The Elephant Group
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A head teacher led collaboration created to ensure the top third non-selective state school students have access to top third universities.
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http://www.theelephantgroup.org 09-10-2018 15:00:30
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Great news from UCAS Corporate -Free UCAS application for students who have been in receipt of free school meals within the last 6 years. -Transparency on course conditions by publishing average entry grades so students can see historic applicants' grades for specific courses
May is flying by 🌼! This week: a metacognition and revision session for Y13s at Frances Bardsley School 📝 and an insightful webinar from Palantir on their tech Summer Bootcamp (apps open now for our EA students!). Stay tuned next week for Summer Academy news… 👀 Matt Jones
Thrilled to welcome new partner schools Shireland Collegiate Academy and NBAcademy. This week, Regional Manager, Jo, and Jayne Taylor headed up a special Midlands mini-launch with University of Exeter, speaking with students all things Elephant Access and metacognition. #topthirdforthetopthird
The people we speak to are as concerned about #socialmobility as we are. This The Sutton Trust report shows the extent to which it is a significant concern to the British population. We believe top achieving students should go to top universities regardless of their circumstances!
Wrapping up #VolunteersWeek this morning we hosted STEM Learning for their networking business breakfast! The discussions were centred around the theme of ‘challenging stereotypes and the value of good role models’ within #STEM. Looking forward to continued work in breaking
We were delighted to chat to Phil Latham of Endeavour Academies about the barriers to attainment in the northeast. Read more: linkedin.com/pulse/access-e… Jayne Taylor
Kicking off Summer Academy week in sunny Newcastle! This week over 600 students will attend The University of Sheffield Durham University, UCL , Wadham College, Trinity Cambridge, SOAS University of London and University of Exeter of Exeter. Gratitude to Newtoneurope , without whom this event would not be possible.
Such a big thank you to Wadham College and to our industry partners Newton for hosting our Summer Academy trip to Oxford! We even got a sunny day!! #wideningparticipation #highereducation The Elephant Group Elephant Access
Fantastic to have hosted over 130 students this week at our The Elephant Group residential on campus. Great to showcasing our facilities and student experience. University of Exeter - Discover University
Extremely proud and privileged of the The Elephant Group to be shortlisted for the Student Social Mobility Impact Award. Huge thank you to our fantastic CEO Jayne Taylor and our ‘Herd’ of amazing staff for changing the lives of so many young people across the UK.
Our second press release shares the experiences of our recent The Elephant Group residential held in Exeter. Over 130 students experienced university life on campus. Thank you Jayne Taylor and team for your support. news.exeter.ac.uk/staff-news/tee…