program

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Employability focus with placment and employability built into all programs

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Most learners are ESOL keep on linking this with employment

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More big companies - more support, more mentoring, more opportunites

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strong working relationship with your team members to ensure we have motivated employees

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strong working relationship with your team members to ensure we have motivated employees

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Use our students who aren’t in workplace to promote college with their employers 

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Use our students who aren’t in workplace to promote college with their employers 

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College as a business, as well as a college. The students are important but the success of the college is through the support of academic and business staff.

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newsfeeds on the screen in Admissions/front of house

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newsfeeds on the screen in Admissions/front of house

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Simplify admin and paperwork for teacher, too much

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Simplify admin and paperwork for teacher, too much

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time is a barrier and having allocated links

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time is a barrier and having allocated links

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Are the courses relevant to the job market

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Are the courses relevant to the job market

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limited focus on employability skills in the classroom

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limited focus on employability skills in the classroom

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better understanding and communication between departments

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better understanding and communication between departments

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breaking down stereotypes of Newham students and what work experience involves. Evidence-feedback from current  emplyers

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breaking down stereotypes of Newham students and what work experience involves. Evidence-feedback from current  emplyers

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more creative in approaching employers, from perspective of student (with special needs) and be creative in the jobs that need doing

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more creative in approaching employers, from perspective of student (with special needs) and be creative in the jobs that need doing

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Time

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Thinking is someone else’s job to get links and leads for employers (ie assumption it’s Apprenticeship or Work Exp Team Job.)

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one staff in each department to do employer endorsement once a month

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one staff in each department to do employer endorsement once a month

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Everyone is focused on outcomes and achievement and neglecting the next part of a learners journey

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ALL students should have the W/E opportunity. Inside it’s restricted to the courses the students are on or their academic/language ability (IE Esol studnets and Send not getting the same Opps)

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Basic English and maths courses stand alonefor  adults

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continue with supported internship and expand that

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continue with supported internship and expand that

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The college needs someone to co ordinate the Employer engagement and mange/maintain the relationships and the route of (Acknowledge, Acceptance, Trust, Bond) there is another level but I have forgotten what it is. Will get back to you.