Careers Advice and Guidance
Your future is important to us, and we are committed to supporting our students to plan their next steps and make informed choices through impartial careers information, advice, and guidance.
We have an experienced Careers Team, who can provide lots of support across a range of areas such as:
Career Options
Progression and Further Training
Job or Apprenticeship Applications
CV Writing or Personal Statements
UCAS Applications
As a student at the College, you’ll have access to:
- Two qualified and impartial Careers Advisors
- One to one support from your Personal Development Tutor
- Invitations to university open days/taster days
- College careers fairs and progression fairs
- Support with personal statements and applications to university
- Work experience embedded within your programme of study
- Access to industry-related guest speakers and workshops
- Trips and visits to inspire your future career decisions
The College also works in partnership with Shaping Futures, an initiative aimed at raising higher education aspirations. This partnership means there will be many opportunities for you to take advantage of if you wish to progress to university, such as personal statement workshops, university guest speaker visits, and UCAS workshops.
UniFrog
Explore the wide range of careers available to you with our online tool, Unifrog.
Unifrog supports all our students in planning their next steps after completing their courses with us.
It allows you to explore your interests, and compare university-level qualifications, apprenticeships, and further education courses available to you. Unifrog is also there to help you build your application.
Visit UniFrog here: www.unifrog.org
Useful Links and Resources
We have a wide range of excellent resources available below:
- UniFrog
- National Careers Service
- Shaping Futures
- Be More
- Amazing Apprenticeships
- National Apprenticeship Service
- UCAS
Meet the Careers Team
Our Careers Team are predominantly based in Student Services at the St Helens Town Centre Campus and Knowsley Main Campus (Stockbridge), however, they are more than happy to meet students at the STEM Centre Campus and IAMTech Campus too.
Julie Heap
Careers Lead
jheap@sthelens.ac.uk
To make an appointment with a Careers Adviser, please contact the relevant person below:
Paul Whitehead
Careers Adviser
pwhitehead@sthelens.ac.uk / 01744 623236
Liz Chapman
Careers Adviser
lchapman@sthelens.ac.uk
Enquiries Team
0151 477 5850 / info@knowsleycollege.ac.uk
Matrix Standard
The College is pleased to have achieved the matrix Standard Accreditation, awarded to our Student Services and Business Development Teams for providing high-quality information, advice, and guidance to our stakeholders.
The Matrix Standard is the international quality standard for organisations that deliver information, advice and/or guidance (IAG) as part of their services. It is designed to benchmark organisations against best practice in these areas.