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HeppSY Support RNN with Virtual Training
HeppSY were delighted to support RNN Group in delivering a recent virtual training day for 28 staff members focusing on all things Higher Education. RNN are an education and training provider including three colleges of career-focused further and higher education: Rotherham College, Dearne Valley College and North Notts College. Up to date knowledge is vital for Progress Tutors and Skills…
£130,000 funding to transform careers education for young people in South Yorkshire
The Sheffield City Region has secured more than £130,000 of funding to further boost careers education, helping to tackle youth unemployment and supporting businesses to build back better from the challenge of Coronavirus. A new Careers Hub will be launched in Sheffield, allowing up to 55 new local schools and colleges to work together with universities, training providers, employers and…
HeppSY celebrating The Sheffield College achieving national careers advice quality mark
The Sheffield College has achieved a national quality mark for the careers education, information, advice and guidance provided to its students, helped by their collaboration with the Higher Education Progression Partnership South Yorkshire (HeppSY). HeppSY is part of the Uni Connect Programme, funded by the Office for Students, to help school and college students aged 13-19 in South Yorkshire, who…
How University Careers Services are Supporting Outreach During Covid-19
As part of the South Yorkshire OfS funded Uni Connect outreach programme, ‘HeppSY’, the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam University Careers Services work in partnership to offer advice and guidance to students who live in areas where progression to HE is least likely. 5 Higher Education Progression Advisers are employed as part of the HeppSY project to deliver this…
New national project to support disadvantaged students affected by COVID-19 to enter higher education launched
A new online hub ‘Uni4Me’ bringing together 250 online activities from 50 organisations in the higher education (HE) sector is being launched on the 1st July 2020 by the Minister of State for Universities, Michelle Donelan. The online hub led by the National Education Opportunities Network (NEON) and funded by the participating organisations will act as central portal where learners,…
HeppSY Present at the AGCAS Annual Conference
HeppSY HE Progression Advisers, Rachel Crowder and Amy Blenkiron, presented at a careers advisers conference on Thursday about HeppSY and how our research can be used in a HE context. The AGCAS (Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services) annual conference is typically 3 days long and is attended by Higher Education careers professionals and graduate recruiters, however this year, the…
