High-quality careers education shouldn’t depend on budgets, geography or employer connections. Every young person deserves access to inspiring employers, meaningful workplace insight and opportunities to explore their future.
That’s why The Inspirational Learning Group created Lightbulb Online – a flexible online platform designed to help schools deliver engaging careers education with confidence.
With more than 180 hours of careers and employability content, Lightbulb Online brings together employer encounters, careers resources and classroom-ready activities in one place, making it easier than ever for teachers to inspire their students.
Bringing employers into every classroom
Lightbulb Online gives students access to hundreds of employer encounters from leading organisations across a wide range of industries, helping them discover different career pathways and hear directly from professionals.
Featuring high-quality videos, webinars and interviews, students can explore real workplaces, hear authentic career stories and gain valuable insight into the skills, qualifications and opportunities available across different sectors.
The platform continues to grow through partnerships with employers including NatWest, British Airways, Gymshark, Air Products, the Financial Conduct Authority, Tesco, DPD, Butlin’s, Screwfix, Thorpe Park and many more.
Designed with teachers in mind
Every employer encounter is supported by presentation slides, teacher delivery guides, classroom activities and downloadable resources, giving teachers everything they need to deliver engaging careers lessons to full classrooms with confidence. Whether it’s a single lesson, a dedicated careers day or part of a wider careers programme, the content is flexible, easy to deliver and requires minimal planning.
Supporting modern work experience
As careers education continues to evolve, Lightbulb Online supports schools in delivering modern work experience through meaningful employer encounters, workplace insight and careers learning.
Aligned to the equalex framework, Gatsby Benchmarks and the CDI Framework, the platform helps schools provide high-quality careers education that prepares young people for the future world of work.
Free resources throughout the year
Alongside its extensive library of content, Lightbulb Online regularly provides schools with free careers resources and national programmes, helping even more young people access meaningful employer engagement.
From virtual work experience and employer webinars to careers assemblies, enterprise challenges and special events such as NatWest Thrive Work Experience Week, schools can continue accessing new content and opportunities throughout the academic year.
Supporting schools. Inspiring students.
Lightbulb Online exists to make careers education easier for teachers and more meaningful for students.
By bringing together employer encounters, high-quality resources and flexible delivery in one platform, Lightbulb Online helps schools reduce planning time while giving students access to the real voices, experiences and opportunities that inspire future career choices.
Whether you’re looking for a single employer encounter, a complete careers lesson or a full programme of careers education, Lightbulb Online gives your school everything it needs to deliver inspiring careers learning with confidence.
Explore Lightbulb Online today and discover hundreds of hours of employer-led careers content, classroom-ready resources and free opportunities to support your careers curriculum.