IT & Digital Media: IT & Digital Media Apprenticeships with Luke Harris from Arch Apprentices

As part of the 2016 National Apprenticeship Week, Channel Talent is offering this videoconference/webinar to Year 12s & 13s with a potential interest in IT and Digital Media careers. The interactive session will be delivered by Luke Harris, an inspiring and engaging public speaker, supported by other colleagues at Arch. They are really keen to talk to sixth formers about the IT and Digital industries and the apprenticeships they offer in Bristol, Birmingham and Manchester on behalf of some very exciting companies.

The session is free to schools and colleges.

ARCH CREATES THE IT & DIGITAL WORKFORCE OF TOMORROW, TODAY.

Arch combines young talent with great employers to create valuable and productive employees in entry level IT and Digital jobs, backed by the Government’s Apprenticeship Programme. Arch creates cost-effective IT & Digital Skills by tapping into a talent pool overlooked by our competitors: young people coming into the workforce for the first time. Over 1000 young people and over 500 employers are already enjoying the benefits of Arch Apprenticeships. Employers include Google, Facebook, The Guardian and Barclays, as well as digital marketing agencies, publishers, e-tailers, IT firms, tech companies, charities and public bodies. Arch partners with leading industry organisations, such as CompTIA and Microsoft, to deliver training of the highest quality. 93% of apprentices go into full time employment on completion of their Arch Apprenticeship. More details about Arch can be found here.

The session will cover:

o An interactive introduction to the world of work;

o The IT and digital marketing industries;

o Arch apprenticeships;

o Questions

Suitable for: Schools & Colleges in the West Midlands, Bristol and Manchester areas.

Arch will look at academic results but they are most interested in talking to students who demonstrate a passion for and, ability in, the creative and commercial aspects of digital media and also those that are more technically oriented. This is for Year 12 and Year 13 students. Importantly Arch is recruiting throughout the year so this will be of interest to students planning to complete Year 13 but equally there may be students who, for whatever reason, may be interested in applying sooner.

Preparation/Pre-reading: It will be helpful for students to consider questions in advance.

Please do get in touch if you have a group that would like to take part. Availability will be limited to four schools.