Why Push?
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A Push session is not a presentation. A Push session is an event by a team of professional performers. They moonlight as comedians, actors, writers (we even once had an opera producer) and are an inspirational, engaging, and highly entertaining bunch - with more variation in their educational and professional backgrounds than a bag of pick and mix. Their creativity and wider soft skills are fused with a framework on choices, careers and employability developed over 30 years by our founder and CEO Johnny Rich. We're holders of a National Careers Award for working with 14-19 year olds, and we're a powerful way to meet your DfE and OFSTED requirements on independent careers guidance, which should:
While excellent careers sessions can be run in-house, they don't meet all of these requirements. Push sessions are a fun, 'emotionally sticky' accompaniment to your school's internal CEIAG and outreach programme. Students and teachers often say a Push presenter ran one of the best sessions they have ever witnessed by an external provider, and that we're 100% worth paying for. We are a completely independent not-for-profit organisation, and guarantee the highest quality (when external providers are free, that is not always the case). We tap into young people's feelings via stories, and our tone is motivational and geared towards helping them imagine their future possible selves. We then build - through interactive exercises, memorable games, video and worksheets - to giving them information and advice to achieve it. Oh - and on top there's the fact we're a great way to tick those Gatsby Benchmarks.
We avoid any 'fire up and forget' approach to our outreach - by ensuring we send a link to all our wider online blogs, videos and monthly year 9-13 newsletter, so we can keep supporting the students we've engaged. We can also provide you, on request, with an impact report for our sessions, based on feedback we can get every student to do at the end of a session. This can be added into your report to OFSTED, as perfect evidence of the quality of your impartial careers education.
Additionally, Push can help you:
- Inspire and inform young people about the full range of education, training and employment opportunities available to all students
- Be provided in an impartial manner
- Promote the best interests of the student to whom it is given
- We help you meet the Government's Gatsby Benchmarks
While excellent careers sessions can be run in-house, they don't meet all of these requirements. Push sessions are a fun, 'emotionally sticky' accompaniment to your school's internal CEIAG and outreach programme. Students and teachers often say a Push presenter ran one of the best sessions they have ever witnessed by an external provider, and that we're 100% worth paying for. We are a completely independent not-for-profit organisation, and guarantee the highest quality (when external providers are free, that is not always the case). We tap into young people's feelings via stories, and our tone is motivational and geared towards helping them imagine their future possible selves. We then build - through interactive exercises, memorable games, video and worksheets - to giving them information and advice to achieve it. Oh - and on top there's the fact we're a great way to tick those Gatsby Benchmarks.
We avoid any 'fire up and forget' approach to our outreach - by ensuring we send a link to all our wider online blogs, videos and monthly year 9-13 newsletter, so we can keep supporting the students we've engaged. We can also provide you, on request, with an impact report for our sessions, based on feedback we can get every student to do at the end of a session. This can be added into your report to OFSTED, as perfect evidence of the quality of your impartial careers education.
Additionally, Push can help you:
- Ensure your students make well informed, impartial decisions
- Inspire your students to get clued-up on their unique paths
- Inform and engage parents in careers advice
- Create bespoke sessions and events to meet your students’ needs
- Work with neighbouring schools to increase the reach of high quality careers and university advice
- Engage your students in the UCAS process & Personal Statement writing
- Encourage students to think about careers & job-matching
"Having a stand up do these talks is the best thing I've seen so far...! Nearly died laughing."
Anonymous student
“Much more suited to the audience than teacher talks. The students really enjoyed it.”
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Our Unique Approach
Our USP comes down to our innovative mix of informative, inspirational sessions with a healthy dose of humour to get even the least engaged students excited about their futures. Many of our speakers have a background in standup comedy, and we've always been avid preachers of the importance of a good laugh.
And it's not just us. Loads of studies have looked into the benefits of humour: ranging from helping young people cope with the challenges of their teenage years to balancing school, jobs and social life – a decent sense of humour makes young people more resilient when faced with stress.
It's also the best way we've found to get a room of students on board and on the edge of their seats.
And it's not just us. Loads of studies have looked into the benefits of humour: ranging from helping young people cope with the challenges of their teenage years to balancing school, jobs and social life – a decent sense of humour makes young people more resilient when faced with stress.
It's also the best way we've found to get a room of students on board and on the edge of their seats.
Push is committed to delivering impartial careers advice and helping students to make better, well-informed choices about their futures.
It’s what we’ve been doing for 20 years and it’s what we really care about, so we won’t bring any agenda with us. We’re not affiliated with a college or university (although we do often work with them), so we can reflect the range and diversity of the HE experience without promoting any one institution or answer.
They key messages that students take away from our sessions on university are:
And we're well aware that uni isn't the be all and end all, so we discuss the huge range of options available to students in our Options at 16/18 sessions.
It’s what we’ve been doing for 20 years and it’s what we really care about, so we won’t bring any agenda with us. We’re not affiliated with a college or university (although we do often work with them), so we can reflect the range and diversity of the HE experience without promoting any one institution or answer.
They key messages that students take away from our sessions on university are:
- No two universities are the same
- There’s no such thing as the best university
- There is only the university that is best for you
And we're well aware that uni isn't the be all and end all, so we discuss the huge range of options available to students in our Options at 16/18 sessions.
All of our speakers are put through Push’s rigorous training programme, with on-going support to make sure they're equipped with the most up-to-date information on careers, university & alternatives.
We provide all the key information that students need without the jargon, and without talking down to them either. It’s a narrow tightrope, but we’ve developed perfect balance.
Push are nationally recognised as being experts on everything student – our Managing Director, Johnny Rich, is a director of the Higher Education Academy. He is regularly featured in the media, invited to give keynote addresses at careers advice and higher education conferences and he is a member of various government advisory committees for Higher Education.
We provide all the key information that students need without the jargon, and without talking down to them either. It’s a narrow tightrope, but we’ve developed perfect balance.
Push are nationally recognised as being experts on everything student – our Managing Director, Johnny Rich, is a director of the Higher Education Academy. He is regularly featured in the media, invited to give keynote addresses at careers advice and higher education conferences and he is a member of various government advisory committees for Higher Education.
They say laughter is the best medicine.
Well, we’re not doctors, but laughter certainly helps make our sessions uniquely effective.
Our sessions are funny. Many of our speakers are comedians and comedy writers. The jokes and the entertaining nature of our sessions always come with an important message or fact at their core, and are the ideal way to support the great work that teachers and schools already do
Well, we’re not doctors, but laughter certainly helps make our sessions uniquely effective.
Our sessions are funny. Many of our speakers are comedians and comedy writers. The jokes and the entertaining nature of our sessions always come with an important message or fact at their core, and are the ideal way to support the great work that teachers and schools already do
From 30 students to over 400, from classrooms and gyms to lecture theatres and playgrounds, from year 9s through to sixth-formers and even parents, from choosing a uni to wider options at 18, we can tailor your talk to fit your students’ needs.
We’ve run sessions as a kick-starter to wider careers days and events, specialist sessions focussing on employability skills, an effective introduction to the world of university for students from years 9 - 13.
We can even work with you to create complete bespoke programmes, from an hour to a full day of training and workshops.
We’ve run sessions as a kick-starter to wider careers days and events, specialist sessions focussing on employability skills, an effective introduction to the world of university for students from years 9 - 13.
We can even work with you to create complete bespoke programmes, from an hour to a full day of training and workshops.
...by students, teachers, and careers practitioners.
95% of teachers and 93% of students rate Push sessions as ‘good’ or ‘excellent'. Click here to see what they’ve been saying.
Push has also been recognised by Institute for Careers Guidance, winning an award from the Institute for Careers Guidance in the Working With Young People (14 – 19s Category).
We love what we do and that's why we're so good at it. Push works hard to support students in the long-term – we know that great careers advice is for life, not just for an hour. That’s why we offer a range of supporting resources for teachers and students, to help keep students fired up after the talk is over.
95% of teachers and 93% of students rate Push sessions as ‘good’ or ‘excellent'. Click here to see what they’ve been saying.
Push has also been recognised by Institute for Careers Guidance, winning an award from the Institute for Careers Guidance in the Working With Young People (14 – 19s Category).
We love what we do and that's why we're so good at it. Push works hard to support students in the long-term – we know that great careers advice is for life, not just for an hour. That’s why we offer a range of supporting resources for teachers and students, to help keep students fired up after the talk is over.
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Proud Members of NEON and uni4mePush are proud members of NEON (National Education Opportunities Network). Through NEON, we have access to the latest education resources and materials, and are kept up to date on 'the widening access landscape'.
We are also part on Neon's online outreach portal Uni4Me who give access to online events, activities and resources for teachers and students from UK higher education organisations which includes universities, Uni Connect partnerships, sector bodies and other organisations who believe in higher education. Our page can be found here. |