We are dedicated to connecting with and supporting schools and colleges with their CEIAG activities. Our national team works closely with secondary schools across the UK, and have earned a reputation for providing a professional, informative and meaningful service to their students and staff.
We endeavour to inform young people about the many career opportunities that exist in the creative industries and wider creative economy, through a programme of events and activities that include:
The sessions we deliver aim to inform and enthuse young people about creative careers, helping them to make informed decisions about their future.
For more information and to make a booking, please email your local ACC Outreach and Events Officer, or email [email protected].
We will attend your marketplace style careers event to provide information to young people interested in careers in the creative industries. We will also provide information about our creative courses, their entry requirements, open days, taster days and how to apply.
We will bring pull-up banners, prospectuses and merch including pens, plectrums and badges. At the end of the event we can leave you a quantity of prospectuses for your careers library.
Session requirements:
We will attend your lunchtime careers drop in session to provide information to young people interested in careers in the creative industries. We will also provide information about our creative courses, their entry requirements, open days, taster days and how to apply.
We will bring pull-up banners, prospectuses and merch including pens, plectrums and badges. At the end of the event we can leave you a quantity of prospectuses for your careers library.
Session requirements:
Our creative careers assembly is a 20-minute talk that highlights the different sectors of the creative industries before moving on to talk about our vocational courses in music, media, games, computing and esports. It also covers our entry requirements and next steps in the applicant journey including open days, taster days and how to apply.
Session requirements:
We will attend your marketplace style careers event to provide information to young people interested in careers in the creative industries. We will also provide information about our creative courses, their entry requirements, open days, taster days and how to apply.
We will bring pull-up banners, prospectuses and merch including pens, plectrums and badges. At the end of the event we can leave you a quantity of prospectuses for your careers library.
Session requirements:
We will attend your lunchtime careers drop in session to provide information to young people interested in careers in the creative industries. We will also provide information about our creative courses, their entry requirements, open days, taster days and how to apply.
We will bring pull-up banners, prospectuses and merch including pens, plectrums and badges. At the end of the event we can leave you a quantity of prospectuses for your careers library.
Session requirements:
Our creative careers assembly is a 20-minute talk that highlights the different sectors of the creative industries before moving on to talk about our vocational courses in music, media, games, computing and esports. It also covers our entry requirements and next steps in the applicant journey including open days, taster days and how to apply.
Session requirements:
This exciting session will get students working in teams and thinking creatively as they exercise their employability skills in a Game Jam. Students will get into groups of five and work together to come up with a concept for a computer game that they will pitch to the rest of the group, exercising their creative and communication skills in the process.
In developing their game idea, students will explore concepts including PEGI certification, primary and secondary audiences, representation and monetisation.
This session will introduce students to the exciting world of the creative industries and the wider creative economy. Students will learn about the various sectors that make up the creative industries before taking part in fun interactive activities, including mythbusting popular misconceptions about creative careers and sorting creative roles by their sector.
Session suitability and outcomes:
This session is suitable for KS4 secondary school students of all abilities. It is designed to be approximately one hour long but can be adapted to fit within your timetable.
By the end of the session students will:
Session requirements:
This exciting session will get students working in teams and thinking creatively as they exercise their employability skills in a Game Jam. Students will get into groups of five and work together to come up with a concept for a computer game that they will pitch to the rest of the group, exercising their creative and communication skills in the process.
In developing their game idea, students will explore concepts including PEGI certification, primary and secondary audiences, representation and monetisation.
This session will introduce students to the exciting world of the creative industries and the wider creative economy. Students will learn about the various sectors that make up the creative industries before taking part in fun interactive activities, including mythbusting popular misconceptions about creative careers and sorting creative roles by their sector.
Session suitability and outcomes:
This session is suitable for KS4 secondary school students of all abilities. It is designed to be approximately one hour long but can be adapted to fit within your timetable.
By the end of the session students will:
Session requirements:
Bring a group of interested students to your local ACC centre for a tour of our facilities and a creative careers talk. We will also try to include a performance by an ACC student band or artist. As a part of your campus tour we can also deliver a 1 hour taster session in Music, Media or Games.
For more information and to make a booking, please email your local ACC Outreach and Events Officer, or email [email protected]
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