First Campus - Profiles

Profiles

My role involves working with young people in schools and the community with a view to raising their aspirations to go on to Higher Education. This is done through a variety of activities and workshops delivered at school, community groups and/or on campus.
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Teresa Perry

As the First Campus Co-ordinator, I manage the team at Newport on the First Campus project. We develop and run events and activities that encourage young people to raise their aspirations, awareness and motivation to Higher Education. I am responsible for managing the budget and collating reports for the project as well as supporting the team in achieving the targets set by HEFCW.
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Jane Ellis

My remit is to develop inspirational and aspirational workshops that cut across the academic departments at the University of Glamorgan, and put these together into a programme of events for schools.
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Kath Maddy

My role is to manage the First Campus project, which involves working collaboratively with all the universities and further education colleges within the partnership.
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Natalie Ray

I run the ACE (Aiming for a college Education) Days at the University of Glamorgan. The aim of an ACE Day is to raise awareness of higher education, among school pupils within the Rhondda Cynon Taff, Newport, Cardiff and Vale areas. This particular event involves working with pupils between 13-15 years of age. On each event around 200 pupils come together from a number of different schools. The day involves a series of exciting and challenging activities such as campus tours, what its really like to be a student (pupils have the opportunity to speak to current students studying at the University), budgeting exercises and many more.

Melanie Aitchison

My role is to look after a number of links between the University and our local schools. I coordinate work placements on campus for Year 12 school students. I arrange for our University students to visit local schools as part of their studies. I am involved in organising various school events and am the coordinator for the University’s mentoring scheme.
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Laura Roberts

As the First Campus STEM coordinator I am responsible for organising the First Campus STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths) events. I am responsible for finding academics and workshop facilitators to present and develop workshops, and in doing so, building links with schools, colleges, universities, and science organisations such as the Institute of Physics, The BA (British Association for the Advancement of Science) and the Royal Society of Chemistry.