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Classroom to Careers: Bridging the gap between education & employment. >
In January 2026, Connect Northumberland brought together educators, employers and community leaders at Renolit’s world-class manufacturing facility in Cramlington for a morning of honest, inspiring conversation about one of the most important questions facing our county: how do we help young people move confidently from classroom to career? The event sat at the very […]
Connect Inspires: Showing Northumberland’s young people what’s possible >
Northumberland is an extraordinary place to build a career. World-class manufacturers, renewable energy pioneers, pharmaceutical innovators, technology companies and creative industries – the county has more to offer young people than most of them will ever realise. And that, in a nutshell, is the problem. For too many young people growing up here, the careers […]
What happens when you open your doors to young people? >
From pharma labs to the Council Chamber: two visits that showed Northumberland’s young people what’s possible Connect Northumberland’s Connect Inspires programme has taken young people from two very different schools into two very different worlds and the results were everything we could have hoped for. Arcinova, Alnwick Year 7 students from Bede Academy visited Arcinova, […]
Northumberland pupils discover their local products are shipped around the world >
When a group of young people from Grange View School in Northumberland walked into Raytec’s manufacturing facility in Ashington they probably didn’t expect to leave with a new perspective on what their county is capable of. But that’s exactly what happened. As part of Connect Northumberland‘s Connect Inspires programme, the students toured the factory, met […]
Northumberland’s young problem-solvers take on the TechNExt Schools Challenge >
On Wednesday 18 June, young people from across the North East will gather at Morpeth Sports and Leisure Centre for the TechNExt Schools Challenge and we think it’s one of the most important days in the regional calendar. Now in its third year, the challenge brings together students aged 9-13, including young people from SEND […]
Spark Northumberland New Venture >
New website for Spark Northumberland delivering industry relevant curriculum content to schools in the region
