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Pate's Careers Fair 2021

After a 'gap year' last year due to Covid-19 restrictions, the school was thrilled to once again be able to host the annual Higher Education & Careers Fair.
16 Nov 2021
School News
Representatives from universities gave useful information to the students
Representatives from universities gave useful information to the students

It was wonderful to see Pate's buzzing with life as representatives from 46 universites and businesses joined members of Pate's alumni at the annual Higher Education & Careers Fair. Safely spread across the Hall, Gym and Refectory, students from Years 10-13 had the rare face to face opportunity to explore HE courses and apprenticeships, meet a wide range of employers and learn 'from the horse's mouth' about a variety of careers from our alumni. 

The school would like to extend a huge thanks to the following businesses and alumni for contributing to a fabulous evening:

Businesses:

Aeros Flight, Executive Aviation Services; Albright IP Ltd; Attivo Group
British Army
Crowe UK LLP
Dyson 
Edward Elgar Publishing
GE Aviation Systems; Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Gloucestershire Police
Hazlewoods
Medivet Cheltenham
Personal Overseas Development
Quattro Design Architects
Renishaw Plc; Royal Navy Royal Marine Careers
Willans LLP Solicitors
 

Alumni:

John Beard (medicine), Jen Cockett (law), Simon Cook (law), Rob Rimell (architecture), Martin Sanders (management), Dominic Thomas (finance), Georgia Wray (law). Additionally,the following alumni were representing their companies:

Ethan Adams Morgan & Babajide Popoola - Dyson

Zainab Rhyman - Albright IP Ltd 

Michelle Liu - University of Bath

Alice Poole - Queens University Belfast

If you would like to find out more about how current parents and alumni can support our Careers programme, please email development@patesgs.org 

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