YOUNG AT HEART

Brigg used to have its own careers convention, staged at various times in the Corn Exchange, Angel Hotel ballroom and leisure centre sports hall. It gave local secondary schools pupils, and their parents, the chance to chat to experts from industry, business, further education and the forces, to name but a few. A few years ago the decision was taken - at very high level - to hold a huge area-wide careers convention at the Corus works offices in Scunthorpe, rather than hold a number of small ones, like the one in Brigg. These days, with the growth of the internet, information is much more readily available to youngsters than it once was. However, there's a lot to be said for a good, old-fashioned face-to-face chat with someone who actually does a job, day in and day out. Winterton Comprehensive School is one of the few to keep faith with the traditional careers convention, holding its latest one yesterday.