We organise a range of one-off, short-term and long-term activities and projects. These aim to raise young people's aspirations and achievements and increase their ability to make informed and confident choices about how they progress. All our activities are for those who have the potential to benefit from Higher Education (HE) but may not think it's an option open to them.
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These range from half-day workshops to five day events. Although they vary in theme and content they are all designed to raise awareness of HE opportunities, raise the aspirations of those attending and tackle pre-conceptions about HE.
One-off activities include:
Year 7/ 8/ 9 Taster Days – a university-based day full of interactive sessions run by our trained student ambassadors.
Year 10/12 Taster Days – these day events reveal a little more of university life including a session led by LSBU academics in a particular subject area, with interactive sessions run by our student ambassadors.
Year 12/13 Information Sessions – our student ambassadors run sessions on aspects of university life such as student finance, UCAS etc held at the LSBU campus or in schools/colleges.
We are very proud of the involvement of academic staff in our outreach activities and grateful for their support.
These range from short term five to six week projects to long-term ones that run through the academic year.
Year 9/ 10 Mentoring – The student Mentoring Scheme is now in its 10th successful year and places trained university students in secondary schools in Southwark and Lambeth. Mentors are matched with three or four young people and meet them weekly in school, on a one-to-one basis, for between 12 and 16 weeks. Mentors are there to help pupils who are not fulfilling their potential for a variety of reasons. They act as role models, supporting pupils in their studies, improving their school performance, motivating them and helping raise their confidence to achieve in life and progress in school.
Curriculum enhancement projects – participants take part in a creative project relating to a subject they are studying, giving them direct contact with the associated industry. We do a performing arts project with the National Theatre, a media project with the British Film Institute, a tourism project with Southwark Tourism Office and a health campaign project with our local Primary Care Trust. All projects include classroom input from student ambassadors who are studying the relevant subject at HE level.
