March 12th 2025
Futures Evening 2025 - Tuesday 4th March
As part of National Careers Week, 21 professionals (including some ex-students) from industry attended The Warren School to give short presentations to our students, across all year groups, and to their parents and carers. This informative event inspired our students by providing information, advice and guidance about their future career paths, with the opportunity to ask questions from the various professionals. Our presenters talked about what they do, what education route they took, e.g. university, FE college, and apprenticeships, and gave advice to the students about how to get into their field.
Research shows that young people who had been in contact with several employers were nearly twice as likely to believe that they had a good idea of the knowledge and skills needed for the job they wanted to do.
Students are encouraged to investigate job profiles from the National Careers Service website, where they can look into skills and qualifications needed to get into jobs, what the work would be like, the average salary they could expect and what the career prospects are: https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/explore-careers
A big thank you to the following presenters who presented at our Futures Evening:
Charlotte Clarke Associate director, Investor Relations M&G Real Estate, Didem Gokpinar Brand experience coordinator, Jamie Oliver group, Diana Naftanaila Service manager GSK, Michael Compton Director, M&A and Strategic Transactions Legal, Barclays Bank Lawyer, Chloe Eloise Willis (The Royal Veterinary College), Amjad Syed Pharmacist SuperCare Pharmacy, Robert Andrews Trading standards LBBD, Dr Jacqueline Wabara Business Management Bill Gates Foundation, Megan davenport-Connolly Royal Academy of Engineering, Andrew Pauling (NHS - Paramedic), Desart Ismaili, Jamie Jones, Karna Majdian UCL Architecture, Alexndra Borowska Product designer Genomics England, Henry Fung East of England Ambulance Service Trust, Mo Ahmed (London Fire Brigade), Hina Mir, John Brecknell, Clair Moughton NHS Medical profession, Harsh Verma (Cyber Security Analyst - KPMG LLP) and Sam Spacey Software Development Engineer Amazon Web Services.
Feedback and comments from some of the presenters include:
"It was great to meet the students and inform them about the apprenticeship route into asset management industry. The event included students of all age groups and it was very inspiring to see students dedicating the time to understand the opportunities available to them post school" Charlotte Clarke, Associate Director, Investor Relations, M&G Real Estate.
"It was a great evening being able to share my experiences with the London ambulance service. It was great to inspire the next generation of paramedics and emergency call handlers. Really good questions and answering sessions. Also, it was great to talk about my own school journey that started at warren to where I am now!" Andrew Pauling, LAS Paramedic.
"Thank you for the great event. It was amazing to speak to such a wide range of students from different year groups about engineering and the different routes to get into an engineering career. I was so impressed by the interesting questions and engagement. I’d be very happy to support this event again" Megan Davenport‑Connolly, Policy & Engagement Officer, Global Talent, Royal Academy of Engineering.
“It was great to meet such an engaged group of students taking an interest in their future careers! We had a great discussion with some really insightful questions about life as a lawyer and the path to get there.“ Michael Compton, Director, M&A and Strategic Transactions Legal, Barclays Bank Lawyer.
Feedback and comments from some our students include:
"Medicine / Paramedic talks was very interesting because it showed all requirements, what qualifications are required and how what they do" Alexia Year 7.
"Product design talk was very interesting as I thought it was a easy job to get but it is actually hard to get into" Sahaan Year 10.
"Business Management session taught me that there is more than one way to success. It also helped me structure my personal plans for the future, giving me a new perspective on how I can make a successful career" Tonis Year 12.
Mr A Uddin MBE
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