News

02 April 2019

On Thursday 21st March, 12 employers came together at a large venue in Penrith to interview young job seekers for real jobs. More than 200 interviews were held for positions in housing construction, c...

01 April 2019

Congratulations to the team from Chifley College Shalvey Campus, Colyton High and Rooty Hill High who have been awarded the regional 2018 Executive Director's Recognition Award for the development and...

20 March 2019

Inspiring the Future Australia hosted an exciting Inspiring Women event in Penrith on Wednesday 20th March 2019.Five successful and inspiring women from different industry sectors shared their career ...

08 February 2019

The Inspiring the Future Australia (ITF) team is very excited about being selected recently as the focussed charity for The Greater Collective February leadership course. The training course participa...

23 January 2019

On Wednesday 23 January, the OECD and the UK-based charity Education and Employers launched a new report at Davos during the World Economic Forum:  Envisioning the Future of Education and Jobs: Trends...

19 December 2018

Winners of the Inspiring the Future UK Drawing the Future competition received their prizes at an awards ceremony at the British Academy and were thrilled to meet career models representing the jobs t...

17 September 2018

If you asked many young people today about the printing and packing industry, they would think clunky presses and black ink, rather than digital design and laser cutting machines. Many students have n...

30 August 2018

It's a simple enough concept, but if everyone who has signed up for Inspiring the Future Australia got their friend, spouse or colleague to sign up - we'd double overnight.We speak to hundreds of pass...

13 August 2018

A recent report by the Mitchell Institute addresses a collective challenge for education and employers: ensuring that all young people in Australia develop the skills and capabilities that will enable...

12 August 2018

Recently a group of young women from Parafield Gardens High School in South Australia had a great and engaging day visiting the Parafield Airport and Uni SA. This excellent workplace visit was an oppo...

09 July 2018

A new survey published on the 5th of July 2018 by Education and Employers in partnership with TES and NAHT reveals the importance teachers place on introducing children to the world of work. The surve...

26 June 2018

In collaboration with the Smith Family and SkillsOne TV. We're thrilled to have our Primary Futures launch video ready to showcase the exciting possibilities and opportunity of the activity. Watch the...

18 June 2018

On the 12th of June 2018 Inspiring the Future launched the Inspiring Women campaign, hosted by Brigidine College St Ives. It was a wonderful evening with great speakers and an inspiring panel discussi...

04 June 2018

This past weekend Inspiring the Future has been at the HSC and Careers Expo in Moore Park, following on from the great weekend we spend at the VCE and Careers Expo in Melbourne a few weeks ago. It was...

20 May 2018

Crawford Public School in Doonside hosted the second Australian Primary Futures activity, following the official launch earlier in the month. The activity took place in collaboration with the Smith Fa...

08 May 2018

We're thrilled to announce Primary Futures was launched in Australia, by an event on the 4th of May 2018, organised by the Schools Industry Partnership and The Smith Family. The event took place at Wi...

13 April 2018

We're launching the exciting new Inspiring Futures for Young Women campaign on the 12th of June at Brigidine College in St Ives, NSW. What is Inspiring Futures for Young Women (IFYW)? It's a sub-campa...

20 March 2018

Inspiring the Future UK has just last week launched a new campaign that asks whether the language we all use when talking about jobs, contributes to the problem of unconscious bias, with a short film ...

02 March 2018

Each volunteer signed up with Inspiring the Future has a unique and different career story. Some found school easy then struggled to click in University, others dropped out and took a vocational pathw...

14 February 2018

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