From Classroom to Career: how businesses can support schools
Bridging the gap between academic preparation and employer expectations has never been more critical. In a rapidly evolving world, businesses need to plan ahead to navigate opportunities and challenges, all while helping prepare the workforce of tomorrow.
Business in the Community (BITC) engaged members to explore how the curriculum can better support young people, from the classroom right through to their future careers.
This BITC factsheet summarises key insights and recommendations, focusing on skills, inclusion, and partnerships between schools and businesses.
BITC’s Opening Doors campaign
Opening Doors is Business in the Community’s (BITC) flagship inclusive recruitment campaign. Open to all employers, and free to join, we have an ambition to make 2 million jobs more accessible to diverse talent by supporting employers to make changes to the way that they recruit.

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Frequently Asked Questions
The process is similar to expressing interest in the Opening Doors campaign. Navigate to the form on the link below. Complete and submit, and a team member will contact you to discuss next steps.
Express your interest and commitment at
Opening Doors for Refugees
BITC members benefit from a range of support to help them achieve the campaign asks,
including the following:
- Advisory services – topics include inclusion, partnerships & social impact
- Employment programmes
● Job Coaching – (national)
● STEP programme supporting Refugees (Yorkshire & Humber, Bristol and
Coventry) Y&H – Leeds, Sheffield and Bradford - Content – Inclusive Employment toolkit, case studies and best practice guides
- Events – webinars, peer learning forums, leadership roundtables
- Regions & nations – connecting to partners & responding to local need
Don’t hesitate to contact your BITC Relationship Manager for more details.
For more information, please email the Opening Doors campaign team
Once you have submitted your expression of interest, a member of
the team at BITC will share the campaign sign-up form. You will be asked to tell us:
- which actions you will be taking forward (minimum of three from across the five keys )
- an estimate of the number of roles that will be impacted by each action
- the anticipated date of completion.
We ask for this information so we can provide support to help you take action and track
progress towards our goal of two million roles influenced by the campaign.