Teachers & Advisors

Shaping Futures provide schools with high quality, impartial, information, advice, and guidance activities, to support students in making informed choices and fulfilling their potential. Alongside our outreach offer, we provide teacher CPD opportunities and support schools to understand their outreach needs, while working with local strategic partners to collaboratively deliver activity which meets local needs.

Our work contributes to a comprehensive, stable careers programme, with each activity designed with the Gatsby Benchmarks in mind.

Teachers & Advisors

Shaping Futures provide schools with high quality, impartial, information, advice, and guidance activities, to support students in making informed choices and fulfilling their potential. Alongside our outreach offer, we provide teacher CPD opportunities and support schools to understand their outreach needs, while working with local strategic partners to collaboratively deliver activity which meets local needs.

Our work contributes to a comprehensive, stable careers programme, with each activity designed with the Gatsby Benchmarks in mind.

Teachers & Advisors

Shaping Futures provide schools with high quality, impartial, information, advice, and guidance activities, to support students in making informed choices and fulfilling their potential. Alongside our outreach offer, we provide teacher CPD opportunities and support schools to understand their outreach needs, while working with local strategic partners to collaboratively deliver activity which meets local needs.

Our work contributes to a comprehensive, stable careers programme, with each activity designed with the Gatsby Benchmarks in mind.

In the Outreach section of our website you’re able to see a summary of the outreach provision offered by Shaping Futures partner institutions, while our Events Calendar lists events offered by our core team, collaborative work with local stakeholders, activity funded by Shaping Futures and more. Our resources section provides a range of resources which can be used independently by students or embedded into lessons.

We look forward to hearing from you!

What is Outreach?

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Resources for Teachers

Student Finance England

Student Finance England offers a microsite for those working in the education sector, providing guidance on the financial help students in England considering HE or FE can receive. The microsite contains the most recent news updates, along with guides, films and factsheets to help explain Student Finance to students, their supporters and other school staff.

Teachers Guide to Shaping Futures

Take a look at the PDF resources below for additional information and guidance for teachers.

UniTasterDays Teacher Guide

This guide supports university guidance provided in secondary schools and college, containing over 50 articles contributed by HE staff across the UK (including Shaping Futures). On topics such as booking university events, Gatsby Benchmarks, personal statements and more.

Top Tips

Outreach professionals from Liverpool John Moores, Edge Hill University and Liverpool Hope University share their top tips for teachers on how to successfully engage with outreach work.

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Contact Us

If you’re interested in working with Shaping Futures and would like to discuss how we can work together to support your students, please complete our Contact form on our ‘Contact Us’ page and a member of our team will get back to you as soon as possible. You can also use our Contact form to ask any specific queries you may have about individual students, as we are happy to provide advice or signpost you to organisations who can provide additional support.