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Funny, informal, impartial advice for young people, Year 9 upwards. Giving them the skills and agency to make the decisions they need to further their education and/or career.
#6thform #college #university #choices #publicspeaking #resilience
We've had a busy end of the academic year. Here are just a few of the schools, conferences and organisations we have been working with.

#outreach #supportingyoungpeople #employability #interviewskills #publicspeaking #careersadvice #aspirations #secondaryschools #colleges #university #funnysessions
July 16, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Some brilliant blog pieces this month from our student ambassadors. Get your students to read them here: www.push.co.uk/blog
And encourage them to sign up to receive our newsletter every time we publish a new one!

#studentnewsletter #buildingaspirations #findingjoy #volunteering #wideningaccess
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Striving to find 'the' path might feel like the right thing to do, but Tiffany says maybe supporting and interacting with others might help find direction and clarity.
www.push.co.uk
June 30, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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A really interesting article... the theory behind which can be simplified for younger students if required.

#controlwhatyoucan #supportingyoungpeople #mentalhealth #resilience #strategies #wellbeing #ingorethenoise
April 22, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Third annual visit to Reepham High School and College last week. We delivered our popular 'why go to uni?' session to this years Year 12.

Staff gave us ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'s

#CEIAG #secondaryschool #college #uniadvice #universityadvice #wideningaccess #wideningparticipation #raisingaspirations
March 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
March 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
#NCW2025 You can be interview ready...

Sell yourself to employers by being eloquent, confident and explaining how your skills and experience make you the candidate to hire!

www.push.co.uk/interview-sk...

#CEIAG #careers #sltchat #ukedchat #employability #interviewskills #youcan #brightfutures
March 5, 2025 at 9:06 AM
#NCW2025 #Youcan #aimhigh
By making the right choices you can set your goals high.
Push Talks' impartial, funny and interactive outreach can help students make those decisions.

#nationalcareersweek #careersadvice #CEIAG #employability #choices #fulfillingcareers #earlycareers #positivefutures
March 4, 2025 at 1:34 PM
🤔 Did you know? 🤔

Push is Skills Builder Partnership Impact Level 2 accredited - Public Speaking. It is an essential tool for work place, no matter what #careerpath our #youngpeople may choose.

#publicspeaking #essentialskills #raisingaspirations #secondaryschool #college #university #students
January 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Our first newsletter of 2025. Please recommend to your #students. They can join our mailing list and have access to monthly #advice and interesting #campaigns.

#studentnewsletter #studentsupport #university #college #sixthform #secondaryschool #apprenticeships
✍️Our 1st Apprenticeship interview ✍️
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January 21, 2025 at 12:33 PM
And we're back! Happy 2025 and here's to term 2.

#careersweek2025, Skills Builder, new speakers, new schools - follow us on Instagram: @push_talks

#buildingaspirations #resilience #studyskills #apprenticeships #university #secondaryschool #college #employability #publicspeaking #earlycareers
January 6, 2025 at 2:12 PM
We're now Impact Level 2 accredited!

Three of our most popular sessions:
- Public Speaking
- Make a life, not just a living
- Failure for Fuel - #resilience

#supportingyoungpeople #earlycareers #employabilityskills #buildingconfidence #outreachworks #buildingaspirations
December 17, 2024 at 3:16 PM
A good line heard today: “Taking advice isn’t a sign you’re not clever, it’s how you get to be clever.”
December 16, 2024 at 12:09 PM
Students at Walsall College benefited from some of our most popular sessions - Failure of Fuel, Smarter not Harder and Public Speaking.

We can deliver the same to your students!
#employabilityskills #publicspeaking #resilience #confidence
#outreachworks #buildingaspirations

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December 9, 2024 at 11:28 AM
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As the deadline for schools to publish their Pupil Premium strategies approaches, our Senior Schools Engagement Manager, @charleyo.bsky.social, has written a blog highlighting strategies that schools may wish to consider and the relevant research to back them up⬇️

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Pupil Premium strategies: A guide for teachers - The Sutton Trust
Senior Schools Engagement Manager, Charlotte, highlights Pupil Premium strategies schools may wish to consider.
www.suttontrust.com
December 6, 2024 at 9:33 AM
You just gotta love #BBCBitesize. There's produced a build-your-own revision timetable tool for GCSEs.
www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/art...
GCSE Exam Dates 2025 - Exam Timetables and Key Information - BBC Bitesize
Find out everything you need to know about the GCSE exams 2025 including dates, timetables and changes to exams to get your GCSE revision in shape.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 3, 2024 at 1:36 PM
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📄 Government will invest in 8 'youth trailblazer areas' to identify young people most at risk of falling out of education or employment and match them to jobs or training

More 'youth guarantee' plans to come in today's Get Britain Working white paper feweek.co.uk/get-britain-...
Get Britain Working white paper: 8 'youth trailblazer areas'
DWP also confirms plans to reform job centres by merging the national careers service
feweek.co.uk
November 26, 2024 at 11:39 AM
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A new #StarterPack for members and friends of the #FairAccessCoalition – working for social justice through access to and through UK #HigherEducation. Please share.

Sorry to the members I missed because I couldn't find you on BlueSky – give me a wave and I'll add you.

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November 22, 2024 at 3:25 PM
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Hi Bluesky, Push Students Guides are here and looking forward to expanding #opportunities for our #youngpeople via #educationchoices and #skillstraining
November 21, 2024 at 1:04 PM
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🚨 Hey, everyone! @push.co.uk is here!

In case you don't know, Push is the award-winning access and careers non-profit outreach organisation that I set up over 30 years ago.

Schools, unis, anyone who cares about opportunities for young people, please do give them a follow.
November 21, 2024 at 2:18 PM
Hi Bluesky, Push Students Guides are here and looking forward to expanding #opportunities for our #youngpeople via #educationchoices and #skillstraining
November 21, 2024 at 1:04 PM