About Careerpilot

This website has been developed by the Western Vocational Progression Consortium (WVPC)

The Western Vocational Progression Consortium (WVPC) is a consortium of universities and colleges in the South of England. The WVPC aims to increase the progression of adults and young people to higher level study through providing online, impartial information and support about all progression routes. Online support is provided through two, free to use websites:

• Lifepilot: aimed at adults (developed in 2008)
• Careerpilot: aimed at 13-19 year olds* (developed in 2011) .

Partners provide joint funding for the sites through a subscription model

Schools outside the free access area can pay their own subscriptions to access all Careerpilot Zones.

The WVPC is hosted at the University of Bath.

Where we get our data from

In various parts of the site we use data we gather from third-party specialists, as follows:

• The data on the apprenticeship search comes from The National Apprenticeship Service
• The data on the degree search comes from Unistats dataset (HESA)
• The LMI data on job growth on each job profile comes from the Working Futures dataset
• The Job Profile information comes from the National Careers Service

Contact us

• By email: careerpilot@bath.ac.uk
• By phone: 01225 385191

Meet the team

Careerpilot Helpline Coordinator

Jo has been with the team since January 2020. Formally from a marketing and communications background, Jo has delivered projects for big brand clients and government departments such as Danone, Dove, and The Department of Education. Every year Jo deals with more than 2000+ requests for help/support for Careerpilot – she is the first stop for advice about the site. 

Information, advice and guidance officer - Lifepilot

Ruth has over 20 years' experience in education and careers and has worked with people of all ages, supporting them with making choices around education, qualifications, employment and training. She has worked in a variety of settings including schools, colleges and community venues, delivering one to one careers guidance as well as providing a consultancy service in careers management, adult education and community development. Immediately before joining Careerpilot she worked as a careers consultant in a grammar school evaluating their careers programme. Ruth is the Lifepilot lead within the team.

Careerpilot Project Officer

Alice is the Careerpilot lead within the team, working on supporting schools' engagement and usage of Careerpilot and developing and reviewing Careerpilot teaching resources. Alice is a trained careers adviser and teacher with many years teaching experience across the age range, and has also worked as an Education Associate at Skills Builder and in the education marketing teams at English Heritage and the BBC.