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Schools calling for virtual support


By Mike Pipe, senior enterprise coordinator


In these unprecedented times, The Careers and Enterprise Company acknowledges that practice and partnership delivery work may evolve and take different forms. Virtual delivery and


contacting young people requires additional planning to ensure both young people and delivery partners are appropriately safeguarded. As the vast majority of work


experience opportunities have unfortunately been cancelled due to the Covid-19 lockdown, schools have been looking for virtual ways to engage with employers and opportunities for their students. As a team we have been compiling and sharing resources to help career leaders, but as we start to look ahead to the next academic year, more will need to be done to allow students to benefit from interaction with employers and develop much needed skills and knowledge. We are developing guidance


for employers on how they can set up and run meaningful and virtual work experience and helping schools meet the necessary benchmarks in their career programmes. As always, we are very keen


to talk to anyone who would like to offer support to secondary schools, not just in Birmingham. As this is a national issue, we can link employers up to CEC representatives from across the country. We can provide the necessary training and support you in building partnerships with schools, along with linking you to other business volunteers from the network to help learn from best practice.


If you would like more information please contact Mike Pipe, senior enterprise coordinator


michaelpipe@bep.education 10 CHAMBERLINK August/September 2020 300 new HS2 jobs in Birmingham


HS2 Ltd have announced plans to create more than 300 new jobs in Birmingham. Advertisements for hundreds of


vacancies across a broad range of disciplines, from engineering and project management to land and property, procurement and commercial are to be placed from today as part of a three-month direct-recruitment drive. The new roles will push the total


number of jobs the project has supported to more than 10,000.HS2 minister Andrew Stephenson said: "These jobs are a


welcome boost for workers across the country at this challenging time, providing the opportunity to play a crucial part in delivering HS2, an integral part of improving connectivity and levelling up our country. "We continue to work with the


transport and construction industry to accelerate projects, where safely possible, to kick-start our economy, provide more employment opportunities and drive our recovery as we build out of Covid- 19."


Mark Thurston, chief executive of


HS2 Ltd, added: "With many people facing uncertain job security and worried about future prospects in the current crisis, I hope this will be welcome news for anyone seeking a long-term and rewarding career with a company that places health, safety, equality and diversity at the very top of its priority list. "As part of the HS2 team you’ll


be shaping British history; transforming our Victorian railways and supporting the regeneration and economic prosperity of towns and cities right along the route."


Cancer charity backs new Covid study


A new study investigating the impact of infections, including Covid-19, on patients with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) has been launched with the help of blood cancer charity Cure Leukaemia. The study has been established by PACE, led by


Professor Simon Stanworth from John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, supported by the national Trials Acceleration Programme (TAP). In 2019, Cure Leukaemia announced it would be


investing £3m in 12 blood cancer centres across the UK to form the national Trials Acceleration Programme (TAP). TAP is a network of UK NHS hospitals, linked by Cure Leukaemia-funded Research Nurses, and co- ordinated through the central Hub at the Cancer Research Clinical Trials Unit (CRCTU) at The University of Birmingham. TAP enables rapid setup, recruitment and assessment of pioneering clinical trials for patients with all forms of blood cancer. The study was quickly established in response to the


virus crisis, and has began testing at 18 sites across the country with a further sites expected to start research soon. PACE say that the rapid setup, patient recruitment


and assessment of this study has only been possible thanks to the TAP’s research nurse network and hub, highlighting the vital importance of support for Cure Leukaemia to ensure future studies can be delivered. Professor Simon Stanworth said: “I am honoured to


be working with so many colleagues in the leukaemia community on this clinical study termed PACE. This


Vision: HS2’s Curzon Street Station in central Birmingham


Unprecedented times: James McLaughlin


remains a very worrying time for many of us as we try to grapple with the full consequences of Covid-19 infection in our patients.”


‘We have seen how the TAP has facilitated the opening of this important Covid-19 study’


Cure Leukaemia chief executive James McLaughlin


said: “During these unprecedented times, we have seen how the TAP has facilitated the opening of this important Covid-19 study at hospitals outside the network highlighting the importance of the infrastructure it offers to the UK’s medical community. “We are proud to be making a direct impact on the


UK’s efforts to combat Covid-19 but it remains crucial that we can continue to providing the infrastructure for these studies and clinical trials to run and we cannot do that without the continued support of businesses and fundraisers across the country.”


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