March 2021 - National Careers Week 2021

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Joseph Leckie Academy are celebrating National Careers Week 2021 on the week commencing Monday 1st March. Mrs Ebanks-Powell, the Academy's Careers Coordinator, has worked hard to put together a fantastic SharePoint page for National Careers Week 2021 which can be found on the Careers Education and Guidance SharePoint site. There's loads of activities, stories and links for students in all years to explore.

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Happy National Careers Week 2021

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February 2021 - Apprenticeship Roadshow

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Year 11 and 13 students who are interested in future employment as an apprentice have been invited to attend the Walsall Apprenticeship Roadshow which takes place virtually this year via MicroSoft Teams. Apprenticeship employers and training providers will be speaking at the event, including Walsall Council, Walsall College, The West Midlands Police and In-Comm Training.

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January 2021 - New Enterprise Advisor for Joseph Leckie Academy

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Joseph Leckie Academy would like to welcome Kat Betts from Barhale as the Academy's new Enterprise Advisor. Kat brings a host of experience from various roles in HR and the business world which will be of great help to our Careers provision within the Academy. We would like to thank Stuart Parker from In-Comm training who has worked tirelessly to  support the Academy for three years as our Enterprise Advisor and wish him all the best with his future endeavours.

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October 2020 - Year 11 Practice Interviews

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Year 11 practice interviews have had to be re-arranged due to the on going Covid 19 situation. We are now hoping that these will take place sometime in the new year. Mr Edge, our Careers Leader says "Practice job interviews are vitally important for our Year 11 students. We want all of our students to leave Joseph Leckie Academy having had the experience of undertaking a 30 minute one-to-one job interview. I am hoping that we are able to re-arrange this day in the new year."

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September 2020 - Unifrog

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Students in all year groups will now have a log in for Unifrog. Students should check their emails for an email from unifrog with sign up instructions. If a student can't find their username then they should access Unifrog and click on the forgotten password link - enter their Academy email address and then check their emails for instructions.

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July 2020 - Work Experience Update

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Unfortunately due to the Covid-19 situation the difficult decision has been made to cancel work experience for Year 12 students which was due to take place on the week commencing 13th July 2020. Students are being supported with finding placements at a future date, most likely to be during a school holiday in the academic year 2020-21. Employers, students and parents have been written to by our Careers Leader Mr Edge, but if you would like further information then please do not hesitate to contact Mr Edge via email.

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February 2020 - Apprenticeship Information Sessions

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Stuart Parker, the Academy’s Enterprise Adviser (also of In-Comm Training), came to visit the Academy to talk to Year 12 and 13 students about Apprenticeships in Business and Engineering as an alternative option to university. The students found the session very useful. Stuart will be working with more of our students in the future.

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