The UK’s First Expo for Teens
Education, Careers & Life Choices
Friday 30 June - Saturday 1 July 2023, Olympia London
The FREE two-day Step Up Expo features three main content zones
Life Choices
Practical advice and support on the issues facing teenagers today, including:
- Building financial confidence
- Tackling a lost mindset
- Turning your passion into a pay cheque
- Why failure can be good – stepping outside your comfort zone
16+ Choices
Helping teenagers and parents through the minefield of education choices leading up to GCSEs:
- How best to revise for GCSEs
- A-Levels, T-Levels, BTEC or IB?
- Sixth form boarding options
- Should I move schools or college after my GCSEs?
- Meet independent school scholars
18+ Choices
Explore the different pathways towards work:
- What’s it like to study at Oxbridge?
- Earn & learn: the apprenticeship route
- Careers in finance and the City
- Should I go to university?
- Careers of the future: robots, AI and the metaverse
Advice you won't get at school
Skills Champions Hub
Looking to boost your skills and career? Find out how to become a robotics engineer, web developer, patisserie chef, florist and more at the WorldSkills UK Pavilion, where you can meet and be inspired by current UK Skills Champions.
Workshops
Expert-led workshops that cover essential topics such as how to revise, organise work experience, write a personal statement, get your first job, apply to highly academic schools and universities, and choose what to study.
Inspirational speakers
BBC Radio 1 DJ Jack Saunders, Celebrity MasterChef Sabrina Gidda, environmentalist Bella Lack, alongside student and career ambassadors from various sixth forms, colleges, universities and employers, sharing their journeys.
A unique opportunity to discuss your careers, education and life choices.
Plan your next steps with London’s leading 16+ state and independent sixth forms & FE colleges, discuss your 18+ options with universities, employers & training providers.
