The Highcrest Academy

cross curricular careers

Art & Design

  • The Fashion Retail Academy, offers route to a career in fashion retail. They offer one- or two-year Diploma courses and two year accelerated Degrees across a range of head office roles including Buying, Visual Merchandising, Marketing, Design, Digital, Merchandising and Retail Management.
  • The advice centre at JobsRetail contains articles with helpful tips, how-to guides and CV templates. Written by career experts to help your job search and ensuring you get the most from your career. 
  • Discover Creative Careers is a website for a wide range of creative industries. Here you will find information on working in theatre, film and TV, video game production, design, fashion, advertising, social media and many others.
  • Buckinghamshire has strong connections with the creative industries. The National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield offers a range of world leading courses in Film, TV and Games design. Pinewood Studios is a major employer, but you should note Pinewood does not directly employ film and tv production staff.
  • The Screenskills website has a careers section with advice on working in Film, TV, games, animation and special effects.

   

   

   

Business

  • AMT, a specialist financial training company has recently published the career guide entitled ‘How to get into investment banking: what you need to know'  The guide provides insight into what it takes to start in the industry and career job prospects available. It also covers the needed skills, qualifications and experience, and how these can be attained.

  • The ICAEW website has a section explaining the routes into becoming a chartered accountant and videos from accountancy professionals explaining the types of work they do.
  • The ACCA website has videos explaining the different types of roles in business and finance
  • The Chartered Institute of Marketing has information on careers in marketing including Apprenticeships.

   

    

    

Computer Science/IT

  • Prospects has information and guidance on many industry sectors including profiles of 27 different types of roles in the IT Sector which you can find here.

   

   

    

Design Technology

  • Discover Creative Careers is a website for a wide range of creative industries. Here you will find information on working in theatre, film and TV, video game production, design, fashion, advertising, social media and many others.
  • Buckinghamshire has strong connections with the creative industries. The National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield offers a range of world leading courses in Film, TV and Games design. Pinewood Studios is a major employer, but you should note Pinewood does not directly employ film and tv production staff.
  • The Screenskills website has a careers section with advice on working in Film, TV, games, animation and special effects.
  • The Institute of Engineering and Technology has information about current engineering jobs and also, a very good section with over 200 short articles giving careers related guidance and support much of which will be of general interest to students even if they are not interested in engineering.
  • You can explore careers in construction on the Go Construct website which is funded by the Construction Industry Training Board.
  • You can find a range of videos here from TV Science presenter Dallas Campbell looking at how engineering impacts on our everyday lives.
  • Tomorrow’s Engineers has a downloadable parents’ guide to Engineering Careers
  • Technicians Make it Happen has details of the wide range of opportunities across a wide range of industry.
  • The career guide titled ‘How to Become A Construction Manager’ has been produced by The Herts Tool Company to help young people who may be interested in working in construction learn more about the ins and outs of the industry. The guide outlines the responsibilities of a construction manager, required qualifications and skills, average salary and career progression opportunities.

    

    

    


English

  • English degree graduates can be found in more- or- less every industry, filling a variety of roles – from editor to academic, and legal advisor to manager. Find out more here.

   

   

   

Humanities

   

   

   

Maths

  • The Institute of Mathematics and its Applications has an eNewsletter. It is aimed at 16 – 19 year- olds who are interested in mathematics. It aims to keep readers up to date with mathematical news, people, and activities. It features careers that make use of mathematics, mathematics in use in the real world, mathematical history, competitions, and much more.
  • Plus.Maths.org has a series of videos showing how maths impacts on our day to day life and the types of careers mathematicians can follow. My recent favourites include one on cyber- crime and another on the mathematics of doughnuts! It also has a section of maths puzzles and maths- based strategy games for those who want to test their skills and Maths in a Minute explaining key maths concepts 

   

   

   

Modern Foreign Languages

   

   

   

Performing Arts

  • Discover Creative Careers is a website for a wide range of creative industries. Here you will find information on working in theatre, film and TV, video game production, design, fashion, advertising, social media and many others.
  • Buckinghamshire has strong connections with the creative industries. The National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield offers a range of world leading courses in Film, TV and Games design. Pinewood Studios is a major employer, but you should note Pinewood does not directly employ film and tv production staff.
  • The Screenskills website has a careers section with advice on working in Film, TV, games, animation and special effects.

   

   

    

Science

   

   

   

Social Science

  • The NHS website has information on the 350 different job roles within the NHS and a “Find Your Career” tool which helps you find a job that may suit you. Health Education England has similar guidance but also looks at roles outside the NHS in the wider Health and Social care Sector.
  • Skills for Care has advice on careers in caring.
  • You can download a brochure exploring careers in the NHS here.
  • Students interested in a career as a doctor can find support and guidance here from Generation Medics.
  • Medmentor has lots of online advice about careers in medicine and medical school applications - details of what they offer are summarised here 
  • Specific information on Nursing from the NHS can be found here. Students over 13 can register to receive information matching their area of interest
  • If you prefer animals to people, then you can find details of a range of careers in veterinary science here

    

    

    

PE/Sport

  • The Wycombe Wanderers Foundation offers a range of activities and resources to support careers in sport.
  • You can also find information about degree courses in sports related subjects at UFCB. They offer degrees in football coaching, PE and Sports Psychology and qualifications related to business aspects of sport such as Stadium and Event Management, Marketing and Media and Sports Law and Finance.

  

  

  

 

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