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My Journey As A Network Degree Apprentice at BT

Meet Tom Culley, undertaking a Network Degree Apprenticeship with BT, and a member of the Pathway CTM Student Advisory Board. Here Tom gives a snapshot into his life as an apprentice. Interviewed by Krishna Solanki. What do you generally do on a day-to-day basis as a Network Degree Apprentice? Currently, I’m a network engineer working […]

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My Career Path To A Technology Degree Apprenticeship

Interviewed by Krishna Solanki Meet Destiny O’Shaughnessy, who is undertaking a Technology Degree Apprenticeship with Accenture and is a member of the Pathway CTM Student Advisory Board. Here she discusses her insight and experiences as an apprentice. What does a typical day look like as a Technology Degree Apprentice?A typical day for me varies, although […]

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My Thoughts On The Journey Of An Olympian

Written by Krishna Solanki Having watched the webinar with former badminton world champion Gail Emms MBE, which Pathway CTM hosted on the 24th April, I was struck by the sheer drive and motivation that she mentioned having whilst working towards her tournaments, and it inspired me to consider ways in which I could implement those […]

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Journey To A Surveying Apprenticeship

Meet Ali Siddiqi, an Apprentice Surveyor for JLL, and a member of The Pathway CTM Student Advisory Board. Ali shares his journey from 6th Form to Apprentice. What does your day look like as an Apprentice Surveyor? As an apprentice, I work at the JLL headquarters for 4 days each week, studying my degree on […]

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Week 6 In Review

The online delivery at Pathway CTM continues into week 6 of lockdown and schools not being (properly) open. Our webinar workshops are consistently being uploaded to our YouTube channel and we now have in place a podcast to showcase the most relevant podcast for teachers and parents, to listen to. This week we have uploaded […]

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From East London To The City!

Tell us about yourself and your Apprenticeship I am Mahmood Ally and I am currently on a 4.5 year Accounting and Taxation degree apprenticeship with EY, where I am currently working in the Assurance service line. Assurance is where we would work with large household companies and the government to help them publish accurate financial […]

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How Do I Decide What’s Next?

What odd times we are living in. I mean seriously odd. But amongst all this madness, why not take some time to stop and pause – have a proper think about what it is you want to do once you leave school, and the pathway you’re going to pursue to get there. There are hundreds […]

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Week 5 in review: Influencers, Work Experience & Olympians

Week 5 kicked off with a mindfulness session delivered with Pret a Manger, that proved to be receptive amongst our student network. I hope this session resource (found on our YouTube channel, link at end of blog), can get lots more use from our community, as we take into consideration the impact that isolation is […]

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Maintaining Good Mental Health During Lockdown

Written by Krishna Solanki Although feelings of stress are a normal response to the current unusual circumstances, it is important that we try to lower the impact it has on ourselves, both physically and emotionally. You may feel the stress of keeping on top of schoolwork, preparing for higher education, or just dealing with the […]

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How To Get Involved With Pathway CTM Online Programme

Pathway CTM – Providing online employability workshops to continue the support of young people into successful employment outcomes. How you can help?! Highlights –Daily online workshops, webinars and broadcasts put on for our 28,000 students-Weekly Parent Newsletter, Insight Webinars and Teacher Resources-Year 11, 12 & 13 Pipeline Programmes to employment outcomes-Tailored Programmes focused on Diversity […]

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Online Event Strategies To Engage Young People Over The Coronavirus Period.

At Pathway CTM we have been speaking to our close network of schools/colleges and employers in order to help provide solutions and stability in the uncertain climate around coronavirus. We want to share some best practice to help companies who are keen to be agile and make sure they can continue to engage with students […]

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Easter In Review

By Chris McNamara Easter flew by didn’t it!? At Pathway CTM, we have continued with our daily webinars, as 87% of our webinar student attendees have said how Easter didn’t feel like normal, with students appearing to appreciate continuing activity to be involved with during this isolation. So that was the story of our holiday […]

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