Working across South Yorkshire and North East Derbyshire to encourage more children, young people and adults to consider higher education opportunities.
It's a wrap! 🎬 Swipe to see Hepp and HeppSY's top songs, artists, and achievements this year. 🏆⭐💃 A big thank you to all the schools, students, and staff (old and new!) for helping us inspire thousands of learners across South Yorkshire and North East Derbyshire. 🙌 🏫 We'll see you in the new year, for all things HE!💙 #spotifywrapped #thankyou #highereducation
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Another full year of activity with our Go Further Go Higher sustained programme Power, Investigation, Explore (PIE). Over 80 students from underrepresented groups (care experienced, young carers and disabled students) have taken part in the programme getting involved in subject taster days, exploring universities and building on their soft and transferrable skills. 💪 This is a recap of our amazing Power sessions where students took part in a campus tour and then designed their own…
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🚨COMING 2025🚨Our EAs have been working on a secret project… Keep your ears to the ground for the hottest new podcast on the scene. 🎓📚🎙️ #highereducation #podcast #hepp #heppSY #universityofsheffield #sheffieldhallam
4 days ago
❄️ The weather outside is frightful, but the weekly roundup is so delightful! ❄️ The Hepp EAs have had another busy week out on delivery. A big thank you to all the learners at Aston Academy, Wath Academy, Astrea Academy Dearne, and Outwood Academy City. You have all been enthusiastic and a pleasure to work with in your assemblies and workshops! ❄️ Hungerhill School had a campus visit at The University of Sheffield where they…
8 days ago
We’re delighted to announce that our fabulous colleague Gemma Styles has been nominated for the #SheffieldWomanofSteel award 🎉. Gemma exemplifies strength and resilience in her role as Director of the Higher Education Progression Partnership (HEPP). Drawing on her extensive experience as a teacher and senior leader, she passionately advocates for equality and the transformative power of education. This year, Gemma faced a profound personal challenge when her beloved father was diagnosed with a terminal brain…
8 days ago
🎄 Heppy #ChristmasJumperDay from the team here at Hepp! ☃️ Everyone has shown off their festive knitwear to help raise funds for @savechildrenuk! Link to donate is in our linktree in our bio!
9 days ago
As we head into the festive season, our work continues in schools across the region. Let’s unwrap this week’s highlights! 🎁 De Warenne Academy, Astrea Academy Sheffield, Forge Valley School Our Hepp EAs have been as busy as elves out on delivery this week! A big thank you to the amazing students at De Warenne Academy, Astrea Academy Sheffield, and Forge Valley School for being so involved in their workshops. 🎁 Meta Method Congratulations to…
2 weeks ago
💕Because support actually IS all around🙌 Here at Hepp and HeppSY, we appreciate that Higher Education can be challenging for any student, regardless of their background.❤️🩹 But we’re here to signpost you to a range of support services, check out our website for more information (link in bio)🪧👩💻 #loveactually #highereducation #hereforyou
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⚠️ Last chance to book onto our Elevate package!⚠️ Students will get the chance to explore Oxford or Cambridge University, and partake in an online session discussing supercurriculars and life at OxBridge. This is a great opportunity to learn more about the application process, including writing a competitive personal statement, and some helpful tips and tricks for smashing that interview!💪 Book now to avoid disappointment, deadline is Thursday 19th.📅
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Today is International Day of Persons with Disabilities, recognising the rights and wellbeing of people with disabilities.👩🦽🧠 Higher education institutions have procedures in place to support learners with all kinds of disabilities. Scan the QR code or visit our handy guide for more information! ⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️ #IDPwD #HigherEducation #hepp #UnitedNations #Unicef
2 weeks ago
⚠️Time to ReCap⚠️ Our EAs have been keeping it real this week, on time for every session.😎 We've delivered: ⭐ Y8 Belong, Y9 Decide, and Y10 Achieve at Forge Valley ⭐ Y7 Achieve at Outwood Academy City ⭐ Y9 Achieve and Y10 Decide at Ash Hill Academy ⭐ Y9 and Y10 Decide at Maltby Academy ⭐ Meta Method at Chaucer School ⭐ Grade Shifter at UTC Olympic Legacy Park ⭐ Understand Student Finance at RNN…
3 weeks ago
🚨🚨 Spotted: Suspects with serious misconceptions about higher education. If seen, approach with caution 🚨🚨 #thesuspectchallenge #suspectchallenge #Hepp #HigherEducation #HeppSY
3 weeks ago
Here are our highlights from a snow-tacular week of higher education inspiration! From campus tours to workshops that worked wonders, we've been spreading educational cheer across Sheffield and beyond! ❄️🎓 🍰 Monday kicked off with the Hepp team guiding a University of Sheffield campus tour with Yewlands' pupils. On Tuesday we woke up to a winter wonderland in Sheffield, perfect for our staff to have their wellbeing lunch walks! Wednesday saw our dynamic duo in…
3 weeks ago
Welcome to our weekly round up! 🙌 As ever, a huge shout out to all the schools we worked with this week! 👏👏👏 Thank you to- -UTC Olympic Legacy Park, for having Andy and Hazel come in to deliver their grade shifter workshop 📈 -Sheffield Park Academy, for having Shannon to deliver MIP sessions to year 8️⃣, 9️⃣ and 🔟! -RNN, for having Osla to deliver a session to Health and Social Care students, talking…
5 weeks ago
It's our third twilight session of the year!🌙 💻 Our twilight webinars are for parents, carers, teachers, and advisors, and are delivered in partnership by Hepp, HeppSY, Sheffield Hallam University, and the University of Sheffield. Come along to our webinar on the 19th to learn more about the support available for disabled students at higher education. 'Support for Disabled Students' 📅 Tuesday 19th November 2024- 17:00-18:00 🔗 Sign up via the link in our bio
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Places are still available on HeppSY's Elevate project that includes either a trip to University of Oxford or University of Cambridge! 🚐 Students who sign up will have the opportunity to take part in visits that include: a campus tour of the university, a Q&A with current students and academic and admissions advice. Plus learners will also be able to attend an online workshop about Supercurriculars & life at Oxbridge prior to their visit. 🤯…
5 weeks ago
You might have seen in the news that there are some changes to student finance for next year. The yearly maximum course fee has gone up and is now £9,535. The maximum cap for part-time student fees will be £7,145. The maximum maintenance loans have also increased, rising to £8,877 a year for students living at home, £10,544 for students living away from home, and £13,762 for students living in London. The increase in maintenance…
5 weeks ago
We’ve had a dazzling week here at Hepp and HeppSY! 🎆 Check out what our explosive EAs and sparkling students got up to this week! ❇️ Year 7s at High Storrs School shone brightly in their #Understand HE workshops. ❇️ Year 9s at Outwood Academy City were a fantastic display of decision makers in their #Decide workshops. ❇️ Year 11s at UTC Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park blazed through their goal setting workshop as they began…
6 weeks ago
It's our second twilight session of the year on the 12th November 💻🌙 Our twilight webinars are for parents, carers, teachers and advisors and are delivered in partnership by Hepp, HeppSY, Sheffield Hallam University and the University of Sheffield. Come along to our webinar on the ways to support disabled students at higher education. It will cover how staff can support disabled students, disabled student allowance, the words and expressions used in higher education and…
6 weeks ago
Happy Lifelong Learning Week! When we say higher education is for everyone, we mean everyone! 🎓 Don’t be discouraged from pursuing education later in life. Higher education is for everyone and there’s loads of support available for mature students returning to study. Check out our higher education as a mature student booklet which answers some common questions about studying as a mature student and provides useful info on the support available. #HigherEducationForAll #LifeLongLearning #MatureStudents #HigherEducation…
6 weeks ago
Its National Care Leavers week! Check out Caitlin's story about her Higher Education Journey🎓. She talks about some of the concerns she had about progressing to higher education and details some of the support she received whilst at Sheffield Hallam University. #nationalcareleaversweek #HigherEducation #Outreach #WideningParticiptation #Sheffield #Rotherham #Doncaster #Barnsley #University #JourneyToHE #HE #SheffieldIsSuper #SouthYorkshire #SouthYorks #uniconnect
7 weeks ago
Roll-up, roll-up! It's time for the weekly round-up!🎭 Here's a behind the scenes exclusive of what we've been up to this week: 🎞️Our EAs shared the stage with keynote speakers from the CPD conference, introducing EEDI, admissions, apprenticeships and more. 🍿Firth Park and Astrea Academy Year 11s put themselves in the director's seat for a final time, evaluating their goals and revision strategies. Congratulations to them for completing the Meta Method project, and we wish…
8 weeks ago
Thank you to everyone who attended our Hepp CPD conference on Tuesday! It was a great event where we heard from different organisations working in South Yorkshire higher education provision and we've included some photos from the day! All of the presentations delivered will be on our website soon!
8 weeks ago
Recently, Shannon took over our Instagram stories to show what a week in the life as a Higher Education Engagement Assistant is like! 🫶🏻 Keep your eyes peeled for more takeovers soon! 👀 #Hepp #HeppSY #HigherEducation #UniConnect #University #SheffieldHallam #UniOfSheffield
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