Teaching Assistant Lisa from Mainz, Germany, tells her story from school, what she learned from her time in Wales, working for UNICEF and how languages and teaching will influence her career planning.
Brief notes of the journey.
Videos
Using languages in my career
Raquel tells us her story of moving from Spain to Scotland and how a love of languages has shaped all aspects of her life.
A great story!
A career in Corporate Law
A former NBHS student, Niall Mackle joined us to talk about how he planned his career in law and some of his experiences and observations he gathered along the way.
Update October 2020
After another presentation to the students at North Berwick High, here is a short version and storyboard of some of the main points Niall made at his presentation
Or via this link
Training in FuneralCare
When full-time college didn’t suit former North Berwick High School student Lauren, she moved into retail and now funeralcare. Join us an find out why.
A college route to a degree
Samuel talks us through his decision to take the college to degree route on leaving North Berwick High School.
Thinking about languages?
A fantastic podcast from former North Berwick High student Flora on her journey through school, university and her current job.
Here is a copy of Flora’s presentation she delivered to S3.
NBHS Presentation (1)
A career with Jaguar Land Rover
Meet former North Berwick High student James and his colleague Emily, both apprentices with Jaguar Land Rover.
Find out more about Jaguar Land Rover apprenticeships here
You can use the resources at MWOW here to help with your career planning.
More on STEM careers at Futuremorph here
Information and resources at Tomorrow’s Engineers here
Podcast from James and Emily on applying for their apprenticeships
Screenshot of the S3 responses to the talk
Report on the session including some interesting responses!
George Elderfield – STEM Ambassador
Former North Berwick High student and now STEM Ambassador, George Elderfield tells us about his engineering journey to date and what the future offers.
Employment in Finance from S6
William, from North Berwick High, tells us why he chose the employment option as opposed to full time study to develop his career in the financial sector. He also gives us some very useful employability tips as well!
Why take languages?
Louise Whyte from SCILT explains why.