Working across South Yorkshire and North East Derbyshire to encourage more children, young people and adults to consider higher education opportunities.
✨Happy Friday! It’s time for our weekly roundup. This week Hepp and HeppSY have been out and about delivering interactive workshops across the region. 👩🏫 Hepp visited Wath Academy with interactive workshops to help #understand higher education and show that everyone #belongs 🎓 We welcomed Fredrick Gent's Y11 learners onto Sheffield Hallam University's campus. They explored #decisionmaking in their interactive workshop and were guided on a tour of the university by our EAs exploring the…
7 hours ago
It's been a successful start to the academic year for us at Hepp and HeppSY. We've enjoyed being back in schools and delivering our activities, presentations and projects across the region. Here's a round-up of the activity we've delivered so far! 🎓 At Firth Park Academy we launched Hepp's Multiple Intervention Programme for their Year 8, 9 and 10 learners. 🐘 HeppSY and The Elephant Group welcomed back Y11 learners from Hinde House School and…
7 days ago
We'd also like to give a huge welcome to our new HeppSY Engagement Assistants! This group of graduates studied a whole range of subjects in higher education, from urban planning to natural sciences 🏫➡️👩🔬 Swipe to see who surfed through their 3 years at uni 🏄♀️ They can't wait to start delivering their fun and informative workshops on student finance, UCAS and all things higher education! 🎓
2 weeks ago
We'd like to give a big welcome to our new team of Engagement Assistants at Hepp! 👋 From Warwick, Newcastle and right here in Sheffield, these EAs have experience of higher education from all across the country 🌍 Swipe to see who competed as a power lifter alongside their studies... 🏋️💪😲 Watch out for them coming to a school near you to talk all things higher education 🎓
2 weeks ago
Today at Hepp and HeppSY we wore our jeans to raise awareness and money for Jeans for Genes week. The CGD society supports children and adults with Genetic Conditions in the UK. Thanks to everyone for taking part! The link to donate is in our stories. 🧬👖
2 weeks ago
Farewells are hard 😥 However, it's time to say goodbye to our amazing Engagement assistants who have contributed immensely to the great work we do here at Hepp/HeppSY. Your impact at Hepp/HeppSY has been nothing short of extraordinary 🤩 ✍️ To all our EAs- thank you all for your exceptional work and dedication. From travelling across South Yorkshire to deliver activities in schools, to helping out within the team whenever you can, and always bringing…
3 weeks ago
Welcome back to school! 📚 We hope that it's been a great first week back for learners, teachers and staff in our schools, colleges and sixth forms. If you'd like to find out more about what we at Hepp and HeppSY can offer to help support your learners as they progress through education, then please visit our offer pages at the link in our bio. We're looking forward to working with you and your learners…
3 weeks ago
Endeavour wrapped 2024! 🎉 This August HeppSY worked closely with Endeavour to run two summer programmes for year 11 leavers! Endeavour is a Sheffield based charity who enrich lives through Education and Adventure 💪 🗺️ All of the students pushed themselves out of their comfort zones trying new activities including cooking, abseiling , orienteering, canoeing, hiking and climbing 🍳 🛶🧗♂️ Thank you to Endeavour and the learners who took part in this collaborative project!
4 weeks ago
We're hiring! 📣 We are seeking a Data and Evaluation Officer to join our Data and Evaluation team, which plays a crucial role in our reporting and monitoring responsibilities for our widening participation activities and programmes. Could you provide specialist advice and support for HeppSY, playing an integral part in enabling our organisation to meet our requirements to the Office for Students 👩🎓 ? The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate: • Knowledge and…
4 weeks ago
Best of luck to everyone collecting their GCSE results today! ✨ We hope you all achieve the results that you were hoping for. Check out some of our recent graduate's top tips for your next steps into further education. 👩🎓 Tip number 1: Stay calm and positive. Results day can be nerve-wracking but try to stay calm and composed. Remember that your GCSE results do not define your future. Focus on what you have achieved…
6 weeks ago
Its results day! 🎉 Good luck to everybody receiving their results today! 🤞 🍀 Remember to check out the UCAS website for advice and guidance on your next steps, including clearing and foundation years.😀 Follow the link in our bio to access the UCAS website ✔️
7 weeks ago
HeppSY is partnering with @endeavoursheff to host students on a week-long outdoor activity summer camp. 🏕️ We decided to give one of the activities a go ourselves... abseiling! 🧗♀️ We are so excited to host all the students on the Endeavour summer camps next week. It's going to be so much fun! 🛶
8 weeks ago
It has been a great year for HEPP and HEPPSY! 🎉 Since the beginning of the academic year 2023/2024, HEPP has provided approximately 18,666 learner engagements. This has included workshops, assemblies, and 57 campus tours across our two funding partners - @theuniversityofsheffield and @sheffhallamuni 🏫 HeppSY has also had a busy year. With approximately 2,536 engagements this year, our engagement assistants have been busy! 👩🏫 A huge thank you to all of the schools and…
9 weeks ago
🤔 Ever wondered what it's like to graduate from Higher Education?💭 Watch to get a feel for what a graduation day is like, including the hat toss🎓 #highereducation #graduation #universityofsheffield #hepp #heppsy #politicsdegree #degree #wideningparticipation #wideningaccess #university #college #apprenticeship #degreeapprenticeship
10 weeks ago
🤔 Ever wondered what it's like to graduate from Higher Education?💭 🎉 Our Engagement Assistant Eve had her graduation ceremony last week for completing her Politics Bachelor of Arts Degree last year👩🎓 Swipe to get a feel for what a graduation day is like🎓 Eve had a lovely day surrounded by her family and friends celebrating her success, coming back to the @theuniversityofsheffield and attending the graduation ceremony ☀️ #highereducation #graduation #universityofsheffield #hepp #heppsy #politicsdegree…
10 weeks ago
We've been running the numbers at HeppSY and... Since 2017, HeppSY have provided 323,359 learner engagements. That's three times the capacity of Wembley Stadium! 🏟️ Since 2016, HeppSY have delivered 9,479 activities . That's one for every otter in Scotland! 🦦 The academic year might be nearly over but we can't to engage with even more learners and deliver more engaging activities next year! 🎓 #UniConnect #HigherEducation #SheffieldHallam #UniversityofSheffield
10 weeks ago
It's been a successful year for the pilot of PIE! 🥧 Our Power, Investigate and Explore programme is a sustained programme, designed for Young Carers, Care experienced and Disabled Students. In December, we kicked off the programme with our 'Power' session, at @theuniversityofsheffield, empowering students with soft and transferrable skills. Our theme was sustainability. The students made fashion items out of recycled materials, while developing their soft and transferrable skills. In March, we introduced our…
11 weeks ago
🎓 Hepp and HeppSY Weekly Round Up!🎓 🗺️ It's been another very busy week of delivery for our Engagement Assistants as the school term comes to a close.🏫 📍 We welcomed Notre Dame, @oakwoodhighrotherham and @parkwoodacademyeact to @sheffhallamuni for a campus visit day. Our Engagement Assistants Lucy, Martha, Ruby, Eve and Evie ran campus tours and workshops across the week🔍 Lady Manners school had 2 virtual assemblies delivered by Lucy and Martha on Monday and…
12 weeks ago
That's a wrap on all of HeppSY's Attainment Raising Projects for the 2023/24 academic year! 🎓📚 💡 GOALS Breakfast Club 💡 In collaboration with South Yorkshire Children's University, GOALS guided KS3 learners towards applying for a £500 grant to help fund a new activity or enrichment resource for their school. Taking part in 12x 30 minute workshops, fuelled by free breakfasts, learners developed key skills alongside the Skills Builder Universal Framework. Thank you to all…
12 weeks ago
Roundup Time!!🎉 It's been an exciting week here at Hepp and HeppSY! 🥳 This week we successfully hosted our Future Flyers Celebration event, a huge congratulations to all the young learners who participated in the future flyers program 🚀 It was also a great time chatting with careers leaders across the region yesterday and learning about the great work that SYMCA are doing 🎓. Congratulations to Wickerlsey Trust for winning an iPad award for completing…
13 weeks ago
Are you committed to developing students' independent learning through fun and engaging activities? Would you like to take part in the delivery of a fantastic breakfast club project with KS3 students? We're looking for a part-time (0.5) Engagement Coordinator to join the HeppSY team to help coordinate and provide operational delivery for GOALS, our collaborative project with South Yorkshire Children’s University 🎓. GOALS is an attainment raising breakfast club project designed to develop students’ independent…
13 weeks ago
🎓 Rounding up on another busy week at Hepp and HeppSY!🎓 On Tuesday, Martha and Dolapo delivered workshops about belonging in Higher Education to students in Year 8 at astreaacademysheffield ✍️ Thursday saw Dolapo visit hindehouseacademy to talk about making decisions about Higher Education, and Ruby and Martha deliver at @chaucerschoolsheffield , talking to students in Year 7 about achieving! 📖 Our EA's Ruby and Dolapo were joined by Tom, one of our Evaluation and…
14 weeks ago
Yesterday we had our Future Flyers celebration event! 🤖🚀 oasiswatermead and Arbourthorne Community Primary School joined us at @sheffieldhallamuni to celebrate completing the programme! They had a talk from Barney, a Hallam graduate, about working in video game development. 👾🎮 They also got a tour of the university, getting to see the Pennine Lecture Theatre and an airplane engine! 🎓✈️
15 weeks ago
In case you missed it, here’s Evie’s Takeover Week! 🎓 From the National Video Game Museum to a campus tour, Evie had a busy week as an Engagement Assistant at HeppSY. 🏫👾🎮
15 weeks ago
📣 We're Hiring 📣 Do you want to make a difference to young people's futures? Have you seen the value of higher education and now want to promote this to young people? 🎓 This graduate internship offers an invaluable opportunity to work across the Higher Education Progression Partnership. Hepp works across South Yorkshire and North East Derbyshire to encourage more children, young people, and adults to consider higher education opportunities. 👩🎓 👨🎓 In this role…
15 weeks ago
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