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l-r Senan Moloney, CTO, Callsign, winning students Scarlett, Jaxon, Charlie and Cora and Chris Hutton, VP of customer integration, Callsign
Four Stockport students have taken home the trophy in a real world cyber security challenge, organised in partnership with StateTalking. The teenagers, from St James’ Catholic High School in Cheadle Hulme, came up with a very timely solution to an issue that keeps many parents up at night. Scarlett, Jaxon, Charlie and Cora, all BTEC […]
Grace Rothery
Grace Rothery started her career as a lawyer, then stepped into broader general management and leadership roles. She is currently chief of staff at ENSEK, an energy software company and in her own words, she helps teams turn ideas into real improvements for  customers and colleagues. Grace says she loves talking about real‑world career paths […]
A high-profile property developer was put through his paces by a crack team of young interviewers at an event organised by StateTalking. Tim Heatley, co-founder of Capital & Centric, which is described as a ‘social impact developer’, returned to his old school in Salford to answer students’ queries about his life and work. Three year 8 […]
A partnership between StateTalking and cybersecurity company Callsign has led to the creation of a real-world team challenge for schools. The Callsign Challenge will see student teams from five state schools across five Greater Manchester boroughs flex their problem solving, innovation and communication skills. The winners will have the chance to spend a day with Callsign founder […]
Law continues to be a popular career choice for Greater Manchester students. And so senior solicitor Patrick Boyers was well received when he paid a visit to a group of Salford GCSE candidates. Boyers, whose expertise ranges from motoring offences to corporate prosecutions, spoke to Year 11s from The Lowry Academy in Worsley. Posting at […]
A Stockport school celebrated International Men’s Day with a series of inspirational talks. “Stay strong, speak up” was the theme for the day at St Anne’s RC Voluntary Academy in Heaton Chapel. Year 8-10 boys heard from speakers who shared their career journeys and spoke from the heart about how they survived through difficult times. StateTalking […]
StateTalking speaker Megan Lord was pitch perfect when she talked about careers in sport with a group of female students at a Trafford school. We sent the Stockport County FC academy head of performance into St Antony’s RC School in Urmston. She spoke about her own journey from state school to a top job with […]
When former Levenshulme High School For Girls student Loretta Smith returned to her old classroom, she was struck by the enthusiasm of the current cohort. With a 20+ year career in human resources under her belt, Loretta, who attended the Manchester state school in the 1990s, said it was a real pleasure to work with […]
Speaker, author, podcast host and proud Mancunian Damian Hughes has been named as StateTalking’s first ambassador. In his new role, Damian will help to promote our offer of free inspirational and relatable speakers to Greater Manchester state schools. He will also keep an ear to the ground for potential new speakers, role models and mentors. Damian […]
Year 11s at Bolton St Catherine’s Academy enjoyed meeting lawyer Melissa Jones when she came into school for a careers talk. Organised via StateTalking by Ms Millin, the school said the talk was ‘a fantastic opportunity for our students’. Melissa, who graduated from Lancaster University and College of Law in Chester, is a senior associate […]