Education Today – February 2021 With the pandemic sabotaging so many key experiences that should be shaping young people’s lives and aspirations, work experience is one area where businesses can step up their game and provide invaluable support and inspiration to the next generation of our workforce. To read the first of Fleur Sexton’s new monthly column click here.
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Social justice charity Nacro and PET-Xi improve life chances of hard to reach 16-19 year olds
Social justice charity and further education provider, @Nacro – dedicated to changing lives – has awarded Coventry-based PET-Xi Training (@PetxiTraining) a contract to deliver highly interactive on-line English and maths tutorials to learners aged 16-19 years that have struggled at school and face complex barriers to achieving qualifications and improving their life chances. The personalised study programme designed for those […]
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Coventry Music Trust
Coventry Music Trust, has been established to improve access and opportunities of the Children and Young people of Coventry. Through fundraising efforts we are looking to support projects such as: Music Groups and Ensembles Instrument Hire Personalised instrumental lessons Open Orchestras Choirs The objects of the Charity are: TO PROMOTE MUSIC FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, WITH A PARTICULAR […]
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Coventry & Warwickshire Champions
The launch of the Coventry and Warwickshire Story in March 2012 was a move that business leaders across Coventry and Warwickshire had been waiting for. The story emerged from concerns that Coventry and Warwickshire’s voice wasn’t getting heard above those of other places; there was no simple story explaining what we’re all about and why we’re trying to achieve as […]
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Historic Coventry Trust
Historic Coventry Trust is an energetic charity that was launched in 2015 (previously known as Coventry Charterhouse Preservation Trust) formed to acquire, restore and reuse Coventry’s heritage buildings, preserving them for future generations and contributing to Coventry’s economic, social and cultural enhancement. The Trust aim is to become the guardian of the city’s heritage in perpetuity – a local ‘National Trust’ and […]
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Birmingham City Business School Advisory Board
Birmingham City Business School is built on business. Part of Birmingham City University, we have a unique relationship with the extraordinary city we’re rooted in, renowned for its entrepreneurial and commercial past, present and future. Building your career With us, everything starts with business. So we provide you with the building blocks for a successful career, by developing your skills […]
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Coventry & Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce – Board Members
The Coventry & Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce board is made up from a diverse range of sectors, to inform, support and provide expertise on a wide range of business areas. Our board’s primary purpose is to ensure the prosperity of the Chamber by mutually directing the finance and policy agenda. Our Board meets quarterly to strategically set and assess the […]
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Fleur Sexton DL
Fleur Sexton is the Chief Executive and co-founder of multi-ward winning PET-Xi Training, one of the most hard-hitting and dynamic training providers in the UK with a reputation for success with the hardest to reach people. Deeply committed to changing lives through education and employment, since 1995 she and her team have delivered impact, inspiration and value to 200,000 learners […]
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Eight things schools can do to help to prevent students from becoming ‘NEET’
With the COVID-19 pandemic fuelling high youth unemployment[3], financial insecurity and mental ill-health[4], schools need to be able to spot the warning signs of young people at risk of becoming NEET (not in education, employment or training), unpick the underlying issues behind students’ ‘behavioural issues’ and boost preventative support to help steer them towards a positive future where they can […]
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Training provider boss highlights importance of work experience
A JOINT managing director at Coventry’s largest training provider has highlighted the importance of work experience to coincide with the topic’s awareness week. Fleur Sexton, who works for Westwood-based PET-Xi, has been instrumental in providing work experience opportunities and guiding youngsters in the right direction en route to employment. For many young people, work experience is their first contact with […]
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