About this Event

Over five days in March (1st - 5th) GMCA's Meet Your Future will be offering a series of virtual events for young people, to discover how the curriculum links to careers here in Greater Manchester.

National Careers Week (1st - 5th March) - Programme

Mon 1st March

• Good Morning Greater Manchester with Andy Burnham - 09.00 - 09.15 - Andy Burnham was elected as Mayor of Greater Manchester in May 2017. Prior to this Andy was MP for Leigh from 2001. In government, Andy has held Ministerial positions at the Home Office, Department of Health and the Treasury. Join Andy as he speaks about his own Career journey as well as the wealth of opportunities available for Greater Manchester Young People.

• Start your software engineering journey with a Degree Apprenticeship -11.00 - 11.45 - Hear about the latest career opportunities from a Manchester-based software and services company with 20 years’ experience in providing cutting edge, enterprise technology solutions. Subject areas: Computing

• Manufacturing in the Defence Industry - 12.00 - 12.45​ - This session will give an insight into the different products (missile systems) that MBDA make, how we manufacture our missiles and how the company works. Subject areas: Engineering, Math, Physics, Product Design.

• Learn about Urban Architecture - 13.00 - 13.45 - ​ Want to know more about design, architecture and urban planning? In this session Caleb Jones and Andy Roberts from Plan-it.ie will show you how careers in design can be much more than you think. Subject areas: Geography, Art and Design/Drawing, English, Science/biology, Maths.

Tue 2nd March

• Good Morning Greater Manchester with Carl Austin-Behan - 09.00 - 09.15 - Carl Austin-Behan is well known for being one of Manchester's leading LGBT activists, as well as being the city's first openly gay Lord Mayor. Hear Carl's story about resilience and overcoming adversity in order to get to where he is today.

• Maths and Our Future Buildings - 10.00 - 10.45 - Join Ceri Travers, the Learning and Development Manager at William Hare to find out more about our business, what we do and the engineering apprenticeships that we have to offer. Find out how maths in used their every day jobs from design to welding to commercial. Subject areas: Maths, Engineering.

• The Power of People - 11.00 - 11.45 - Sarah and Anna both started off their careers in Retail/Hospitality and ended up working in HR (Human Resources), more through accident than design!. They learnt (the hard way) what they weren't good at and didn't particularly enjoy, but thankfully both found a career that they loved. Today's session will give you an introduction to careers in HR and Retail and how to get started. Subject areas: English

• Career opportunities with SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK - 13.00 - 13.45 - Join SUEZ in this session and find out what it means to contribute to shaping a sustainable environment, innovate, open up to the richness of cooperation and give your career dynamic prospects to achieve both professional and personal fulfilment. Subject areas: Physics , Chemistry, Maths, Environmental

Wed 3rd March

• Good Morning Greater Manchester with Sasha Lord - 09.00 - 09.15 - A motivational session aimed at school form time/first period with a different guest speaker each day. Sacha Lord is a co-creator of Parklife festival and The Warehouse Project, as well as the Night Time Economy Adviser for Greater Manchester. Join Sacha as he speaks about the decisions he made when leaving school and his journey through his career

• OpenMoney - 11:00 - 11.45​ - Hear from Hannah Cole at OpenMoney about developing new tech to help people manage their money and get financial advice – covering software development, customer service and the finance sector. Subject areas: Maths, PSHE

• Live Q&A with The RAF - 13.00 - 13.45 - The RAF will give you opportunities that you won’t find in any other career. The experiences you gain with us will equip you to work at the top of your field, both in the UK and overseas. Find out more about our wide range of career and apprenticeship opportunities on this live session.

Thu 4th March

• Good Morning Greater Manchester with (TBC) - 09.00 - 09.15 - A motivational session aimed at school form time/first period with a different guest speaker each day.

• Personal Wellbeing in the Workplace - 10.00 - 10.45 - Learn about how to keep good wellbeing whilst emerging into the labour market and tip & ticks of time management, self development and other soft skills needed in the workplace. Subject areas: PSHE

• Using Maths with AutoTrader​ - 14.00 - 14.45 ​- An opportunity to ask about what life is like working at AutoTrader, one of the UK’s leading companies. Discover the broad range of opportunities on offer including roles in technology, sales, advertising & marketing and finance & business. Subject areas: Maths

• Quantity Surveying – What you need to know - 14.00 - 14.45 ​- ENGIE is a leading Energy and Service provider focusing on three key areas. Globally ENGIE employs 150,000 people, 17,000 of those based across UK and Ireland. Join the session to meet ENGIE’s Managing Quantity Surveyor - an opportunity to find out more about Quantity Surveying, the top skills needed and routes into the Industry. Join industry leading ENGIE and hear about working for an organisation that strives to accelerate the transition towards a carbon-neutral world through reduced energy consumption and more environmentally-friendly solutions. Subject areas: Construction, English, Maths.

Fri 5th March

• Good Morning Greater Manchester with Sean Fielding - 09.00 - 09.15 - Sean Fielding is the Leader of Oldham Council and until recently, was the youngest Council Leader in the country! Sean also leads on Employment, Skills and Digital within the Greater Manchester Combined Authority. Hear from Sean talk about his post 16 and 18 choices and how they have brought him to where he is now.

• Specialist Manufacturing – Careers at Stepan - 10.00 - 10.45 - Join Stepan, a global specialty and intermediate chemical manufacturer, and discover the roles/careers available in the manufacturing industry here in Manchester. Subject areas: Manufacturing, Science, Maths.

• Your journey into Higher Education - 10.00 - 10.45 - Hosted by GM Higher

• Researching Higher Education and Graduate Salaries - 11.00 - 11.45​ - Hosted by GM Higher

• Learn about Urban Architecture - 12.00 - 12.45 ​- Want to know more about design, architecture and urban planning? In this session Caleb Jones and Andy Roberts from Plan-it.ie will show you how careers in design can be much more than you think. Subject areas: Geography, Art and Design/Drawing, English, Science/biology, Maths.