Why attend a DYW event?

Events with partners offer educators, young people, and often their parents/carers the opportunity to engage with a range of employers, learn what local opportunities are available to them as well as routes and pathways into the industry. Events can be in-person or online.

You can view what's coming up below.

South Ayrshire
Futures

5th February 2025

South Ayrshire Futures will return for its 3rd year to Ayr Racecourse from 5.30pm-7.30pm.

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Pathways to

Careers

19th February 2025

The 2nd Pathways to Careers will take place at Ayrshire College Kilmarnock from 5.30pm-7.30pm.

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Your Next
Move

5th March 2025

Returning for its 3rd year, this event will take place at Ayrshire College Kilwinning from 5.30pm-7.30pm.

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In-school events

We are proud to continue our support to Ayrshire Chamber's Education Team who are contracted by North and South Ayrshire Councils to support the School Engagement programme. As preparation for academic session 2024 - 2025, the team have been busy meeting their school contacts to discuss engagements for the new school year. You can view events from February to June 2024 below:

  • QMA Senior Phase Options Evening- Wed 15th January 2025 6pm – 7.30pm (Employers with Apprenticeships/Graduate programmes)
  • Garnock Academy S3 Ex Pupil Career Information event – Wed 5th February 2025 9am – 12.45pm
  • Largs Academy S4-S6 Careers event – Thurs 6th February 2025 11am – 3pm
  • Marr College S2 & S3 Careers event- Thurs 7th February 9.30am – 12.30pm
  • Carrick Academy S2–S6 Routes & Pathways event – Fri 21st February 2025 10.50am – 2.50pm
  • Belmont Academy S5 Mock Interviews – Tues 25th February 2025 11am – 2pm
  • Marr College S4&S5 Pathways event – Fri 28th February 2025 9.30am – 12.10pm
  • Queen Margaret Academy S2 & S3 Pathways event - Thurs 6th March 2025 8.30am – 11.30am
  • Greenwood Academy Scottish Apprenticeship Week Speakers - 3rd - 7th March, flexible with times each day
  • Auchenharvie Academy S1 – S3 META Skills, flexible with dates and times until June 2025
  • Dalry Primary STEAM Week 10th – 14th March, flexible with times each day
  • Dalry Primary World of Work Week 5th – 9th May, flexible with times each day
  • Garnock Primary World of Work Week 12th – 16th May, flexible with times each day

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If you would prefer to go down the route of other School Engagement activities, such as bringing pupils to your business for a tour, delivering a classroom talk, or an employability skills session (CV/interview skills), the Education Team are also happy to support this. Please see a list of these requests below.

 

Largs Academy:

  • Travel and tourism – they have 31 pupils taking this class this school year which requires employer engagements as part of course completion
  • Home Economics (HE) -the school are looking for businesses within the food industry but not hospitality
  • Business and Computing – any form of engagement that is relevant to these subjects that could help build into the curriculum or highlight the jobs/opportunities within the sector to bring it to life.

 

Kilwinning Academy: 

  • Science department – the school are delivering a new Skills for Work: Health Sector course for S5/6 pupils. Looking for employers such as nurses, those in health and social care, pharmacists, opticians, physiotherapists to deliver classroom talks or if pupils could visit your premises to help showcase different roles/career paths within the sector. September onwards on Mon 3-3.50pm, Wed 9-10.40, Thu 11-12.35 or Fri 9.50-10.40. Topics this course will cover are working in the health sector, employability skills in the health sector, medical devices and pharmaceuticals, improving health and wellbeing and physiology of the cardiovascular system.

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