Gaining Skills whilst Socially Distancing So six months into the school year, you found yourself in lockdown. Now it’s the summer term and you have to start thinking about what to include in your UCAS personal statement. Rest assured, you still have plenty of time to write it. However, if you are planning to study […]
Posts from June 3, 2020
Meet the team – Sharmin
Widening Participation Project Officer Who are you? I’m Sharmin, a Projects Officer in the WP Team at City. What do you do? I run our Taster Weeks programme with Zena organising week-long visits to City for year 9, 10 and 12’s to give an insight into specific subjects, such as Psychology, Engineering or Nursing. What’s […]
Meet the team – Leanne
Widening Participation Project Officer Who are you? Hi, I am Leanne Allen one of the Widening Participation Project Officer. What do you do at City? I coordinate our English and Maths tutoring project at City of London Academy – Islington, which is our local secondary schools co-sponsored by City. Over the last two years I have […]
About Us
Our aim is to empower underrepresented learners to access and succeed in higher education. We have had to adapt our mode of delivery due to the covid-19 pandemic but this aim remains unchanged, as does our commitment to supporting our young people and schools with high quality learning and engagement. Our programmes, and now our […]
Why go to uni?
It’s never too early to start thinking about university. Whichever year you are in at the moment, it’s a good idea to look into your options and start researching. Of course, it’s also worth thinking about whether you’d like to go at all or whether you may want to go later on in your life […]
Meet the Team – Ben
Widening Participation Project Officer I’m Ben, one of the WP project Officers at City. My job is to talk to primary school students about University, organising cool events to give pupils a taster of what it’s like to be a Uni student! The other half of my job is managing the tutoring scheme with Leanne […]
Meet the team – Hannah
WP Project Officer Who are you? I’m Hannah, a WP Project Officer at City. What do you do at City? I deliver our team’s UniMentors programme (a post-16 mentoring programme so young people in school/college can find out about uni from current students) and work with several schools on a secondary English and Maths tutoring […]
Meet the team – Milana
Events and Programme Assistant Who are you? Hi! I am Milana Alaudinova What do you do at City? I support WP team members to organise our events How long have you been at City? I joined the team in September 2019 Tell us a bit about yourself? Graduated many moons ago from Institute of Fine […]
Meet the Team – Sarah
Widening Participation Outreach Manager Who are you? My name is Sarah Wood. What do you do at City? I lead the Widening Participation Outreach team. My current team is five project officers, a senior outreach officer, a careers adviser and an events assistant plus a couple of hundred City students who work for us. How […]
Be more wolf
Having a community or support network around you is a key factor in promoting mental wellbeing and resilience. Today’s post will explore this in more detail and you can download or print the worksheet to do the activities. No one is an island You will already have a community made up of family, friends, or […]