WHAT’S HOT IN CAREER EDUCATION

🔥 FREE stuff to help career leaders, advisors & teachers…

• Free lesson plans about Design thinking, sustainability & more - Sign up now for free access to a growing library of teaching tools created in collaboration with leading partners in ed tech. This is a US archive but applicable in the UK too!

• Free lesson plans for 5-13 year olds to explore creativity - A series of interactive activities and classroom challenges to ask children (ages 7-11) big scientific and philosophical questions about how we experience the world and why the senses aren’t as simple as they seem. Dreamachine invites classes across the UK, and children at home, to take part in Life’s Big Questions – to investigate the amazing potential of the human brain and facilitate this nationwide survey into the senses for children.

• Free Digital Youth Hub for Manchester school leavers - The Digital Youth Hub is a 6 week digital skills training course for 18-24 year olds from the Greater Manchester area who are not in full-time education, training or employment. Perfect for school leavers who are looking for something to do over the summer!

  • Identifying your personal brand

  • Setting up an e-commerce business

  • Personal digital security

  • Evaluating your skills

  • Selling on social media

  • Managing budgets

  • Learning about creative digital careers

• Amazing Esports & gaming career resources - If you have students interested in the world of gaming, this is a good place to send them for more information. Their careers guide covers a wealth of possible jobs (and there are lots more than just ‘professional gamer’!) and it also has a great course locator for students who want to study in more detail.

Industry of the Week… Animation 🚨

Every newsletter we give you information about a creative industry you & your students should know about.

About the Animation industry:

• 💰 Lotsa money: the overall value of the animation sector is calculated at £911.9 million

• 📈 Employment is high: There are 15,390 jobs in the animation sector & supporting chain

• 🌳 There are plenty of jobs outside of London: 27% of our respondents working outside London

• 🏳️‍🌈 It’s highly LGBTQIA+ inclusive: 21.5% of animation workers identified as LGB+, more than 10x the ratio in the UK population

Labour Market Information:

• 📝 Here’s an amazing LMI resource that you & your students can use.

Want to know more about the latest creative industry news? Get your students to check out The ERIC App. We have loads of podcasts, videos, articles, events about the latest creative industry news. The app is free for anyone and everyone to use!

ABOUT THE ERIC APP

Our purpose at ERIC is to make sure every school in the UK is aware of how much the Creative Industries has grown in the last 20 years and how lucrative and exciting the careers available are.

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