Career stories on film

icould is a free, inspirational resource, offering an insight into real career stories told by real people, delivered through a website that will contain a core archive of between 1000 and 3000 stories accessible to the user, on film, online. These stories are wide ranging, covering a whole spectrum of experiences, occupations and career and education pathways across all sectors of work, told by a wide variety of people from all kinds of backgrounds. Its purpose is to inspire young people to think differently about their futures, by giving them a vivid insight into the working lives of real people in real jobs. icould is managed by CRAC. To learn more about icould please visit: www.icould.com

Vitae, in collaboration with icould, is undertaking a pilot project to produce around 20 films of the career stories of people with a research background, currently working within and outside HE and from a variety of backgrounds, disciplines and levels.

There are two main aims for this project:

• to create a series of films to illustrate the range and variety of careers that people with a research training go on to do, in order to highlight turning and tipping points
• to create a set of career profiles to begin to demonstrate the wider impact of research careers on society/the economy

The individual films will be available in Autumn. In the meantime please click on our show reel below to give you a snap shot of what is to come….