BBC Technology Apprenticeship- to gain BEng degree in Broadcast Engineering taught and accredited by a UK university

Applications for the 2015 BBC Technology Apprenticeship open at midday on Friday 26th September 2014.

Book onto one of our open days to find out more.

You can also watch last year's open day highlights video above and find out what you will learn on the Technology Apprenticeship.

You can find out more about the scheme below, email TechnologyApprentices@bbc.co.uk to join the mailing list and follow @BBCTrainees for the latest information.

What’s on offer?

• A BEng degree in Broadcast Engineering taught and accredited by a UK university
• £11,500 per annum training allowance
• Your university tuition fees paid by the BBC
• A CV full of amazing work experience

What you need to apply:

• 280-300 UCAS points which you can calculate on the UCAS website
• An A level or BTEC (or equivalent) in a relevant subject (i.e maths or another science) however, relevant experience may also be considered
• A passion to understand how things work and solving problems and you’ll need to have done something that demonstrates your interest in technology

Additional information:

The scheme starts in September 2015 and lasts for three years.

There are opportunities for you to choose based at our main broadcast centres in London, Birmingham and Salford with opportunities to work across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Apprentices need to be able to travel to their main place of work

More information about the scheme

As part of the three year Level 6 Higher Apprenticeship programme you’ll complete work placements with the BBC and other media companies, while studying towards a degree in Broadcast Engineering. You’ll also build up an excellent CV which will put you in a great position to compete for jobs in the media industry once you graduate. And the brilliant news is that you don’t have to take out a Student Loan - the BBC pays you an Apprentice training allowance of £11.5k and covers your university tuition fees - it’s all part of the Apprenticeship.

Once qualified, you’ll be in a great position to offer your skills and talents to a wide range of media companies on the look-out for people like you.

Take a look at the Technology Apprenticeship curriculum.

About the role

The BBC Academy has worked in partnership with ITV, Channel 4, Red Bee Media and Arqiva, to design the Apprenticeship so that, once qualified, you will have all the skills and knowledge to be highly employable across the broadcasting industry. Some of our industry partners will also be offering work placements so you will get to work at the heart of broadcasting, in exciting technology teams while building up a fantastic CV that will place you really well for competing for jobs at the end of your Apprenticeship.

As part of this innovative Apprenticeship, you will study for an honours bachelor’s degree, with tailored courses in:

• Computer networks, networking and IP distribution
• Electrics, electronics, power and transmission
• Software programming, computer graphics and databases
• Audio and video signals and systems, processing and encoding

You will study towards a BEng in Broadcast Engineering taught at and awarded jointly by the Universities of Salford and Birmingham City. This will give you a world-class foundation in the theory of broadcast engineering.

You will have a main BBC base, but you will spend periods away on study or work placements. Through a series of academic modules and industrial experience we will prepare a new generation of Broadcast Engineers to help build and support the future of broadcasting. You’ll develop an excellent theoretical and practical understanding of operational and technical systems and equipment and their use in the fast-moving broadcasting industry.

To start with you may be based in technical support teams, working on shift with teams responsible for fixing and maintaining studios and equipment. By the end of three years you may be working on projects. You will have a placement manager who will be responsible for your learning objectives and you will be assessed on each placement.

About you

As well as being passionate about how things work and solving problems, we want to hear from you if you’re an energetic team player and good with people. You don’t need to have any work experience but you will need at least 300 UCAs points which you can calculate on the UCAS website. Successful candidates will normally have studied maths and another science at A level (or equivalent), however candidates with a BTEC in a relevant subject or with good A levels and relevant experience may also be considered.

You’ll need to have done something that demonstrates your interest in technology. The scheme lasts for three years, starting in September 2015. Interviews for September 2015 entry will take place in the first two weeks of December 2014.

For the latest BBC Trainee Schemes information follow @BBCTrainees.

So you want to be a youth worker?

• Email

• Fiona Blacke
• theguardian.com, Sunday 3 March 2013 11.00 GMT

• So what does a youth worker do, exactly?

  Youth workers help young people with a whole range of issues from behavioural difficulties to teenage pregnancy. But what's an average day like and what skills do you need?

Are you aiming for a career in youth work? Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian

Traditionally, the youth worker has been a standalone role incorporated into the services offered by local authorities. Now, there is a breadth of jobs and sectors where working with young people plays a dominant role, and where the skills and knowledge of youth workers are in demand; from criminal justice to social care, across the private and voluntary sectors.

Ultimately, all youth work has one key aim – to help young people's emotional and social development in an informal setting but through educational processes. By developing supportive relationships with young people, and opening their eyes to new experiences, youth workers foster increased confidence, ambition and empathy. This prepares them to make a positive contribution to society in adult life. Youth workers tackle a whole spectrum of issues, from behavioural difficulties to teenage pregnancy.

There are essential attributes that all youth workers need – energy, patience and creativity are paramount. And now more than ever, a positive approach to collaboration with other organisations is key. This is especially true in the public sector, where resources are limited and services are being outsourced.

To qualify, youth workers complete a three-year degree in youth work or community studies. The National Youth Agency offers information on accredited courses in England and Wales. Some universities allow students to study part-time, while also undertaking youth work part-time.

But recent changes to the way higher education youth work courses are funded means that places are more expensive, so universities are using increasingly rigorous selection criteria. Ultimately this means youth work is a more competitive education choice.

Anyone considering a career in youth work should identify the kind of organisation they may eventually want to work with – for example, a youth centre, a housing association or a young offenders' organisation – and volunteer or work part-time there. If volunteering is only available on a short term basis then build up a portfolio of experience by spending time with a range of similar organisations. The youth work course is very practical, so relevant experience will equip you with crucial understanding and creative ideas to show off at the interview stage. A distinct vision of where you want your career to go will also show your commitment to youth work.

A day in the life of a youth worker

Kevin Mullins, who won Youth Worker of the Year 2012, works part-time with young people in a high-school-based youth centre in Luton. He says: "A normal working day is a mixture of admin, project planning, facilities management at the youth centre and face-to-face work with young people.

"Typically, my mornings are taken up with preparation for upcoming projects. One of my current projects involves exploring beliefs and values with the school's year 10 group (aged 14-15). I am working with these young people to research and debate arguments for and against abortion and capital punishment. This project aims to raise their awareness of controversial issues and give them the tools to engage in debate while addressing their own feelings on the topics.

"In the afternoons, I often spend time in one-to-one mentoring sessions, listening and advising young people who need additional behavioural support. Inevitably there is admin that requires attention, so I try to catch up on emails before after-school sessions. After school I run sexual healthsessions with years 10 and 11, exploring issues such as sex and the law.

"Being a youth worker is not a nine-to-five job. In the evenings I regularly spend time catching up with young people on issues affecting the local housing estate. At the moment I am delivering workshops on stereotypes and prejudices, establishing where stereotypes originate from and how to challenge them.

"Providing positive, engaging activities and continuing to create opportunities for exploring, addressing and tackling the issues which affect young people makes this a very challenging but incredibly rewarding role."

Fiona Blacke is the chief executive of the National Youth Agency.

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BAE Apprenticeships - 2015 in take. Opens on 1st November 2014

Interested in applying for the BAE Apprenticeships?


http://www.baesystems.com/careers-rzz/careers-in-the-uk/apprenticeships/current-opportunities/preston?_afrLoop=180137999332000&_afrWindowMode=0&_afrWindowId=1e4z7y1p0_1#!%40%40%3F_afrWindowId%3D1e4z7y1p0_1%26_afrLoop%3D180137999332000%26_afrWindowMode%3D0%26_adf.ctrl-state%3D1e4z7y1p0_85

The application window for Warton and Samlesbury Apprenticeships will open on 1st November 2014 for our 2015 intake.

To find out more come and see us at one of our roadshows – open to the public from 16:00 until 20:00 with presentations from our current apprentices.

Recruitment road shows:

• Blackpool Football Club - Thursday 2nd October
• Blackburn Rovers Football Club - Tuesday 14th October
• Preston North End Football Club - Tuesday 21st October

PRESTON (WARTON & SAMLESBURY)

 

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT Military Air & Information, Preston

ENGINEERING Military Air & Information, Preston

ENGINEERING HIGHER APPRENTICESHIPS Military Air & Information, Preston

PROJECT MANAGEMENT Military Air & Information, Preston

 

10 Things to not put in your personal statement...

http://university.which.co.uk/advice/10-things-not-to-put-in-your-personal-statement?

1. Quotes from other people

It’s your voice they want to hear - not Shakespeare, Einstein, Paul Britton, Martin Luther King, David Attenborough, Descartes or Napoleon’s. So don’t put a quote in unless it’s really necessary to make a critical point. It’s a waste of your word count.

'So many people use the same quotes and the worst scenario is when it comes right at the start of the statement with no explanation.'

'I don’t care what Locke thinks, I want to know what YOU think!'

Or as a sport admissions tutor said: 'I’m totally fed up of Muhammad Ali quotes!'

2. Random lists

Avoid giving a list of all the books you’ve read, countries you’ve visited, work experience placements you’ve done, positions you’ve held. For starters, it’s boring to read. It’s not what you’ve done, it’s what you think about it or learned from it that matters. See our guide to writing about experience in your personal statement to make it really count. 

A dentistry admissions tutor sums it up: 'I would much rather read about what you learned from observing one filling than a list of all the procedures you observed.'

3. Over-used clichés

Avoid 'from a young age', 'since I was a child', 'I’ve always been fascinated by', 'I have a thirst for knowledge', 'the world we live in today'… You get the idea. They constantly recur in hundreds of personal statements and don’t really say an awful lot. 

4. Bigging yourself up with sweeping statements or unproven claims

More phrases to avoid: 'I genuinely believe I’m a highly motivated person' or 'My achievements are vast'. Instead give specific examples that provide concrete evidence. Show, don’t tell!

5. Limit your use of the word ‘passion’

 'The word ‘passion’ (or ‘passionate’) is incredibly over-used.'

'Show it, don’t say it.'

6. Stilted vocabulary

Frequent use of words or phrases like 'fuelled my desire', 'I was enthralled by' or 'that world-renowned author Jane Austen' make you sound, well, a bit fake (or like you’ve been over-using the thesaurus).

If you wouldn’t say something in a day-to-day discussion, don’t say it in your statement. It’s even worse if you get it slightly wrong, like 'I was encapsulated by the bibliography of Tony Blair' or 'it was in Year 10 that my love for chemistry came forth'.

7. Plagiarism, lies or exaggeration

UCAS uses stringent similarity and plagiarism software and your universities will be told if you copy anything from another source.

And as for exaggeration, don’t say you’ve read a book when you’ve only read a chapter – you never know when it might catch you out at a university interview.

'If you didn’t do it, read it or see it, don’t claim it.'

8. Trying to be funny

Humour, informality or quirkiness can be effective in the right setting but it’s a big risk, so be careful.

'It can be spectacularly good – or spectacularly bad.'

'An admissions tutor is not guaranteed to have your sense of humour.'

'Weird is not a selling point.'

9. Negative comments or excuses

It can be difficult to ‘sell yourself’ in your personal statement, but don’t talk about why you haven’t done something, or why you dropped an AS level. Focus on the positives!

10. Irrelevant personal facts

Before you write about playing badminton or a school trip you went on in year nine, apply the 'so what?' rule. Does it make a useful contribution and help explain why you should be given a place on the course? If not, scrap it.
 

Jeans for Genes Day Friday 19th September 2014

Yale University Talks

http://www.purepotential.org/events/yale-university-talks/

Yale University Talks

for 6th Formers, Other

Studying in the US is fast-becoming a popular route for UK students.
The education system in the US is diverse, broad and allows students
to learn in an environment which is both challenging and highly rewarding.
 We totally understand that the thought of studying abroad can be a daunting one,
so we’d like to let you know about two talks held by Pure Potential’s partner Yale University
this autumn.
This event is a great opportunity for students, teachers and parents to explore the benefits of US study, hear about the application process and have those all-important questions answered.

Rebekah Westphal is the Director of International Admissions. She will be in the
 UK this autumn and has organised two talks where she will discuss the academic programmes. residential colleges, campus life, admissions and financial aid.
Read the details below and book your place today:

Talk One:
Monday, September 22, 2014 at 7:00 PM
The American School in London
One Waverley Place
London, NW8 0NP
Event Registration

Talk Two:
Tuesday, September 23, 2014 at 7:00 PM
The Manchester Grammar School
Old Hall Lane
Manchester, M13 0XT
Event Registration

We cannot stress how valuable this opportunity will be, so whether you
are still exploring the option of US study or have decided that it is the right route for you,
 this event is not to be missed. Places will be snapped up fast,
so please book as soon as possible.
You are also more than welcome to attend the event with your family, teachers and friend.
They just need to register too.

Good luck!

Part time jobs 8.9.14

Part time jobs available 

http://www.allthetopbananas.com/Jobs/Lancashire/Blackpool/part%20time%20student.aspx

http://www.indeed.co.uk/jobs?q=part+time&l=lancashire


Good luck

Sian Roberts

Student Cleaners wanted

Student Cleaners

Applications are invited for the position of Student Cleaner. Working as part of the college Estates

team the position is term-time only, 8hrs per week.

Essential criteria for the post are:

· 92% or above attendance

· Up to date with coursework and assignments

· A reference from your Personal Tutor

Please contact Curtis Jackson, Recruitment and HR Officer, for more information and an application

form, either by emailing curtis.jackson@blackpoolsixth.ac.uk or by visiting W121.

The closing date for applications is Monday 19th September, 9.30am.

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