Insight Days
Insight Days offer students the opportunity to explore key business areas within Network Rail, providing valuable insight into the people, skills and pathways that keep Britain's railway moving. Each workshop will focus on a specific function, including AI & Technology, Finance, Engineering, Marketing and Customer Service, helping students discover the variety of careers available across the organisation.
What's involved?
Taking place at Network Rail's offices, these sessions, aligned with the equalex framework, will give students the unique chance to step into a real workplace environment. They will hear directly from industry professionals and explore the roles and skills required in different Network Rail teams.
Finance Insight Day - 28 January 2027 - held at Network Rail Square One, 4 Travis Street, Manchester, M1 2NY
As part of the Finance Insight Day, students will take on the challenge of managing a fictional budget for a railway. Working as a finance team, they will explore financial decision-making against sector priorities, exploring different investment options to ensure a safe, reliable and sustainable railway.
Students will also consider how to respond to challenges, assess risk, reconsider investments and make collaborative, informed decisions.
Marketing Insight Day - 4 February 2027 - held at Network Rail, The Quadrant, Elder Gate Milton Keynes, MK91EN
As part of the Marketing Insight Day, students will take on the challenge of helping launch the new Great British Railways (GBR) brand. Working as a marketing, communications and brand team, they will explore how a new brand is brought to life across websites, signage, uniforms, leaflets and other customer-facing materials.
Students will also consider how to communicate a major change to millions of passengers, build positive public perception, and collaborate with different teams to deliver a successful national brand launch.
By connecting learning to real-world careers and business challenges, the workshops will help students make more informed decisions about their future education and career pathways.
Who's this suitable for?
This workshop is suitable for students in Year 9.
Where is this delivered?
These workshops are delivered at Network Rail offices in various locations.
Gatsby benchmarks
Learning from career and labour market information
Addressing the needs of each pupil
Linking curriculum learning to careers
Encounters with employers and employees
Experiences of workplaces
Make an enquiry
Step 1 - Phone our Schools Engagement Team
Phone our Schools Engagement Team on 0207 148 0934 to check eligibility*.
*Places are allocated on a ‘first come first served’ basis to schools in our target cohort (higher than average numbers of pupils eligible for pupil premium funding).