Skills Development Scotland has a series of Virtual Meet the Expert sessions coming up aimed at secondary school pupils of all ages during the next few weeks.

Find out more by clicking on the following links:

26 May 2021 at 9.40am – Virtual Meet the Expert – Scottish Power

27 May 2021 at 2.10pm – Virtual Meet the Expert – – Oil and Gas Technology Centre

1 June 2021 at 9.40am – Virtual Meet the Expert – NHS – Senior Orthotist

9 June 2021 at 9.40am – Virtual Meet the Expert – HSBC: employee communications manager

10 June 2021 at 9.40am – Virtual Meet the Expert – Scottish Power – Onshore projects and Innovation

15 June 2021 at 2.10pm – Virtual Meet the Expert – Oil and Gas Technology Centre – Project Engineer

16 June 2021 at 2.10pm – Virtual Meet the Expert- Financial Services – Investec wealth and investment

17 June 2021 at 9.40am – Virtual Meet the Expert- Financial Services- Digital Marketing roles

Janey Irving, who is Education Officer for STEM across the Northern Alliance as part of Education Scotland’s Northern Team highly recommends this excellent programme. She said: “These sessions offer young people some really good insights into careers that don’t usually get much of a spotlight. They can be viewed in real time during class or study time, or are available later on YouTube – which is really handy if you’d like to weave a session into learning at a different point in the calendar or timetable.

“I can’t stress enough how useful these sessions are, particularly with the current restrictions in place, to share with young people some real-world insight into a range of careers in STEM.”

View the playlist of all past Virtual Meet the Expert sessions:

For more helpful information, young people can access myworldofwork.co.uk for work, skills and learning needs. There’s also a ourskillsforce.co.uk website specifically aimed at supporting employers, apprenticeships.scot for all the latest on apprenticeships or visit skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk for an overview of their work.