KPMG supports student advice organisation in helping disadvantaged school-leavers
Howard Lake | 3 October 2013 | News
Professional services firm KPMG is helping student advice organisation Push by providing training and other services for its ‘Simply Skilled’ programme for sixth-formers from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Simply Skilled will include training sessions run in schools all over the country followed by “immersive events” at KPMG offices in London, Birmingham and Manchester, designed to give them an experience of a working environment.
In addition to raising the aspirations and prospects of thousands of young people, KPMG of course hopes the Simply Skilled will result in some students keen to make a career with the firm.
Push will deliver the trianing sessions, bringing its own mix of independent advice and entertainment. KPMG staff will attend many of them too.
On behalf of KPMG, Marianne Fallon, Head of Corporate Affairs at KPMG, said: “Working with Push has helped us to come up with a plain-speaking, appealing approach that reflects KPMG’s desire to increase accessibility and improve social mobility.”
Simply Skilled will run from October to the end of 2013 and there are plans to extend the scheme into 2014 and beyond.
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