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Volunteering gives you the opportunity to help out in the community, with a charity, or another organisation.

What skills are employers looking for and why are they important?

After GCSEs or National 5s, you could continue studying subjects you like, take vocational qualifications, an apprenticeship, or work or volunteer and study part-time.

Andy Durman, Executive Vice President of Global Business Unit, Lightcast

Oli De Botton, Chief Executive, The Careers and Enterprise Company (CEC)

Jason Holt, Chief Executive, Holts Group of Companies

Chris Kirk, Director of UCAS International, UCAS

Nichola Hay MBE, Chair of the Board, Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP)

Dr Diana Beech, Chief Executive Officer, London Higher

Dr Katie Petty-Saphon, Chief Executive, Medical Schools Council (MSC)

Dr Lisa Morrison Coulthard, Research Director: Optimal Pathways Development, National Foundation for Education Research (NFER)

Kieron Broadhead, Senior Executive Director, Students and Infrastructure, and Deputy Vice-President (Operations), University of Southampton

Heather Cousins, Deputy Secretary, Skills and Education Group in the Department for the Economy examines what increased competition means for student progression in Northern Ireland.

Jeremy Miles MS, Welsh Minister for Education and Welsh Language examines what increased competition means for student progression in Wales.

Rt. Hon Robert Halfon, Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education, examines what increased competition means for student progression in England.

Carys Willgoss, Principal Policy Adviser, UCAS

Professor Edward Peck CBE, Vice-Chancellor Nottingham Trent University and Department for Education Higher Education Student Support Champion