presentations and workshops
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Each of our sessions features our unique combination of comedy, storytelling, games, discussion, and video - all grounded in the latest research into: - Next Steps & Careers - Employability - Study Skills - Wellbeing, Confidence & Resilience All our sessions are adapted to suit the audience. If you can't find the answers you're looking for here, talk to us at ask@push.co.uk |
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Next Steps & Careers
Push may not have a crystal ball but it does have excellent advice for your journey ahead.
Choosing a Uni
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An impartial guide to higher education, advice on choosing a uni and course that's right for you and tips to help you through the application process.
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MAKING A LIFE, NOT JUST A LIVING: AN INTRO TO 21ST CENTURY CHOICES AND CAREERS
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Interactive session run by professional comedians/performers to help students understand what it means to make proactive and informed choices in life via an exploration of rewards, how people need different mixes, and how we go about making a career more than just a job.
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MY UNI JOURNEY (PARENTS & CARERS)
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A stand-up comedy themed around the performer’s personal journey through university with advice on supporting your child with their choices around higher education.
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MY UNI JOURNEY (STUDENTS)
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A stand-up comedy themed around the performer’s personal journey through university with advice on making the most of the university experience.
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STAND UP FOR HE COMEDY GIG
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A comedy event designed to highlight the benefits of higher education. Professional comedians perform short sets based on their own university experiences in an interactive panel style game show with a broader connection to university life
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MIXING YOUR LIFE COCKTAIL: AN INTRO TO CHOICES AND 21ST CENTURY EMPLOYABILITY
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This session looks at students current worries and their motivations for school life and beyond, alongside student wellbeing, physical and mental. We look into employability, something that Push calls ‘roundness’, how they can achieve such and develop it to make a living.
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Employability
Our one of a kind sessions are more than just CV's and job interviews, they're the very core essence of employability.
Do What you love, love what you do
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This interactive session is run by professional comedians/performers and involves games and fun activities to explore what employability is, why you might want it, and how to get it.
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How to sell yourself
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An interactive session run by professional comedians/performers to help students improve their ability to gain a job or university place by getting a better idea of what it means to sell yourself effectively. Through looking at the techniques of advertising and marketing, the students will learn how to match what they can offer to someone else's needs.
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SIMPLY SKILLED
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Interactive session to help students understand the difference between hard and soft skills, the mix they might need for different careers and the mix of rewards they are looking for in life, in return for their efforts in a workplace.
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Study Skills
Take your capabilities to new heights as we delve into brain functions and helpful techniques.
Enhancing Home Learning Environments (Time management, revision techniques and wider tips)
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An interactive webinar discussing and promoting simple memory and brain-training techniques parents/guardians can teach/use when homeschooling/leading remote learning to improve memory retention for tests, assessments and exams.
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Exam Whizzes
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Session uses research led revision techniques to help students study effectively at home in preparation for their exams.
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OPENING A POSITIVE DIALOGUE ON LEARNING
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An in-school session for parents and guardians regarding opening a positive dialogue with your children on learning and how to form healthy memories.
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UNCHAIN YOUR BRAIN (GCSE)
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An interactive session run by professional comedians/performers to help students understand how the brain learns, why we learn and how it benefits us, plus some wider holistic approaches we can take to forming effective memories and coming back to them under pressure.
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UNCHAIN YOUR BRAIN (A LEVEL & BTEC)
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An interactive session run by professional comedians/performers to help students understand how the brain learns, why we learn and how it benefits us, plus some wider holistic approaches we can take to forming effective memories and coming back to them under pressure.
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Wellbeing
Not being okay is okay, Push is here to help.
Failing for Fuel: Boosting confidence and resilience
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An Interactive session that teaches students how to successfully reframe failure as an opportunity for growth, to build confidence and implement daily practice to reach their goals.
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student Hassles and how to deal with them
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An interactive webinar that discusses a list of wellbeing worries, school and learning related, to ease the stress brought on by the pandemic and how it has affected our education and wider lives.
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MARGINAL GAINS TO BOOST YOUR LEARNING
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An interactive session that teaches how marginal gains in mindset and lifestyles can enhance learning and memory.
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