From gangs to undergraduates
Showing FACE
We’ve been out on the conference trail again – this time at the University of Bath for the annual conference of the Forum for Access and Continuing Education (FACE). It’s always a really friendly event and it was great meeting up with friends old and new.
This time we talked about our work with Students of Colour in a break out session on Social capital and the degree awarding gap: spaces, places and relationships. Thanks to everyone there who joined in with the conversation!
If you’d like us to come along and speak at a conference you are planning, then give us a shout via jon@grit.org.uk.
Getting in and getting on
Nile took part in CoacHE, a partnership programme between the University of Sheffield and Grit. CoacHE aimed to increase the number of working-class boys from deprived areas of South Yorkshire applying to university.
“You asked me to tell you what the key moments in the programme were for me. I’d say, ALL of it. I had already been thinking about going to university, but I didn’t understand what it’s actually like when you go. I wasn’t totally sure I’d get in.”
From gangs to undergraduates
How about some summer listening & reading suggestions?
There’s the Champions Coffee podcast - 10-15 minute virtual conversations (with virtual coffee) with leading industry professionals in the education or student success space. Here, Ellie talks about the whole gamut of Grit work - from gangs to undergraduates.
Then there is the CYP Now Case Study about how our programmes with local authorities impact the way staff teams operate and how we impact the way frontline workers engage with young people.
And in It’s a Matter of National Health we write about how it’s time to change the corrosive resilience narrative in healthcare education from one about survival and just getting through to one about thriving, learning and growing. Published by Wonhke, it’s co-authored with Jill Morgan Director of Learning and Teaching at Cardiff University.
“Most things come out of how much you commit to something…”
Have you seen our film of university students talking about how Grit has helped them keep their word and overcome setbacks, supporting them to stay the distance at university and make the most of their journey…