CAREERS NEWSLETTER 2018-19
ISSUE 6 – Friday 14 December 2018 We were delighted to accompany one of our Engineering Education Scheme teams on a visit to partner sponsor Unipart. We wish them and our ‘Arup’ group all the best for their residential at the University of Birmingham next week. Meanwhile, we trust everyone enjoys this final issue of the term and encourage pupils to keep looking for opportunities outside the classroom to help stand out.
PLEASE BELIEVE IN YOURSELF… WE DO! Once again, it has been a great pleasure to meet every Fifth Year student over the last couple of weeks and discuss their plans for after GCSEs. What particularly impressed us this year was the exceptional research almost every student had already undertaken, looking not only at Post 16 options, but also the years after. There are some exciting plans and we look forward to helping those develop further. Our role is always to highlight that employers are impressed by dynamic, enthusiastic young people who not only have academic fire, but also great charisma and a keen desire to initiate and enjoy new challenges.
OUTSTANDING TEAMWORK Over 30 Upper Sixth students have contributed to this year’s Wheatleyan magazine as section editors or reporters. Almost a third of the whole year group – a significant statistic. Plaudits should go to Editor Adam Dickinson and Deputy Editor Charlotte Park for not only leading the team so well, but also creating many excellent articles themselves.
As further inspiration, we would urge all pupils to read Eni Aluko’s excellent article* about Ballon d’Or winner Ada Hegerberg who adroitly sidestepped an insulting question from DJ Martin Solveig about whether she could twerk, a question Luka Modric did not face. Aluko highlighted that Hegerberg’s response echoed the skill she shows on the football pitch; her message, primarily sent to young girls around the world, was to believe in their ability, especially when faced with any unexpected challenge. More than any generation, our young pupils have the very real hope that ignorant, outdated attitudes towards gender, race, age and perceived ability really have been exposed and dispelled… or, at worst, if found still to be present, will be roundly challenged and speedily revoked. For more, see: https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2018/dec/06/adahegerberg-ballon-dor-martin-solveig-sexism. *Her commentary on the positive reaction to Raheem Sterling’s exposure of abhorrent racism is highly recommended reading too.
What a superb portfolio item for future competitive interviews! STOP PRESS: Ashley Kabue &Areej Raza have been appointed as 2018-19 editors.
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