News: Programme
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…
National programme brings mentoring and support to South Yorkshire teens with new online programme: Prepare for HE
The Higher Education Progression Partnership South Yorkshire (HeppSY) has collaborated with online mentoring charity, Brightside, to bring a new online mentoring programme to Year 13 students in South Yorkshire in response to the urgent challenge of Covid-19. The Prepare for HE programme is being offered to more than 150 Year 13 students that HeppSY is currently working with across South…
HeppSY Launch New Online Offer: Here to Help
HeppSY, the Higher Education Progression Partnership South Yorkshire, has this week launched a brand new online offer for 2020 in response to the current Covid 19 pandemic. The free resources are called Here to Help and are now available on the HeppSY website. These resources can be used with all Year 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 students and have…
Career Lowdowns For Lockdown
Each week the HEPA team will be putting together career planning tips under various themes. These will be available on our Twitter account (@HeppSYplus) under the hashtag “#CareerLowdownsForLockdown”. This week the theme ties in with National Gardening Week. Gardening can still be done under lockdown and April is when the growing season really starts to get going. Birdsong, spring blossom…
