Young people invited to take part in Form the Future Website Hackathon
Form the Future is refreshing its website and wants to hear from its primary audience, young people, to explore and learn from their ideas. Next Friday 10th July, its team is hosting a virtual Website Hackathon.
Students look to develop the future with Hill for National Careers Week
For National Careers Week, Cambridge LaunchPad brought year 8 students to join Hill and become property development companies for the day.
Defect detectives - students join TWI for third challenge project day
Year 5 students from Fulbourn Primary School joined TWI to become defect detectives for the day.
Students gaze into future careers with Institute of Astronomy
Cambridge students joined the Institute of Astronomy to explore our solar system at the Madingley Observatory.
Form the Future achieves matrix Standard accreditation
Form the Future is thrilled to announce that it has been accredited to the matrix Standard, demonstrating the high-quality careers information, advice and guidance services that it offers to young people in the region.
Amey Cespa shows students the importance of recycling
Local students joined Amey Cespa for two project days at its Education Centre in Waterbeach, where they learned about what happens to their recycling and rubbish after they put it in the bin.
Students get STEM inspired with Cambridge Regional College
Cambridge Regional College welcomed year 5 students from Linton Heights Junior School for a day of discovering future career paths.
Could you provide work experience for local students?
Year 10 students from Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology are currently looking for work experience placements for 24-28 February.
Students tackle construction stereotypes with Morgan Sindall Construction
For the latest Cambridge LaunchPad project day, Year 4 students from Stapleford Community Primary School and Icknield Primary School visited Morgan Sindall Construction.
Leading employers and schools tackle inequality at Form the Future’s Annual Conference
Over 100 attendees from leading businesses and schools attended Form the Future’s Annual Conference on inequality.
Students explore DNA with Wellcome Genome Campus
Year 7 students from across the region joined the Wellcome Genome Campus to explore the role of DNA .
Cambridge students see inside anechoic chambers at Cambridge LaunchPad project day
Cambridge LaunchPad took Year 6 students from the Spinney Primary School and Cambridgeshire Home Educating Families to visit Qualcomm Technologies International, Ltd where they were led through a full day of activities by staff.
Form the Future annual conference attracts more expert participants
Join the region's leading careers education organisation, Form the Future, on Monday 2nd December 2019 for its Annual Conference 2019, focused on the theme: ‘Inequality is bad for business and companies have a role to play in creating a fairer society’.
Cleantech day inspires students into STEM careers
Cambridge LaunchPad partners Cambridge Cleantech and Cambridge Regional College teamed up to deliver a cleantech focused project day for Year 6 students.
Businesses invited to support Form the Future's Annual Conference 2019
Join the region's leading careers education organisation, Form the Future, for its Annual Conference 2019, focused on the theme: ‘Inequality is bad for business and companies have a role to play in creating a fairer society’.
Fourth annual careers fair sparks potential in Greater Cambridge students
Form the Future’s annual flagship careers fair, Opportunities Ahead, welcomed over 550 students for another successful year connecting young people with their future careers.
Erasmus+ International Conference: 21st century skills for 21st century needs
Cambridge-based social enterprise, Form the Future CIC are working with global thought leaders in education in a two-year programme funded by Erasmus+ to understand how best to prepare young people for the needs of the future.
Cambridge Regional College showcases careers for all
Earlier this month, as part of National Careers Week, Cambridge Regional College welcomed 50 Y5 students from Abbey Meadows Primary School to take part in a day of hands-on activities inspiring them to think about the career possibilities available to them after they leave school.
Students reuse and recycle with Amey Cespa
Amey Waste Management recently invited 25 Year 5 students from Cherry Hinton Primary School to learn more about what happens to their recycling and rubbish after they put it in the bin.
Local students peek into publishing industry to celebrate World Book Day
Cambridge University Press (the Press) celebrated World Book Day last Thursday (7 March), with 50 Year 9 and 10 students from six schools across Cambridgeshire for the sixth year running.
STEM leaders work to address industry issues and take action with Cambridge LaunchPad
Nearly 50 delegates from schools and leading businesses from across Cambridgeshire gathered at Schlumberger Cambridge Research to discuss the issues facing the STEM industry and to learn how Cambridge LaunchPad aims to address these in our region.
CFCI awards grant to social enterprise to 'Form the Future' of local construction industry
Form the Future is delighted to be working with the Cambridge Forum for the Construction Industry (CFCI) to improve young people’s relationship with and perception of the construction industry.
St Mary’s Juniors rise to the enterprise challenge with Form the Future
Careers education experts Form the Future ran an Enterprise Day with more than 60 students from St Mary’s Junior School last week. The pupils invented a diverse range of exciting business ideas that included robotic housekeepers, Tupperware that can cook your food on-the-go, smart water bottles to track your hydration levels and a pet hotel and restaurant.
Local children challenged to ‘do the robot’ with University of Cambridge engineers
Over two days this month, Year 5 students from Teversham CofE VA and Fen Ditton Primary Schools were invited to get hands-on with STEM at the University of Cambridge Department of Engineering and discover robotics and electronic engineering.
Greensoul day gets students thinking about clean technology
On 7 December, Cambridge LaunchPad partners Cambridge Cleantech and Cambridge Regional College teamed up to deliver an event with Year 6 students from Bar Hill Community Primary School. The aim of the day was to educate the students about how clean technology is currently being used and enthuse them about the possibilities available within the industry.