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School pupils taking part in Hartlepool College’s Girls into Construction event

Hartlepool schoolgirls get hands-on introduction to careers in construction

Year 9 pupils tried bridge building, budgeting and site-risk exercises at Hartlepool College in an event designed to broaden routes into the construction industry.

Three Teesside businesswomen taking part in a panel discussion at Tees Business LIVE at The Auxiliary in Middlesbrough.

Teesside business leaders call for more doors to be opened for young people

Three leading Teesside businesswomen have urged people with influence and connections to use them more deliberately to help young people access careers and opportunities.

Tees Skills 2026/27 promotional artwork showing young people, magazine covers and information about the 10,000-copy careers edition.

Tees Skills aims to put 10,000 career guides into young people’s hands

Employers across Teesside are being invited to show 14 to 18-year-olds the careers available close to home as Tees Skills returns for a third edition.

Clive Owen graduate and trainee intake gathered beside the firm's reception desk

New graduate intake starts careers with Tees accountancy firm

Seven new trainees have joined Clive Owen across its northern offices, including new starters in Darlington and Middlesbrough, as the firm continues its graduate training programme.

Darlington school pupils gathered around a technology exhibit at the Destination STEM Hopetown event

Almost 2,000 Darlington pupils set for hands-on STEM careers event at Hopetown

Destination STEM Hopetown returns in October, bringing almost 2,000 local children together with nearly 50 employers and education providers for two days of hands-on science, technology, engineering and maths activities.

Councillor Rob Darby, Sam-Amy Hall and Honi Lees pictured at Hartlepool College for the adult education partnership

£4.5m Hartlepool partnership opens free routes into new skills and careers

Adults aged 19 and over in Hartlepool can access a broad range of free qualifications through a £4.5m partnership between the borough council and Hartlepool College of Further Education.

Hartlepool Sixth Form student Lucy Skedd

Hartlepool student turns NHS placement into a route towards children’s nursing

Hartlepool Sixth Form student Lucy Skedd says a placement at the University Hospital of North Tees confirmed that children’s nursing is the career she wants to pursue.