PARTICIPANTS
The Pop-Up Academy Series is an opportunityfor school students with a keen interest inentrepreneurship or creative arts to buildtheir skills and knowledge. Participants areengaged in a series of workshops, over thecourse of four-six weeks.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
• Personal and professional goal setting,exploring pupils’ experiences, skills andcompetencies
• Creating meaningful personal stories tosupport applications and interviews
• Exploration of the world of highereducation, including university life andlearning
• Exploration of skills required foremployment, developing awareness abouthow creative skillsets are used for a rangeof careers. This includes hearing directlyfrom employers.
• Supporting informed decision making forpositive future pathways.
POP-UP ACADEMY
ACTIVITIES
• Practical workshops that build capacity fordecision making and self-confidence
• Career development sessions with industryprofessionals, career advisors, mentors anduniversity staff and students
• Activities to develop presentation skills,including interview and networking skillsand effectively communicating personalnarratives
• Discipline-orientated activities andchallenges to foster innovation andcreativity
• Targeted information, advice and guidancefrom education and industry specialists tosupport informed decision making abouttheir future education and career pathways.
Applied Inspiration’s Signature Pop-up Academy series offers students inYears 9-12+ the opportunity to explore specialist areas of interest anddevelop their capacity to make informed and positive education and careerpathway decisions. Our Academies offer targeted information, advice andguidance in specialist areas, including Creative Arts and Entrepreneurship.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP CREATIVE ARTS
Fostering discussion about and action towards successful futures
WORKSHOP 1: I AM CREATIVEProfessional profile, explore skillsets. Personalnarratives.
WORKSHOP 2: MAKING UNIVERSITY CHOICES Explore university pathways. Understand howto make decisions & analyse info. Explorepersonal contexts for tailored guidance.
WORKSHOP 3: UNI LIFE AND LEARNINGExploring university in the creative disciplines.Discover study, social and work balances.University Student Ambassador and/or staffmeet, guidance and question time.
WORKSHOP 4: SUCCESSFUL INTERVIEWSInterview skills for university, training andemployment. Personal and professionalpresentation and narratives.
NETWORKING EVENT: SPEED NETWORKINGSpeed network with invited employers andprofessionals, focus on how creativity is usedin variety of workplaces and businesses.
POP-UP ACADEMY: CAREERS FOR CREATIVES
The Careers for Creatives Pop-up Academy is for talented studentsinterested in creative careers. The programme explores and developsuniversity, education and career pathways and decisions though a series ofinteractive workshops and experiences, employer and industryengagement and targeted information, advice and guidance.
“Careers for Creatives is a programme to build confidence in all areas of knowledge necessary for a creative career, while in an environment where no judgement is made of one another. This programme is a space
where young creatives can explore themselves, their skills and their options.”
- Careers for Creatives participant
“Through this course I've learnt about different career paths, different ways to use
my skills, and what I want to achieve.”
- Careers for Creatives participant
Fostering discussion about and action towards successful futures
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