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Pathways
Employability
learning
Wellbeing
Push is a not-for-profit organisation that supports all school-leavers and students (particularly

those from disadvantaged backgrounds) to make well​ informed decisions about their futures

and to have the skills and resources to make their choices a reality.

Presentations and Workshops


​Each of our sessions features our unique combination of comedy, storytelling, games, discussion, and video - all grounded in the latest research into:

- Pathways
- Employability
- Learning
- Wellbeing 


We can help you meet your Gatsby benchmarks​ and help prevent the possible risks identified in the OfS Risk Register. 

All our sessions are adapted to suit the audience. If you can't find the answers you're looking for here, talk to us.
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Pathways

With a plethora of pathways to take to reach a career goal, Push gives students sound and informed advice on how they can make their next steps right for them.
Choosing a University
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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A fulfilling Career
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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Aiming for Employability
​​​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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Alternatives to Higher Education (Choices at 16 / 18)
This session helps support students to consider alternatives (or simply gain perspectives) to university at 18 - even if they are already considering a degree. We explore the reasons why we make choices, what our own barriers might be, and the alternative routes to the employability we each need to build.
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Employability

Our one of a kind sessions don’t just cover CVs and interviews, they delve into the art of self-improvement and personal skill recognition.
Understanding Employability
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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application and Interview Skills
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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Transferable SKILLs
​​​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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public speaking skills
This session, run by a professional actor, explores how students can boost their delivery via stagecraft. The techniques are designed to be transferable to employer and university interviews, as well as boosting soft skills in presentation giving and debate.
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Learning

We centre our study skills sessions around pedagogies that can benefit all students regardless of aspirations, learning styles and location.
Exam Preparation
Session uses research led revision techniques to help students study effectively at home in preparation for their exams.
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Learning Methodology
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

We cover mindfulness, personal health and methods of reducing anxiety to ensure all students can maintain their physical and mental wellbeing whilst learning.
Understanding Failure and Building Confidence
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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Stress Management
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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Enhancing Learning and Memory
An interactive session that teaches how marginal gains in mindset and lifestyles can enhance learning and memory.
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Parents, Guardians & Carers

While any of our sessions can be adapted as advise for parents, guardians & carers or teachers, these are a few of the most popular that we offer.
Enhancing Learning Environments
​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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The University Experience
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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FORMING POSITIVE MEMORIES
​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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  • About Us
    • What is Push? >
      • Why choose Push?
      • History of Push
    • Testimonials
    • Push Theory of Change
    • Our Team
    • Vacancies
    • Legal Stuff
    • Enquire
    • Media Enquiries
  • Sessions
    • PATHWAYS
    • EMPLOYABILITY
    • LEARNING & STUDY SKILLS
    • WELLBEING
  • STUDENTS
    • Student Zone >
      • University
      • Gap Years
      • Apprenticeships
      • Jobs
      • No Idea
      • Parents
    • Blog
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