The guide helps teachers develop supportive learning environments that focus on the voices and needs of all students and explore possibilities for informed career choices. This is complemented by a set of training videos with practical tips for supporting specific groups of vulnerable or marginalised students.
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Resources for Parents & Carers
The guide for parents and carers illustrates how the world of work has changed, and the implications this change has on young people’s career choices. It contains helpful advice on how to support young people when they are thinking about future careers, with examples and suggested activities.
Resources for Young People
The interactive online game helps young people discover their skills and explore possible future jobs and careers. Using a space scenario, players travel between several weird and wonderful planets to find out more about themselves. The helpful professor then recommends jobs based on their skills.
Talks from the Project Conference now available online
The DesignMyFuture project concluded at the end of 2022 and to celebrate and share the project outcomes, we hosted a free hybrid conference at Universidade Lusíada, Porto, on 13 December 2022. You can now access these videos and learn about what motivated us and how we created these important resources.
Conferência DesignMyFuture: Promoção de escolhas informadas para todos os jovens
O projecto DesignMyFuture conclui no final de 2022 e para celebrar e partilhar os resultados do projecto, organizamos uma conferência híbrida gratuita na Universidade Lusíada, Porto, a 13 de Dezembro de 2022. Leia sobre a conferência em: Inglês Esloveno O DesignMyFuture visa reduzir o abandono escolar precoce, promover a tomada de decisões positivas e evitar…
DesignMyFuture Conference: Promoting Informed Choices for All Young People
The DesignMyFuture project concludes at the end of 2022 and to celebrate and share the project outcomes, we host a free hybrid conference at Universidade Lusíada, Porto, on 13 December 2022. Read about the conference in: Slovenian Portuguese DesignMyFuture aims to reduce early school leaving, promote positive decision making and prevent young people across Europe…
Partner Meeting in Lisbon June 2022
Earlier this month all of the DesignMyFuture partners flew to Lisbon to take part in a project partner meeting hosted by PIN – partners in neuroscience. With the research phase of the project completed, the two days of meetings focused on finalising teacher and parent/carer guides (Project Intellectual Outputs IO3 and IO4) based on the…
Project kick-off meeting in Leeds, November 2019
DesignMyFuture aims to reduce early school leaving, promote positive decision making and prevent young people from entering the job market with insufficient skills. The project was officially started, or “kicked off”, in Leeds (UK) on 28 and 29 November 2019. 15 partners from 6 organisations in 5 countries came together to confirm their roles and…
A welcome from the project leaders
Welcome to Design My Future, an Erasmus+ funded project that will help young people, predominantly from marginalised groups, as they plan to make the transition from compulsory schooling towards future positive destinations. We will use games, guides for professionals and training to help the young people and those who support them. The 3-year 400k Euro…