📢NEW NETWORK ALERT📢 🎓CHEERS Network: Community for Higher Education Educators, Researchers and Supporters 🎓 TeachFirst CHEERS Network provide a supportive network for Teach First Ambassadors working in the HE sector, in whatever capacity. Sign up to the network: mailchi.mp/19b978fb24a3/j…

Are you a Teach First Ambassadors working in the Higher Education sector? Sign up to the newest Teach First network: TeachFirst CHEERS mailchi.mp/19b978fb24a3/j… 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾

Happy Friday and welcome to TF CHEERS - a brand new TeachFirst network bringing together teachers and Higher Education staff and researchers. Through collaboration, we are determined to make Access more accessible. Keep an eye on our posts next week to meet the TF CHEERS team.

It's Monday so it's time to introduce our first TF CHEERS Network lead, Dr Akash Trivedi (trivz.eth). Akash is a post-doctoral researcher at The University of Oxford and a 2014 TF ambassador who taught Secondary Science in Leicester!

‼️WANTED‼️ - We're looking for 5 people from business or education sectors to mentor a small group of Yr13 students with their next steps in life. Please DM or email [email protected] for more information. #CareersEd #Mentoring #CEIAG

Introducing our second Network Lead: @claudia_kcl. Claudia is a Widening Participation Officer @KCLWP and a 2017 TF ambassador.

‘Bridging the Gap’ - A series of 5 minute presentations from a range of speakers followed by bursts of conversation between attendees. Sign up for this free networking event here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/spark-series…

Our Network Lead for today is Jon Datta. Jon is a 2013 ambassador turned outreach coordinator for Trinity College, Cambridge. Read about Jon's motivation for joining the TF CHEERS team here...

Introducing Michelle! Michelle is a 2014 ambassador who is now the Deputy Head of Widening Participation at the University of Cambridge. Read Michelle's motivations for joining the TF CHEERS team... #networks #schools #university #HE #outreach Teach First Teach First Ambassadors

Happy Friday!! We'll be introducing our final network leads today, starting off with Christine! Christine is a 2017 ambassador who teaches secondary Maths in Nottingham... #networks #schools #university #HE #outreach Teach First Teach First Ambassadors

And last, but by certainly no means least, introducing Will Yates! Will is a 2017 Ambassador and a Secondary English teacher...

Are you a TF ambassador working in Higher Education, or a teacher interested in widening access to university? Make sure you are signed up to our mailing list to receive all the latest TF CHEERS news! mailchi.mp/19b978fb24a3/j… #edutwitter #HE #outreach Teach First Teach First Ambassadors

This is troubling new research from Teach First. Our own data shows that 35% of households with the lowest incomes report their children do not have access to a sufficient number of devices suitable for their online learning.

Cambridge University is putting on a virtual outreach programme and prioritising places for students nominated by the Teach First Community. More info attached. Dates: 18th May - 1st June. Deadline to nominate students: 21st April cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/.../SV_2iayv5U… #teachfirst #edutwitter

Our friends @TFCareersNet reached out to us for our comments on The Sutton Trust 's 'Covid-19 and the University Experience' report. Take a look at what we had to say here tfcareersnetwork.co.uk/2021/03/23/sut… Jon Datta @claudia_kcl

Calling all Teach First Ambassadors based in 🐝Greater Manchester🐝 Join an exclusive policy workshop to help shape an unprecedented study into the wellbeing of children in Britain: 📅Tues 20 Apr,5-6:30pm 📰Read more here: theguardian.com/education/2021… 🎟️Sign-up here: bit.ly/GMTFworkshop

A thought-provoking article from one of our network leads @claudia_kcl. On the damaging discourse of aspirations in the Widening Participation sector. #edutwitter #TF Teach First Ambassadors