6 July 2020 Almost 900 additional schools and colleges will join careers hubs from September

Almost 900 additional schools and colleges will join the government's careers hubs from September as the project expands with a £2million injection

The Skills Minister, Gillian Keegan, said that the funding for the third wave of the scheme will be shared between 22 local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) in England

Each area either has, or will create, its own careers hub to work with a group of 20 or more schools and colleges to give better careers advice and offer students more encounters with employers

Careers hubs were first launched in 2018; the Careers and Enterprise Company (CEC) which runs the scheme, said that an additional 882 schools and colleges will join the scheme in September 2020, taking the total to around 2200.  In eleven regions, all schools and colleges will be covered by a careers hub

Careers hubs comprise colleges working with local schools and universities, training providers, employers and career professionals in order to improve careers education in their area

They include a 'hub lead' who works with school and college leaders to provide strategic support on their careers plan and access to business networks, as well as their delivery against the Gatsby Benchmarks