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Engineering Further Education (EFE)
Ementoring
Bright Links Engineering
ementoring gives students the support they need to
make those though decisions about their future. By
putting them in direct contact with people currently
working in engineering related jobs and a database
full of information students will find answers to
questions like:
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What types of jobs could studying
engineering lead to?
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Should I get a job or do
further study?
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What are my study options?
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How do
I get an apprenticeship?
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What are my career
options?
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How much could I earn?
Bright Links
Engineering ementoring is free and is open to
students studying engineering courses at English
Level 2 & 3 or Scottish Level 5 & 6 in general
further education colleges.
How does it work?
As a
Bright Links engineering mentee, students will get:
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Their own personal online mentor; an engineer from
industry who can provide encouragement and support
throughout their engineering FE studies and can
offer guidance on further training and employment
opportunities that their studies could lead to;
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Access to a wide range of information and videos
about careers, money, student finance etc;
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A
programme of activities to develop valuable life
skills around study, careers, money management and
confidence building;
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Access to an online database
of over 500 resources to support their studies.
To
date nearly 100 mentors have registered for the
programme and are trained and ready to support
students. All mentors are registered STEM
Ambassadors and have current enhanced CRB clearance.
If you are a student studying engineering in further
education at English Level 2 and 3 or Scottish Level
5 and 6 and would like a mentor from industry, sign
up for free at
www.brightlinksengineering.org
If you
are a STEM Ambassador and interested in supporting
engineering students in further education, please
visit
www.brightlinksengineering.org and click on
the Become a Mentor tab.
If you work in a general
further education college in England, Scotland,
Wales or Northern Ireland and would like to promote
this free opportunity to your engineering students,
please contact
Amelia Smith
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