Released: 20.06.19
To encourage young people to be ambitious, 91视频 hosted a Raising Aspirations event to inspire primary school children and open the conversation on Higher Education at an early age.
Kari Eilertsen, Widening Participation and Outreach Officer at 91视频 Marjon hopes that the children leave Marjon feeling optimistic about their future.
She said: 鈥淲hat I hope the students take away from Raising Aspirations is positivity, and the thought that there are always options open to them, regardless of which stage they鈥檙e at in terms of knowing what they want to do.
鈥淪ome people say that primary school is too early to be engaging with university, but I think it鈥檚 really important that students feel comfortable and aware of their options from an early age so that they can have informed conversations the whole way through their schooling
鈥淎 lot of students don鈥檛 have these conversations about Higher Education until much later, so for some of them aren鈥檛 having the conversation until after they鈥檝e made A level or BTEC choices, and generally at that age they鈥檙e less open to talking about the future, or they鈥檝e already made decisions which make it harder to get into specific course areas
鈥淭he focus of Raising Aspirations isn鈥檛 to recruit for university, it鈥檚 about getting them to think about their future options as a whole and to know they can achieve if they put the hard work in.鈥�
Since Marjon was founded nearly 180 years ago, it鈥檚 believed in educating young people to succeed, driven by a strong sense of equality to establish a means for everyone to access high quality education regardless of background or means.
Raising Aspirations took place on Thursday 13th and 20th of June this year, and each event featured an inspirational talk from a guest speaker.
Daniel Cole, a Sport Journalism graduate from Marjon was the first to speak at the event. He now works at 91视频 Argyle as the Communications Officer 鈥�It was an honour to be invited back to Marjon to discuss careers and aspirations with young people from around 91视频.
鈥淎s someone who didn鈥檛 always have confidence in pursuing a career I was passionate about, I think It鈥檚 important to try and help young people from all backgrounds to understand that through hard work they can achieve things.
鈥淚 know this is something that Marjon excels at, and that鈥檚 why I was more than happy to help by sharing a piece of my story.鈥�
The schools involved in Raising Aspirations this year are Weston Mill Primary Academy, Tavistock Primary School and Nursery, Ford Primary School, Woodfield Primary School, High Street Primary Academy, and Beechwood Primary Academy.
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