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What happens when students realise university isn’t the only path? 👇

Lauren Stone from Olympus Trust shares the shift she’s seen since WeDoData started running career workshops with their students. More confidence. More curiosity. Real conversations about what a career in data, tech, or finance actually looks like.

Not every route looks the same. And the schools helping young people see that? They’re the ones making a real difference.

This is why the work Jay and the team do matters.

Career paths are never linear, and that's something every student needs to hear 🌀

Lauren Stone from Olympus Trust has seen it first-hand. Since Jay and the WeDoData team started running workshops with their students, something has shifted. More confidence. More curiosity. Real conversations about jobs, careers, and what success can actually look like.

Not every path goes through university, and the students are starting to believe that now.

If you're a school, MAT, or FE college looking to open up those conversations, this is what it looks like in practice👇

What starts a great partnership?

For us, it wasn't a pitch deck or a LinkedIn message. It was a conversation about music at a VOID event - and everything grew from there.

Brandon from VOID shares how WeDoData and VOID went from strangers to two organisations working toward the same thing: real community, real diversity, real change.

It's a reminder that the best professional relationships often start somewhere completely unexpected. Shared values have a funny way of finding each other.

Watch the full story above and let us know - what's the most unexpected way you've made a meaningful connection? 👇🤝

Meet Brandon - Director of VOID Radio, and one of our community partners. 🎙️

Jay sat down with him at The Full Moon in Bristol to talk about what VOID Radio is all about.

VOID Radio is a volunteer-run community radio station built on three core pillars:
🔹 Physical community
🔹 Underrepresentation in music acts and genres
🔹 Celebrating everything Bristol

They’ve been connecting Bristol’s underground since 2022, and we’re proud to be on the journey with them.

Follow along to find out more about the partnerships and people behind WeDoData.

Six years of WeDoData deserved more than cake 🎂🛶

We took the team to the River Wye to celebrate, because when you spend your days supporting the people who keep schools running, you earn a proper adventure.

Paddles, sunshine, drinks, snacks, and a team that genuinely loves what we do. That's six years well spent.

Here's to the next six 🥂

A little look inside a WeDoData workshop 🎬

The team knows where each session’s going - CVs, interviews, what work actually looks like - but nothing’s read off a page. It just flows.

And underneath all of it, the same thing we’ve been saying for six years: careers are never linear. They’re always a bit wiggly. Sometimes all it takes is hearing that from someone who didn’t take the traditional route.

Want to bring this into your school? Drop us a message 👇

Mock interview day just got a whole lot easier.

When students arrive with their WeDoData notepads already in hand, you know the preparation has landed. That’s the difference a school workshop makes.

Students come in more confident, more relaxed, and genuinely ready to perform under pressure - so you spend less time managing nerves and more time seeing what your students are actually capable of.

If you want your next mock interview day to feel different, get in touch to find out how we bring the workshop to you.

WeDoData turns six this month. Part one of the celebrations looked like this 🥂☀️

Six years of knowing the difference between an MIS Manager and an IT Technician. Six years of placing the right people into schools, MATs, and FE colleges across England. Six years of being the people that actually understand education recruitment.

We’re spending the whole of July celebrating the people who’ve made that possible. More to come 👀

If you’ve worked with us over the years, as a client, a candidate, or just someone who’s followed along, drop your favourite WeDoData moment in the comments.