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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.
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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 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.

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.

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.
£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 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.
