With the support of regional, national, and international organisations, the event offered meaningful, employer led learning designed to broaden pupils’ horizons and deepen their understanding of future career pathways.
Throughout the morning, pupils engaged in a rich programme of interactive workshops, gaining insight into modern workplaces, solving real world challenges, and developing key employability skills.
Workshops included:
• Design a Building for the Future
• Speech and Language Therapy
• Dentistry
• Interior Design
• Pharmaceutical Marketing
• Engineering Skills
• Forensic Science – Fingerprint Analysis
• Engineering Project Management
• Cyber Security
• Aviation Careers
• Sports Coaching
• Insurance Scenario Workshop
• Employment Law Scenario
• Medical Business Project Simulation
• Mock Road Traffic Accident Response
• Coffee Import and Production
• Product Development
The day provided pupils with the opportunity to step into the roles of engineers, designers, clinicians, analysts, legal advisors, marketers, and first responders. Practical sessions—such as analysing fingerprints, designing future proof buildings, responding to a simulated emergency, exploring aviation career routes, and examining global supply chains—helped students connect classroom learning to real professional contexts.
Jo Harding, Careers Coordinator at Tranby, said:
“Offering students genuine encounters with employers is essential to raising aspirations and allows pupils the opportunity to try and be what they see. We are incredibly grateful to all the professionals who joined us today. Their expertise, energy, and willingness to give our students their time has made this an unforgettable learning experience.”
Acknowledgements
Tranby extends sincere thanks to all the organisations and professionals whose contributions made the day possible:
• Balfour Beatty
• NHS Speech & Language Therapy
• Envisage Dentistry
• Generation Edge
• Groupe Atlantic & JUMPSEC
• CNX Therapeutics
• CATCH
• HYMS, The University of Hull
• Cranswick Convenience Foods
• Squadron Leader Ben George (Australian Air Force, retired)
• British Young Pilots
• Aspire Gymnastics & Trampoline Club
• McClarrons
• Wilkin Chapman Rollits
• Spire Healthcare
• Maverick Coffee Trading
• Reckitt
Their generosity and expertise provided students with invaluable insight into a diverse range of industries and career opportunities.