1. Exeter HE Advisers Day Careerpilot Sue Lewis: Western Vocational Progression Consortium

2. The free Careerpilot website: What it offers HE Skills Map How could you use Careerpilot? How could it be improved? Would you be interested in being trained to use HE Skills Map? This session:

3. The WVPC partnership: Broadening access to HE across the SW From July 2014, all 12 unis in the SW will fund

4. Ofsted found: Only 20% of schools visited had ensured that all students received sufficient information to consider a wide breadth of career possibilities. Report Sept. 2013 Statutory Guidance The duty to secure independent and impartial careers guidance for young people in schools. Sept 2012 Schools.. Duty to secure access to independent careers.. Y9-11 Requires governing bodies to ensure that all registered pupils.. are provided with independent careers guidance from Y8 – Y 13 Careers guidance and inspiration in schools. Statutory Guidance April 2014 Ofsted - Giving careers guidance a higher priority in inspections – in judging leadership and management

5. Aims to help… Young people SchoolsParents and carers Universities

6. Website helping 13—19 year olds in the South West plan their future study & work: What is Careerpilot? External Links

23. Lists of useful websites General careers Training HE Go to: www.careerpilot.org.uk/fo radvisers/usefullinks

24. Posters Smart cards Parents’ leaflet Free materials Free 50 to each school

25. 715 users completed online survey: 95% said it was useful 91% said it was interesting 85% will use again 86% learnt about routes to uni through work 81% info. learnt info. about jobs 33% no relative with uni exp. Feedback from users 320,000 visits to the site Jan 2015 40,000 (best ever) I was very unsure about the different career paths I could take, but the site helped me find a career that I am interested in and could look more into. It's great. I’m choosing my options soon, it really helped me. I now know what qualifications I need to go to university.

26. ‘It showed me what my strong points were and what I needed to do in order to improve’ ‘It helped show me my skills and how to apply them in the real world.’ ‘It helped me recognise skills I did not know I had.’ ‘ It made me think about higher education more.’ ‘It helped me believe I can go further in my career’

27. Helps post 16 students: Map their skills and experiences gained from study, life and work to the skills valued in HE - pre and higher level study, at Levels 3 and 4. See their potential for higher level study See that the gap between Level 3 and 4 is achievable Is a web-based tool which works in conjunction with teacher support/guidance. Participants create their own account and can access all their records. What is it? Autonomy Collect Communicate Personal development Evaluate Initiate Knowledge Lead Manage Numerical Plan Problem solve Review Teamwork

32. Did you believe you had the potential to study at a higher education level (54 Y12 respondents)

33. Being part of the HE Skills Map project has: (54 Y12 respondents)

34. Questions 1.How could you use Careerpilot? 2.How could it be improved? 3.Would you be interested in being trained to use HE Skills Map? Parents Zone coming 2015