Equalex for schools
Deliver meaningful experiences without
starting from scratch.
Deliver meaningful experiences without starting from scratch.
Schools are being asked to provide more meaningful encounters with employers, but finding the time, content and employer connections to deliver them can be difficult. TILG brings together employer-led challenges, expert delivery and Lightbulb Online to give schools a practical, supported way to deliver meaningful equalex experiences.
Hundreds of thousands
young people engaged
Across the UK
programmes delivered with schools nationwide
Leading employers
challenges and experiences created with national brands
Flexible delivery
in-person, digital and blended options
The starting point
The challenge schools are being asked to solve
Creating meaningful, repeated employer experiences takes time, planning, content and strong employer connections. For busy careers teams, bringing all of that together across a school can be difficult.
Not enough time
Careers teams are already balancing delivery, planning and a busy school timetable.
Limited employer connections
Building and maintaining a network of employers takes time and resource.
Not enough ready-to-use content
Meaningful employer experiences need structure, activities and context, not just a presentation.
Limited internal capacity
Coordinating meaningful experiences across year groups can be difficult for a small careers team.
Two routes, or a combination of both
How TILG helps your school deliver equalex
Choose the approach that works for your school. We can deliver alongside you, support your own delivery through Lightbulb Online, or combine both.
Route One
Delivered in your school
The National Careers Challenge, in partnership with NatWest Thrive, brings real employer-led challenges into schools. Our team can deliver the experience to a class or full year group, making it structured, engaging and straightforward for schools to implement.
Delivery can also create opportunities for students to engage directly with TILG’s employer network, subject to employer availability. This could include employer volunteers, panel sessions, Q&As, presentations and meaningful feedback on students’ ideas.
Live delivery can be supported by complementary content on Lightbulb Online, including employer videos, industry insight and additional activities before and after the experience.
ROUTE TWO
Supported self-delivery through Lightbulb Online
For schools wanting to build employer-led experiences into their own careers programme, Lightbulb Online gives teams the content, structure and support to deliver confidently. You are not simply given a resource and expected to work everything out yourself.
- Ready-to-deliver employer challenges
- Full digital content and teacher resources
- Employer videos and industry insight
- Clear equalex and Gatsby mapping
- Flexible activities that work around the school timetable
- Support and guidance around delivery
- Opportunities to take part in additional employer activations
- Access to selected employer work experience weeks and live opportunities
Three steps
A simple plan to make equalex work in your school
Choose how you want to deliver
Choose TILG-led delivery in school, supported self-delivery through Lightbulb Online, or a combination of both.
Deliver meaningful employer experiences
Bring the world of work to life through employer-led challenges, videos, volunteers, panel sessions and structured activities.
Build and evidence your equalex programme
Use mapped content and ongoing employer opportunities to create repeated, meaningful experiences throughout the year.
See what’s included in an employer challenge
Air Products: Sustainable Town of the Future
Students work in teams to design a sustainable town of the future, exploring how Air Products gases could support cleaner industry, transport, housing and food production. They choose a key employer for their town, develop sustainable solutions and finish by pitching their ideas to a judging panel.
What’s included
- Full-day structured employer challenge
- Video-led activities throughout
- Pre-challenge Air Products employer video
- Air Products 360° workplace tour on Lightbulb Online
- Teacher delivery guide and supporting worksheets
- Activities covering industry, transport, housing, food production and sustainability
- Skills development including problem solving, creativity, planning, leadership and teamwork
- Final presentation to a judging panel with feedback
- Post-challenge skills tracker for reflection
Working with the Three Spires Trust
A whole-school approach, built on a decade of delivery
Building on more than a decade of delivering employer-led careers experiences, TILG is working with the Three Spires Trust to further develop and test a whole-school approach to equalex. This brings together in-person delivery, Lightbulb Online content and meaningful employer engagement.
Ready to make equalex meaningful in your school?
Speak to our team about a delivery approach that works for your students, timetable and available resources.