#LONGROADLIFE Long Road Sixth Form College Weekly Applicant Newsletter
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YOU'RE HIRED Hello, from Long Road!
It's already week 4 of college closure, we hope you're all enjoying a well earned Easter Break! Spring has definitely sprung and we're feeling optimistic about
Long Road Sixth Form
the summer term and whatever it may bring!
College This week we're feeling like contestants on The Apprentice and pretending to
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be Lord Alan Sugar as we delve into the Business world, taking a closer look at our Business A-Level and Business Diploma courses. Once again you'll meet one
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of our Alumni community and of course, this weeks Pet Employee of the Week!
Remember to follow us on social media to keep up-to-date with everything #LongRoadLife.
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Sending virtual hugs - Long Road x
APPLICATION UPDATE Important information from our Admissions Team Although our doors may be closed, we
If you haven't been scheduled for
are still here busily working to ensure
your Advice and Guidance
our Admissions process runs as
Interview:
smoothly as possible. How will this
Your interview will also take place
affect you?
via telephone. Please keep checking your emails
If you have already been scheduled
for any updates on your account.
Do not come into college for your interview
All Advice and Guidance Interviews will now take place via telephone.
Check your emails regularly for communication from our
for your Advice and Guidance interview:
KEY MESSAGES TO APPLICANTS
Summer Work
Your interview will now be
To keep you motivated and excited
conducted via telephone.
about joining us in September, we are
The interviewer will contact you via
working our hardest to upload our
your student phone number at your
Summer Work 2020 on our website
scheduled date and time.
early - we're aiming to have this
You do not need to contact us to
available for you to download by May.
confirm your telephone interview.
Admissions Team
Summer Work 2020 will be available to download from our website by late May 2020.
Allow 4 weeks to receive your offer via your online account.
Do not come into college for your
Until then, if you're still looking for
interview.
something to keep you busy then take
Please allow 4 weeks to receive
a look at the Summer Work 2019 on our
your offer via your online account.
website www.longroad.ac.uk
Got a question? Email our team on admissions@longroad.ac.uk
BUSINESS A Level
"Studying Business at Long Road has allowed me to learn and understand how the world not only works around me, but how i am part of it too".
Analyse businesses, the markets they
Heidi Mulvey, Head of Community
serve and the ever-changing business
Engagement at the Cambridge
environments. Understand the business
University Press, commented "how
world from the perspectives of various
exciting it is to reach out to such
stakeholders and how businesses are
promising young people" and was keen
effected by economic, environmental
to develop the relationship further. As
and social issues.
a result, all students were offered the opportunity to return, at a time that
Last month our Business students
doesn't interfere with their studies, with
attended a dynamic visit to the
the promise to try and arrange
Cambridge University Press. As well as
meetings with staff working currently in
a tour of the facilities, students had the
the Departments that the subjects are
opportunity to speak with current
interested in!
Apprentices and engage with members of staff via a mock interview exercise.
All students spoke positively about the experience, recognising the valuable contribution this has made to their employability skills development.
BUSINESS STUDIES Level 3 Diploma or Extended Diploma Businesses are at the heart of the UK
careers-related matters. This included
economy, innovating new products,
how to find out more about
meeting customer needs, developing
apprenticeship opportunities in the
the skills of their workers and creating
local area, as well as more general
wealth for local communities. On our
careers advice.
Business Studies course you will touch on the creative elements of marketing,
One first-year Business Studies student
motivating people, managing resources
was thrilled with the trip, managing to
and psychologically understanding
come away with three separate offers
customers.
of potential work experience in marketing, a key requirement for his
Last term, our Business Studies students
course and future vocational interest
visited the Opportunities Ahead
area.
Careers Event - with great success! Other students also managed to find A broad range of organisations offered
work experience opportunities, as well
the students lots of opportunities to
as apply for places on accountancy
discuss their career ideas for the
programmes and finding out other
future, whilst Guidance Professionals
exciting apprenticeship and internship
from Form the Future were on hand to
opportunities!
answer specific questions about
"I took the Business Studies Diploma because I am very interested in Business. The teachers are great and the course is interesting."
"Long Road was a wonderful stepping stone to University. The teachers engaged with us as adults and the friends I made are still some of my best friends today.”
MATTHEW ARMSTRONG Long Road Alumnus, 1999 Long Road alumni Matthew recently
think and approach work, not what to
got in touch to tell us what he’s been
think. It very much prepared me for life,
up to since leaving Long Road, and
not just exams. Long Road was a
how studying at our college helped him
wonderful stepping stone to University.
get where he is today. Matthew left
The teachers engaged with us as adults
Long Road in 1999 and now works as a
and the friends I made are still some of
Development Director at Wycliffe Hall,
my best friends today.”
University of Oxford! Do you know an ex-Long Road student? “I help to create, resource and fund
They can join our Alumni Community,
solutions to a wide range of problems
simply visit:
and opportunities. Long Road encouraged and taught me how to
https://networks.futurefirst.org.uk/sign up/longroad
PET EMPLOYEE OF THE WEEK Working from home with our fluffy friends
Week four of college closure is upon
Meet this weeks Pet Employee of the
us. However, not everyone is feeling
Week, Pepper...
down in the dumps about being on
Pepper is 6 (and a half) years old. She
lockdown. Our fluffy friends are loving
loves to cuddle almost as much as she
the fact that we're working from home
loves to torment the other
-and thy're doing a great job of
neighbourhood cats. She can most
cheering us up too!
often be found asleep in someone’s
PET EMPLOYEE OF THE WEEK
Is your pet assisting you while you work at home?
Whether they're helping you revise, or lazing on your laptop, we want to know!
Email your pet photos along with a short description including
bed or playing her favourite game To keep everyone smiling we will be
of knocking everything off the table
their name and age to
afutter@longroad.ac.uk.
sharing a Pet Employee of the Week every Friday on our Instagram page
A big thank you to Georgia in our
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Admissions Team for introducing us to
the weekly winner and runners up!
Pepper, we can't wait to give her a
We will be posting our winning Pet Employee of the Week every Friday on our Instagram account
cuddle!
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#LongRoadLife
INSTA LIKES AND INSTA LOVE Spreading likes and love on social media
Make sure you follow us
As well as sending you this applicant
We're all about fun and positivity - you
newsletter, we will also be spreading
can use the opposite page to reflect
the love over on our Instagram
on things you are grateful for and start
account!
spreading that positivity.
We're going to be posting different
But it's not all about us, we want to
activities on our Instagram for you to
know what you're getting up to! Make
take part in. So take a break from
sure you use our hashtag -
studying and follow us on Instagram
#LongRoadLife and tag @lr6fc in your
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posts and stories so that we can share
to get involved with our lockdown activities!
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Use tag
#LongRoadLife and @lr6fc in your posts
and stories so we can share them on our feed!
Share the Insta love with us! Use our Instagram
you on our Instagram feed!
feed and stories as a base for connecting with other students and applicants.
STRESS AWARENESS MONTH April marks Stress Awareness Month. We're pretty sure stress is something you're feeling quite a lot of right now - we know we are! With everything that is going on it is easy to feel
To try and help you take control of your stress we will be posting stress busting tips and advice on our Instagram account
@lr6fc. We will also be inviting you to share your tips
on how you like to de-stress. overwhelmed.
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