CAREER TOOLKIT
Here you’ll find free resources, lesson guides and activities to complement your career programme. Our resources support students to develop their understanding of post-16 options and progression pathways.
~ Easily embedded into your career curriculum
~ No preparation needed
~ Can be delivered by any school staff
Please don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions or queries about these resources.
WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT UNIVERSITY LIFE?
The Southern Universities Network are proud to introduce you to our fabulous interactive game ‘Campus Explorer’. The online game does exactly what it says on the tin, and has been designed to help young people make decisions about university and explore various aspects of university life.
The gameplay is great fun and engaging! Students simply choose a character, click play, and arrive on campus for their first day. The gamification takes them on a simulated journey which has an accompanying narrative where they learn more about university life. It’s important that students read and follow the story to find points of interest and complete each quest – this will lead them to their own GRADUATION!
WHAT WILL EACH STUDENT NEED?
Each student will need to access the internet using a computer.
HOW DO I ACCESS THE GAME?
Visit uniexplorer.org – then click on Campus Explorer.
Students will be asked to enter their postcode and age to access the game.
This is important information for us to collect as it helps us measure the impact of this resource.
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO COMPLETE?
With the game’s storyline and our accompanying worksheet, the game will approximately take
35-50 minutes to complete.
IN-CLASS WORKSHEET
SUN has designed an interactive worksheet to accompany the online game. The worksheet will quiz you on some of the information that you will learn throughout the Campus Explorer game.
It’s time to start budgeting! This is perfect for students that want to learn more about budgeting and financial support for university.
The Southern Universities Network are proud to introduce you to our online ‘Money Explorer’ toolkit. Students progress by earning trophies and gaining budgeting knowledge by answering multiple-choice questions and watching informative videos. The aim is for students to collect all 10 trophies and learn how to budget effectively and steer clear of unnecessary debt.
Based on student input for each trophy, the game calculates your weekly money introducing students to ‘money in’ Versus ‘money out’. The website has a built-in ‘budget book’ which is a space for students to record information, own notes and tips that they find whilst collecting budget trophies. This can either be printed or emailed to them.
WHAT WILL EACH STUDENT NEED?
Each student will need to access to the internet using a computer with audio capacity.
HOW DO I ACCESS THE GAME?
Visit uniexplorer.org – then click on Money Explorer.
Students will be asked to enter their postcode and age to access the game.
This is important information for us to collect as it helps us measure the impact of this resource.
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO COMPLETE the trophies?
Collecting all of the budgeting trophies can take approximately 50 minutes to complete.
However, students can work at their own pace and you will be pleased to know that students can save their progress. If they click on the ‘SAVE’ function on the website students will be prompted to give their ‘POSTCODE’ and will be given their own unique code which they can use to load their progress when they revisit Money Explorer.
ENGAGE IN MEANINGFUL CAREERS-RELATED CONVERSATIONS
Our pause-and-play videos help generate career-related conversations on topics such as
apprenticeships, level 3+ options and budgeting for higher education. The aim of our video series is to provide information that supports students to think about their education and future career choices.
The video series emulate our popular workshop offer and have built-in questions to stimulate students’ thoughts, allowing them to engage at their own pace. As they are short, they’re ideal if you are short on time or for tutorials. Teachers even have the option to set students the accompanying worksheets for more structured learning.
HOW LONG ARE THE VIDEOS?
Would suit a 30-40 minute session with 5-10 minutes discussions after each one.
(Also ideal for shorter sessions or tutorials as each video is 3-5 mins long and there are 4 videos in each series).
HOW WOULD THEY BE DELIVERED?
The videos are pre-recorded so are totally flexible for you to watch and/or schedule into your school timetable. (Totally flexible and ideal for tutorials).
WHAT THEMES CAN I CHOOSE FROM?
- Discover Apprenticeships
- Discover Your Career
- Discover Money Explorer
- Discover your Options
STUDENTS GAIN AN INSIGHT INTO THEIR FIRST WEEK AT COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OR AN APPRENTICESHIP
Following the feedback from our SUN Young Researchers and individual school feedback, the SUN are delighted to bring to you our new ‘Your First Week’ video series. The videos support:
- Year 11’s transitioning from school-to-college or school-to-apprenticeship
- Year 13’s transitioning from college-to-apprenticeship or college-to-university
HOW LONG ARE THE VIDEOS?
The aim of our video series is to provide young people with an insight into what your first week may look like when you start either college, an apprenticeship or university. The videos contain relevant information, hints and tips from real students who have taken those pathways and would like to share their experiences with others. The videos also aim to help young people prepare for life, study, and work after school or college.
Each video is approx. 5 mins long.
HOW WOULD THEY BE DELIVERED?
The videos are pre-recorded so are totally flexible for you to watch and/or schedule into your school timetable. (Totally flexible and ideal for tutorials).
WHAT THEMES CAN I CHOOSE FROM?
THE RESOURCES
The Southern Universities Network are delighted to bring you this interactive resource which has been created by a partnership project. The team behind the resources include members of staff from the University of Portsmouth, Southampton City Council and Aspire Learning and Development, representing the ALPHI network and the ASK project.