Sixth Form Enrichment Day

Year 12 and 13 students had the pleasure of listening to a number of visiting speakers on Wednesday 11th February during the school’s Enrichment day.

Brian Hession, a senior commercial lawyer from leading solicitors Shoosmiths, came with three trainee lawyers to speak to year 12 students about a career in the legal profession. They spoke about entries into Law, described their career paths and answered questions about their roles.

Sinead Flood came from the University College of Football Business, a new university based at Wembley stadium and Burnley FC. She spoke about the opportunities which exist in sports administration and sports business.

Sammy Dedicoat from Newman University spoke to students about the teaching profession and the various ways in which young people can start their careers in teaching.

Captain James Veasey from the Royal Marine Commandos gave a most illuminating presentation about his career in the Marines following a degree in history at the University of Newcastle.

Finally Sawsan Basawy from “Bite the Ballot” completely enthused the students by making them think about real moral dilemmas as part of her work on engaging young people in the political process.

Year 13 were treated to a presentation by Aston University’s head of recruitment, James Seymour who gave excellent advice about “arriving and surviving” at university.

Emma Wright from Ashram Housing spoke about managing a finite budget and gave practical financial advice and Alex Westworth from “Now Education” delivered an excellent presentation on securing jobs through good CVs and excellent interview skills.

This was a fantastic day and all our visitors commented on the excellent response and warm welcome from the HGS students.

Mr Conway