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UNSOLVED MYSTERIES: LONG ROAD CRIME SCENE Hello, from Long Road!
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ADMISSIONS UPDATE A message from our Admissions Team Hello to all our wonderful applicants!
confirmation email detailing your conditional offer, once you have
We loved meeting all of you who
received this confirmation email you
attended your Virtual Advice and
need to log in to your Long Road
Guidance Meetings last week. We just
Online Services Application account to
wanted to get in touch about the next
accept the offer.
stage of your application.
WE'RE HERE TO HELP Our friendly Admissions Team are here to support and guide you through every stage of your Long Road application.
If you have any questions, Remember you can accept and hold a
I haven't had my Advice and
number of offers from different post-16
Guidance Meeting yet, what should I
providers until you receive your GCSE
do?
results in August.
please get in touch!
Heidi Hauser Director of Admissions
If you haven't had your Advice and Guidance Meeting yet don't panic. This
During the summer term information
won't affect your offer to study and we
about Long Road, including your
will be hosting meetings throughout the
enrolment interview date/time, will be
Spring and Summer terms.
emailed to you.
I've had my meeting, what happens
All communication with Long Road will
next?
be via your Online Services Application
Your interviewer will update your Long
account. Please check your emails
Road Online Services Application
regularly and update us with any
account with your chosen courses and
contact detail changes in order to
conditional offer. You will be sent a
receive important information.
Tom Hammond Admissions Officer
01223 63 1125
admissions@longroad.ac.uk
If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams.
#MONDAYMOTIVATION
POPPY, LONG ROAD SCHOLAR MEET OUR LONG ROAD SCHOLAR AWARD STUDENTS
Name: Poppy Year Group: 1 Secondary School: King James Academy, Royston Studies: Maths, Further Maths, Psychology, PE Progression Goals: Work in the Police Force or Criminal Justice Suste, My instinct was that Long Road was the
showcase my achievements.
right place for me. It provides a supportive environment essential for me
I have put part of my money towards an
to feel comfortable and happy when I
Apple Watch. I am doing Netball as my
am studying. I knew straight away at
chosen sport and the watch gives me
the open evening that I wanted to
relevant workouts specific to the
come and study at Long Road. For A-
different skills needed for Netball. It
Levels you need the right balance of
also motivates me to achieve my
support, encouragement and direction,
exercise goals outside of PE. I plan to
and Long Road will certainly give you
save the rest of it for resources to aid
this.
me in my studies at university.
I love my subjects and being part of a
How would I encourage Year 11’s to
vibrant, accepting and happy
apply for the Scholars Award? I would
community. I am so glad I chose Long
say just go for it! I didn’t know when I
Road.
applied if I would receive the award but the process of thinking about my
I applied for the Scholars Award after
goals for the future and achievements
receiving an email from the college. It’s
so far was a really positive experience.
such a great opportunity and I was delighted to be awarded the scholarship. It felt really rewarding to
LONG ROAD SCHOLARS' AWARD If you feel inspired after meeting our current Scholar Award students then why not make an application yourself?
Click here to start your application today!
Applications close 23 April 2021
"I enjoyed criminology at Long Road because it was filled with so many interesting topics. The course also helped me in my job as an Operational Support Grade for HM Prison service"
CRIMINOLOGY Level 3 Extended Certificate Every year our woodland walk is
of our science labs where they
transformed into a murder scene,
analysed the evidence they had
giving our Criminology students the
collected for DNA and fingerprints.
opportunity to put into practice the investigative skills they have studied
The Cambridge North Neighbourhood
throughout the year.
team offer the students advice as they study the scene and analyse their
To make the event as realistic as
evidence. PC Chris McLoughlin said
possible our students are given full
“This day is essentially a showcase
crime scene kit and follow police
about what we do on the policing side
procedures to locate, identify, collect
on things. and linking that up with how
and preserve evidence that might help
criminology experts would respond on
them solve the murder mystery.
the scene. This is as real as we could possibly get
Our students not only have the chance
it. We want students to apply the
to study the body and evidence at the
principles they’ve learned on the
scene, but also interview a witness of
course to an actual investigation… In
the crime and talk to the press about
the class today we have potential new
the information they had put together
police officers, pathologists and
so far. Spending 90 minutes in the
forensic psychologists – and this gives
woods investigating the murder scene,
them a chance to build a picture up of
the students then moved inside to one
what their job could be like.”
LIFE BEHIND BARS Criminology Conference
Last January our Criminology students
to dress up in real prison clothing!
had the unique opportunity to spend the day with 4 ex-offenders at our
The day concluded with our students
annual Life Behind Bars Conference;
conducting group interviews with the
giving the students a vital insight into
offenders where they got the
what life was like in prison.
opportunity to ask them why they committed the crimes they did; this
Students also gained an understanding
task will directly help our students in
of how the Criminal Justice System and
their current Criminology unit of study.
Prison System works and the problems that arise within both of these systems.
We’d like to say a huge thank you to TruLife Conferences for running such
The day began with students designing
an amazing day and hope to welcome
their perfect prison and debating
them back again next year!
whether prison should be a place for retribution, rehabilitation or punishment. They then heard individual stories from each of the ex-offenders on the crimes they had committed and the conditions of the prisons themselves before getting the chance
“Long Road students contributed to the day excellently and really got involved in the activities and discussions. It also gave them time to reflect on their own approaches to their everyday lives and will contribute to their current units of study.” Tom Genillard Course Team Leader
Tom Genillard, Criminology Course Team Leader, has a BA(Hons) Social Sciences from Leeds Beckett University. In 2018 he was 1 of 8 people shortlisted for the Times Educational Supplement (TES) Teacher of the Year Award!
CRIMINOLOGY STUDENTS EXPLORE VICTORIAN PRISON Last March, our Criminology team and
Out students had an exciting afternoon
49 students had an extraordinary day
exploring the cells, dressing up as
out to Lincoln where they took part in a
Victorian prisoners and imagining what
range of activities that complemented
life behind bars would have been like:
their classroom learning and also got
the solitude of the single cell, the
them thinking about their next steps
chaos of the crowded cell and the
after Long Road.
desperation of the dark cell.
The group started the day with a taster
We would like to thank the University of
session led by the Principal Lecturer of
Lincoln and everyone at Lincoln Castle
Criminology at the University of Lincoln.
for supporting our Criminology team on
This was followed by a detailing tour of
an excellent day out!
the campus, giving the students the opportunity to see first-hand everything that the University of Lincoln has to offer them as prospective students.
After a busy morning, the group headed to Lincoln Castle – specifically to visit the old underground Victorian prison.
MEGAN WAGSTAFF Long Road Alumnus, 2020 Megan joined Long Road from Samuel
We would like to give Megan an extra
Ward Academy, studying Criminology,
special congratulations as she is the
Sociology, Psychology and the
first student at Long Road to achieve
Extended Project Qualification.
an A* in Criminology!
In August 2020, Megan successfully
Wishing you the best of luck at
achieved A*,A,B,B and accepted a
university!
place to study Law with Criminology at the University of Law, London!
“Long Road enabled many opportunities to help me succeed, not only with A-levels but with my future. A massive thank you to Tom Genillard and Emma Barton, you two are truly remarkable teachers.”
"Long Road enabled many opportunitie s to help me succeed, not only with Alevels but with my future."
If you want to find out more about the Long Road Volunteering Club email Sam on
splant@longroad.ac.uk
VIRTUAL VOLUNTEERING CLUB Sophie & Addenbrookes Young Persons Programme Name: Sophie Year Group: 2 Studies: Sociology A Level, Sport Level 3 Extended Certificate, Applied Science Level 3 Extended Certificate Volunteering Activity: Young Persons Programme, Addenbrookes Hospital Sophie, why did you get involved with
difficult nursing could be seeing the
the Young Persons Programme?
patients and talking to them when
I want to train to be a nurse after
some of them being open about their
college and this gave me an
conditions.
opportunity to see what ward life is like and work on my communication skills
Why do you think other students should
with talking to patients. It also looks
join the Long Road Volunteering Club?
good on my university application so
I think that volunteering activities can
that is a bonus.
give you real-life experience of a working environment that you are
What have you enjoyed about
looking to go into which helps with the
volunteering?
decision of what you would like to do in
I enjoyed this volunteering because
life. It can also be very rewarding if you
even though we didn’t end up going on
are helping someone or a group which
the wards it gave me communication
can make your day as well as theirs.
skills as we still video called the
They also look great on applications
patients. Also, it made me realise how
and CV’s which is always a bonus.
VIRTUAL VOLUNTEERING CLUB Joel & Age UK Name: Joel Year Group: 2 Studies: Economics A Level, Criminology Level 3 Extended Certificate & History A Level Volunteering Activity: Age UK telephone friend Why did you decide to start
How would you encourage other
volunteering with Age UK?
students to volunteer with Age UK?
I'd heard of the charity before and I
I think other students should get
thought it would be a rewarding
involved because they would get the
experience.
opportunity to meet a wonderful person while also aiding against
What have you enjoyed about this volunteering activity?
I enjoyed this Volunteering because I quite simply enjoy my conversations with Margaret.
loneliness among the elderly.
If you want to find out more about the Long Road Volunteering Club email Sam on splant@longroad.ac.uk
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