From day one, we will match our support to your career aspirations, and we have a proven track record in helping students to pursue careers across a whole range of sectors. We will help to improve your employability potential through a bespoke support package including one-to-one careers appointments, career focused tutorials, access to work experience placements, interview preparation and much, much more!
Dan is our Careers Manager and one of our Careers Advisors at Huddersfield New College and as our Careers Lead, he organises our programme of events, including our Meet the Professionals series, a variety of workshops and a wide range of career related opportunities for students such as sessions on CV writing and excelling in an interview. Dan also ensures all students can access impartial advice to all students regarding their career choices and progression options. Dan plays a key role in helping students to map out the next steps to achieving their ambitions.
Helen is part of our Careers team and ensures that students can access work placement opportunities that support them to stand out from the crowd. These may be specifically linked to career ambitions, or simply enhance the student experience. Helen has relationships with a wide range of employers and organisations, ensuring that young people have access to a fantastic range of opportunities across a wide range of sectors. Helen also ensures Health and Safety Risk Assessments are completed with employers prior to students going on placement.
Claire Ridley, Careers Advisor (C&K)
Claire is our C&K Careers Advisor. Claire supports our Careers programme, hosting and running a range of information and advice sessions. Claire is also available for one to one interviews and appointments with students. Students can make an appointment with Claire to be supported with any aspect of planning, from discussing next steps and future options to completing an application form.
If you are planning to go to university, we offer all the support you need to do so, such as:
- Visits to university open days
- A Higher Education Progression Day
- Expert advice with your UCAS application and personal statement
- Advice about applying for student finance
- Opportunities to apply for Widening Participation schemes at leading universities such as Leeds University
- Opportunities to apply for Summer Schools
- Opportunity to apply for a Helena Kennedy Award
- Support with Disability Support Allowance applications
Students are able to seek careers advice five days a week from our experienced and professionally qualified Careers team.
UniFACTs 2021
UniFACTs 2021 is produced by C&K Careers to provide information to parents and carers of young people who are considering going to university in 2020. It includes information on the pros and cons of higher education, the application process, student finance, links to useful sources of information and much more. You can download a copy of this booklet here.
The following links give general information on university, apprenticeships and the labour market in the Leeds City Region. This is particularly useful for parents in supporting their son/daughter to progress on to the next stage of their career but also for students wanting further information.
Labour Market Information for the Leeds City Region
You can also access our Provider Access Policy here.
You can access our Work Experience Policy here
Parents, carers and students can access further careers information on Moodle. Please click her for further information (sign in required).
