MAY 2018 UPDATE

On 14th and 15th May, Claire our Graduate Digital Marketing Intern and Emily our Modern Apprentice went to King's Oak Primary School to tell the Primary 7's all about Modern Apprenticeships. They also learned about the various skills and qualities that are needed for different jobs. The P7s also had a great opportunity to have their say on what #educationshouldbe in the future - as part of our Year of Young People 2018 campaign.

Thank you for inviting us along for a great two days and well done to the two teams who won our Modern Apprentice Quiz! 

A huge thank you to Paul and Marissa from Spectrum for coming along to West College Scotland to recruit for and talk about the European Championships and other events being held in and around Glasgow this year. 

During May, our Programme Director, Bob Davidson, visited Paisley Grammar High School to give talks on 1) the business landscape in and around Paisley to the S2 year group and 2) a talk to S3 wider achievement class about entrepreneurship and being your own boss.

Emily our Modern Apprentice has written a blog post: "10 Things I didn't expect (or know) before becoming a Modern Apprentice!"

Check it out here: https://madiaries143672851.wordpress.com

Bob, our Programme Director, was invited to give the key note address at the recent annual UWS Celebrating Student Success event at their Paisley Campus. Bob who graduated from the University back in 1990 focused his talk on employability and the skills employers look for in graduates and how to evidence them.

On 31st May, our team were exhibiting at Invest in Renfrewshire's Job Fair held in Paisley Town Hall.

It was a fantastic day with employers from all different sectors offering over 500+ jobs! 

Bob and Hugh Gilbert from Atos gave a talk recently to the new S5's at Gryffe High School about CV's, application forms and interviews.

As 2018 is the Year of Young People the younger team members of DYW West and DYW Glasgow have teamed up to tackle the objective of the Year of Young People 2018.

If you are 26 or under, through this platform you are invited to contribute to a bank of thoughts around education in Scotland - by completing the sentence ‘Education should be…’ by visiting www.educationshouldbe.scot

This month we visited S1 and S2 pupils from Linwood High School to give them the opportunity to have their say and get involved with #educationshouldbe!

We’d like to encourage everyone to spread the word and get behind #educationshouldbe. Join the conversation on social media and find out more at @DYWWEST and @DYWGlasgow. Or check out our Instagram @educationshouldbe for more photos and updates!

A big thank you to Riverclyde Homes for inviting us along to the Larkfield Jobs Fair on 29th May!

The event, held at Larkfield Community Hall, was a great opportunity for the public to come and see the great jobs that were on offer.

Business people that are on Linkedin can offer up their time to support young people by signing up to Founder4Schools. Teaching staff from schools can use the site to find business people to support events at school such as careers events and talks. Using the site is simple & free, visit https://www.founders4schools.org.uk/ for more info.

Reminder to our E-News readers that we post lots of apprenticeship opportunities across our social media channels. So please make sure you follow us, our links are at the bottom of this newsletter.

Mailing Address:
Developing the Young Workforce West RE114,
West College Scotland,
Renfrew Road,
Paisley
PA3 4DR

Telephone: 0141 581 2352
Email: info@dywwest.co.uk