National Careers Week
Between 3rd and 8th March 2025, we are celebrating National Careers Week at North Notts College.
National Careers Week (NCW) is a one-week celebration of careers guidance and free resources in education across the UK.
The aim is to provide a focus for careers guidance activity at an important stage in the academic calendar to help support young people develop awareness and excitement about their future pathways.

What’s on during National Careers Week?
Check out the exciting line-up below and join us for an inspiring week of discovery, open to all our students!
Monday 3rd March
All day
– Our hair, beauty and media make-up students will be attending the Professional Beauty London Exhibition at Excel London.
Virtual Careers Fair
From today you can also visit the Virtual Careers Fair: https://ncw2025.co.uk/ and take part in further careers activities.
Tuesday 4th March
9:30am
– Springpod joinery workshop with Sam.
10am
– South Electrical talk with Richard South.
– Barclays money game for childcare learners with Pam.
10:30am
– Construction: Project management, skills, relationship building with contractors and stakeholders with Sarah Louise Walker.
11am
– Barclays money game for hairdressing students, with Pam.
11:30am
– Career in construction talks with Craig from Bench Mark Joinery.
– Rejuvenate Aesthectic Clinic – Higher level skills in the beauty industry talk, held in the clinical suite.
– Plantworx construction and engineering talk.
12pm
– A day in the Life of a T Level: Construction and Engineering – Live stream.
12:30pm
– Rejuvenate Aesthectic Clinic – Higher level skills in the beauty industry talk, held in the clinical suite.
1pm
– Barclays money game for beauty students, with Pam.
1pm – 1:30pm
– Mental health workshop with Megan.
2pm
– Barclays money game with Safida.
2:30pm
– Higher Technical Qualifications (HTQs) and University Centre Rotherham (UCR) with Dannielle Nixon.
3pm
– Careers in Retail: Live webinar about the Dermalogica Inspire Programme.
3:30pm
– Careers in Hairdressing with Adele Hair Salon.
4pm
– Dietitian and Personal Training: Online with Enzo Guarini.
Virtual Careers Fair
You can also visit the Virtual Careers Fair: https://ncw2025.co.uk/ and take part in further careers activities.
Wednesday 5th March
9am – 10am
– Springpod engineering workshop with Amy.
9:30am
– Canine partners with Jo.
10am – 11am
– Barclays money game for Flex learners with Pam.
10:30am – 10:50am
– Navigate session with Megan.
11am – 11:20am
– Navigate session with Megan.
11:30am
– Plantworx construction and engineering talks.
– Renewables industry apprenticeships talk with David Chambers from Wright Renewable Heating.
– Wedding make up artist talk with Best Weston.
12pm
– LAS Group: Laser additives engineering talk.
12:30pm
– Employability in media and creative worth, online with Grant Walker.
1pm
– Apprenticeships talk with Simon Hartley.
1:30pm
– Wedding make up artist talk with Best Weston.
2pm
– Barclays money game.
2pm – 3pm
– Barclays money game.
2:30pm
– Careers in Retail: Live webinar about the Dermalogica Inspire Programme.
3:30pm
– Springpod business/IT workshop with Sharon.
4pm
– Dietitian and personal training – oOnline with Enzo Guarini.
Virtual Careers Fair
You can also visit the Virtual Careers Fair: https://ncw2025.co.uk/ and take part in further careers activities.
Thursday 6th March
Careers Fair Day: 9am – 4pm
North Notts College Careers Fair Day
During our Careers Fair Day there will be stallholders you can chat to including;
- Adele Hair
- Barclays Life Skills
- Derby University
- Huddersfield University
- Keltruck
- Momentous Football Academy
- NTU
- The Inspire and Achieve Foundation
- The RNN Group apprenticeships team
- The RNN Group careers team
- Tilbury Douglass
- University Centre Rotherham
Here’s what’s scheduled during the day:
9:30am – 10:15am
– Professional motivational speaker Stephen Seki will be talking to students.
10:30am
– Higher Technical Qualifications (HTQs) and University Centre Rotherham (UCR) with Dannielle Nixon.
11am
– Power skills talk with Lucy Barnwell.
11:30am
– Customer service/first impressions talk with Lucy Barnwell.
– Momentous Football Academy: Coaching and business start up – Entrepreneur.
– HR with Anna Wombell.
12pm
– A day in the Life of a T Level – Live stream.
11am
– CV workshop with Lisa Partridge.
1pm
– How volunteer work can boost your CV with Joe Hicks.
– All about getting into university with Marica from Huddersfield University.
1:30pm
– Springpod health and social care, sport and protective services workshop with Jo.
2pm
– Power skills talk with Lucy Barnwell.
4pm
– Dietitian and personal training – online with Enzo Guarini.
Virtual Careers Fair
You can also visit the Virtual Careers Fair: https://ncw2025.co.uk/ and take part in further careers activities.
Friday 7th March
Virtual Careers Fair
You can also visit the Virtual Careers Fair: https://ncw2025.co.uk/ and take part in other careers activities.
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