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When you change your thinking, you can change your world. Our programmes do just that in universities, colleges, local authorities, schools and in communities www.grit.org.uk www.linkedin.com/company/grit-breakthrough/

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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Toxic Masculinity – the wrong conversation. This is a hugely cogent and powerful dismantling of the received notion of ‘toxic masculinity’ and argument that, until we move past it, we are not going to get anywhere. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl3e... @edudetective.bsky.social‬
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Is ‘toxic masculinity’ starting the wrong conversation?
YouTube video by Bristol University Press
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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Thrilled to say that we’ll be at the Forum for Access and Continuing Education (FACE) conference at @uniofbath.bsky.social in June where we’ll be talking about Social capital and the degree awarding gap: spaces, places and relationships. See you there! tinyurl.com/ycysmpd5
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Conferencing With FACE - FACE
In June 2025 FACE will host its annual conference at the University of Bath. Whether you’re definitely planning to attend, need to convince a budget holder that its worthwhile, or on the fence about t...
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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
“Grit was life changing. Grit gave me my fight back.” Chloe was in her final year at Nottingham Trent University when she did a 3-day Grit programme. She is the first in her family to go to university. tinyurl.com/4ztmrj75
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#studentsuccess #studentexperience #university #universitystudent | Grit: breakthrough programmes
“Grit was life changing. Grit gave me my fight back.” Chloe was in her final year at Nottingham Trent University when she did a 3-day Grit programme. She is the first in her family to go to universit...
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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
“Grit was life changing. Grit gave me my fight back.” Chloe was in her final year at Nottingham Trent University when she did a 3-day Grit programme. She is the first in her family to go to university. tinyurl.com/4ztmrj75
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#studentsuccess #studentexperience #university #universitystudent | Grit: breakthrough programmes
“Grit was life changing. Grit gave me my fight back.” Chloe was in her final year at Nottingham Trent University when she did a 3-day Grit programme. She is the first in her family to go to universit...
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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Thrilled to say that we'll be at RAISE 2025, leading a session on "Empowering Black student leaders." See you in Glasgow! tinyurl.com/mrxjrfsz
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Thrilled to say that we'll be there, leading a session on "Empowering… | Grit: breakthrough programmes
Thrilled to say that we'll be there, leading a session on "Empowering Black student leaders." See you in Glasgow! Black Leadership Group Wayne A Mitchell Katherine Linehan The BAMEed Ne...
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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
MONDAY “A fantastic experience and I’m grateful to have taken part… great trainers & very insightful… learned a lot… I’m going to think about myself and how I work from a different perspective, be clearer on my motivations” Great 2-days with staff @glasgowcaledonian.bsky.social last week!
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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
MONDAY “I really loved it. It was my first time since coming to the university that I got to listen and learn from people that look like me… I felt seen and heard.” An extraordinary Black Leaders programme @universityofleeds.bsky.social last week. tinyurl.com/38nsh5fh @niamhmullen.bsky.social
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#blackleaders #blackstudentleaders #university | Grit: breakthrough programmes
I see myself “I really loved it. It was my first time coming to the university where I got to be in a calm set up and listen and learn from people that look like me… a truly an amazing experience. I ...
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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Thrilled to say that we'll be at RAISE 2025, leading a session on "Empowering Black student leaders." See you in Glasgow! tinyurl.com/mrxjrfsz
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Thrilled to say that we'll be there, leading a session on "Empowering… | Grit: breakthrough programmes
Thrilled to say that we'll be there, leading a session on "Empowering Black student leaders." See you in Glasgow! Black Leadership Group Wayne A Mitchell Katherine Linehan The BAMEed Ne...
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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Toxic Masculinity – the wrong conversation. This is a hugely cogent and powerful dismantling of the received notion of ‘toxic masculinity’ and argument that, until we move past it, we are not going to get anywhere. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl3e...
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Is ‘toxic masculinity’ starting the wrong conversation?
YouTube video by Bristol University Press
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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
“I really loved it. It was my first time since coming to the university that I got to listen and learn from people that look like me… I felt seen and heard.” An extraordinary Black Leaders programme @universityofleeds.bsky.social last week. tinyurl.com/38nsh5fh @diervilla.bsky.social
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#blackleaders #blackstudentleaders #university | Grit: breakthrough programmes
I see myself “I really loved it. It was my first time coming to the university where I got to be in a calm set up and listen and learn from people that look like me… a truly an amazing experience. I ...
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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
“A fantastic experience and I’m grateful to have taken part… great trainers & very insightful… learned a lot… I’m going to think about myself and how I work from a different perspective, be clearer on my motivations” Great 2-days with staff @glasgowcaledonian.bsky.social last week!
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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
“The Grit workshop really made me think” Rayan was in year 9 at a school in West London when he did a 3-day intensive Grit workshop. This is his story. tinyurl.com/5n95ha24 @olimcv.bsky.social @barnetvs.bsky.social
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“The Grit workshop really made me think” Rayan was in year 9 at a school… | Grit: breakthrough programmes
“The Grit workshop really made me think” Rayan was in year 9 at a school in West London when he did a 3-day intensive Grit workshop followed by five months coaching from a volunteer life coach. “My...
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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
“It pushed me to challenge my assumptions and rethink how I approach obstacles.” A Nottingham Trent University students talks about her experience of a Grit programme tinyurl.com/yc2vjf72
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I have finished the 4-day Grit: breakthrough programmes. Designed to build… | Katie Bishop
I have finished the 4-day Grit: breakthrough programmes. Designed to build resilience, self-awareness, and leadership through honest conversations and personal reflection, it pushed me to challenge my...
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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Excellent piece on how critical it has become to empower students to shape what support looks like, rather than universities trying to come up with ‘answers’ and ‘solutions’ from their own, often limited and limiting, understanding of students’ lived experience tinyurl.com/yycth5z9
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What if students were the architects of their own success? | Grit: breakthrough programmes
How can we REALLY know what it is like for the mature student balancing work and care responsibilities, the student with disabilities navigating inaccessible booking systems, the international student...
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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Beyond Employability. Had a great time at the Institute of Student Employers Student Development Conference last week which set me looking out some of the blogs we’ve published recently on employability. @stish.bsky.social tinyurl.com/mryfhmw6
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Beyond employability - HEPI | Grit: breakthrough programmes
Beyond Employability Had a great time at the Institute of Student Employers Student Development Conference last week which set me looking out some of the blogs we’ve published recently on employabili...
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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Grit Unleashed! Please repost Join us for a deep dive in a day co-designed and co-delivered by student participants alongside Grit and Nottingham Trent University on June 5th from 11am to 3pm
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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
“It pushed me to challenge my assumptions and rethink how I approach obstacles.” A Nottingham Trent University students talks about her experience of a Grit programme tinyurl.com/yc2vjf72
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I have finished the 4-day Grit: breakthrough programmes. Designed to build… | Katie Bishop
I have finished the 4-day Grit: breakthrough programmes. Designed to build resilience, self-awareness, and leadership through honest conversations and personal reflection, it pushed me to challenge my...
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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Powerful piece by Elizabeth Farrier-Cave on how AI isn’t just changing how students approach their work – it’s changing how they see themselves and it’s impact their confidence, motivation, resilience and self-belief, belonging, grades and graduate skills. tinyurl.com/4arhr3vf
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What does it mean if students think that AI is more intelligent than they… | Grit: breakthrough programmes
“If students don’t think they can write as well as a machine, how can we expect them to take intellectual risks, engage critically, or develop the resilience needed for the workplace?” Powerful piece...
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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Excellent piece on how critical it has become to empower students to shape what support looks like, rather than universities trying to come up with ‘answers’ and ‘solutions’ from their own, often limited and limiting, understanding of students’ lived experience tinyurl.com/yycth5z9
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What if students were the architects of their own success? | Grit: breakthrough programmes
How can we REALLY know what it is like for the mature student balancing work and care responsibilities, the student with disabilities navigating inaccessible booking systems, the international student...
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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
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I have finished the 4-day Grit: breakthrough programmes. Designed to build… | Katie Bishop
I have finished the 4-day Grit: breakthrough programmes. Designed to build resilience, self-awareness, and leadership through honest conversations and personal reflection, it pushed me to challenge my...
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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
See you at the ISE conference tomorrow where we’ll be talking about ‘Mindsets for Success’ tinyurl.com/d7m2t7rk
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Whet your appetite for ISE’s Development Conference | Institute of Student Employers
𝗪𝗵𝗲𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗜𝗦𝗘’𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 Ahead of ISE’s Student Development Conference next Wednesday, we share some of our leading L&D articles from forthcoming event speakers. Hear ...
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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Spread the word: we’re Talking about Transformation... Join us on May 14, in person or online, for a conversation with local authority leaders about how staff teams are navigating the challenges of supporting young people
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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Grit Unleashed! Please repost Join us for a deep dive in a day co-designed and co-delivered by student participants alongside Grit and Nottingham Trent University on June 5th from 11am to 3pm
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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
The importance of recognising and valuing the diverse entry backgrounds of students, drawing on the value of their of lived experience and individual learning experiences to enhance their learning journey: tinyurl.com/5v36mfya
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Enjoyed reading Prof Jess Power PFHEA NTF CText FTI FCMI and Davina… | Grit: breakthrough programmes
Enjoyed reading Prof Jess Power PFHEA NTF CText FTI FCMI and Davina Whitnall of The University of Salford on the importance of recognising and valuing the diverse entry backgrounds of students, drawin...
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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
See you at the ISE conference next Wednesday where we’ll be talking about ‘Mindsets for Success’ tinyurl.com/d7m2t7rk
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Whet your appetite for ISE’s Development Conference | Institute of Student Employers
𝗪𝗵𝗲𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗜𝗦𝗘’𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 Ahead of ISE’s Student Development Conference next Wednesday, we share some of our leading L&D articles from forthcoming event speakers. Hear ...
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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Is AI undermining student confidence?
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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Great piece by @stish.bsky.social. “It’s wrong-headed to think of deficits in students’ work readiness as the fault of students… employers & educators have a role to play in helping students understand their own skills” Spot on! tinyurl.com/5n8dwrxh
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Employers will increasingly focus on graduates’ skills over technical knowledge
Graduate and apprentice employers are growing less interested in a person’s age, education and technical experience. Stephen Isherwood explains the upshot for higher education Graduate and apprentice ...
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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
“The Grit workshop really made me think” Rayan was in year 9 at a school in West London when he did a 3-day intensive Grit workshop. This is his story. tinyurl.com/5n95ha24 @olimcv.bsky.social @barnetvs.bsky.social
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“The Grit workshop really made me think” Rayan was in year 9 at a school… | Grit: breakthrough programmes
“The Grit workshop really made me think” Rayan was in year 9 at a school in West London when he did a 3-day intensive Grit workshop followed by five months coaching from a volunteer life coach. “My...
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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
“The Grit workshop really made me think” Rayan was in year 9 at a school in West London when he did a 3-day intensive Grit workshop. This is his story. tinyurl.com/5n95ha24
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“The Grit workshop really made me think” Rayan was in year 9 at a school… | Grit: breakthrough programmes
“The Grit workshop really made me think” Rayan was in year 9 at a school in West London when he did a 3-day intensive Grit workshop followed by five months coaching from a volunteer life coach. “My...
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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
What with the Easter break I’ve only just got around to reading this great piece by @stish.bsky.social. “It’s wrong-headed to think of deficits in students’ work readiness as the fault of students… employers & educators have a role to play in helping students understand their own skills” Spot on!
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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Social capital & the degree awarding gap: spaces, places and relationships. Read our latest piece on @hepi-news.bsky.social on supporting Black students to be their authentic, very best selves tinyurl.com/59tj5x3f
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Social capital and the degree awarding gap: spaces, places and relationships - HEPI
Despite sector-wide efforts, the Black-white awarding gap is widening—with social capital emerging as a powerful lever for change.
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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Spaces, places and relationships Stepping in… what’s new on social media… Grit in press… getting into conversation. Read what we’ve been up to in our latest newsletter tinyurl.com/4fw3chjd
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Spaces, places and relationships | Grit: breakthrough programmes
Spaces, places and relationships Stepping in… what’s new on social media… Grit in press… getting into conversation. Read what we’ve been up to in our latest newsletter.
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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Children's Services leader or manager, or a Virtual School Head? Lead a related team? Come along to our roundtable event on 14th May, online or in the room at Nottingham Trent University. Watch the video to find out more. Email vicky@grit.org.uk to book a place tinyurl.com/2m6fdu25
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If you're a Director, Leader or Manager in Children's services or a… | Ellie Garraway
If you're a Director, Leader or Manager in Children's services or a Virtual School Head or lead a related team, you may be interested in our Grit: breakthrough programmes roundtable event on 1...
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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Spaces, places and relationships Stepping in… what’s new on social media… Grit in press… getting into conversation. Read what we’ve been up to in our latest newsletter tinyurl.com/4fw3chjd
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Spaces, places and relationships | Grit: breakthrough programmes
Spaces, places and relationships Stepping in… what’s new on social media… Grit in press… getting into conversation. Read what we’ve been up to in our latest newsletter.
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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Children's Services leader or manager, or a Virtual School Head? Lead a related team? Come along to our roundtable event on 14th May, online or in the room at Nottingham Trent University. Watch the video to find out more. Email vicky@grit.org.uk to book a place tinyurl.com/2m6fdu25
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If you're a Director, Leader or Manager in Children's services or a… | Ellie Garraway
If you're a Director, Leader or Manager in Children's services or a Virtual School Head or lead a related team, you may be interested in our Grit: breakthrough programmes roundtable event on 1...
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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Social capital & the degree awarding gap: spaces, places and relationships. Read our latest piece on @hepi-news.bsky.social on supporting Black students to be their authentic, very best selves tinyurl.com/59tj5x3f
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Social capital and the degree awarding gap: spaces, places and relationships - HEPI
Despite sector-wide efforts, the Black-white awarding gap is widening—with social capital emerging as a powerful lever for change.
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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Children's Services leader or manager, or a Virtual School Head? Lead a related team? Come along to our roundtable event on 14th May, online or in the room at Nottingham Trent University. Watch the video to find out more. Email vicky@grit.org.uk to book a place tinyurl.com/2m6fdu25
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If you're a Director, Leader or Manager in Children's services or a… | Ellie Garraway
If you're a Director, Leader or Manager in Children's services or a Virtual School Head or lead a related team, you may be interested in our Grit: breakthrough programmes roundtable event on 1...
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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Spread the word: we’re Talking about Transformation... Join us on May 14, in person or online, for a conversation with local authority leaders about how staff teams are navigating the challenges of supporting young people @barnetvs.bsky.social
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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Since we left X last summer we’ve felt a tad bereft so it’s great to arrive here, hooking back up with some old friends like @unabridgedopinions.com. Here students from bsky.app/profile/unio... celebrate completing of our Black Leaders programme… @manclibrarian.bsky.social tinyurl.com/2ab6xruf
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Laughter, connection, key takeaways… and a very bittersweet… | Annette C. Okeke
Laughter, connection, key takeaways… and a very bittersweet surprise. Yesterday we had the penultimate Grit workshop but the last one for this academic year. We learnt more about the importance of b...
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Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
#Ubuntu is an African value system that upholds #humanity, interconnectedness and collective #wellbeing. Its philosophy can help lecturers to humanise the classroom, particularly when tech risks depersonalising #learning, explains Chipo Simbi of the University of Southampton: ow.ly/kw7950VGVA6
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Ubuntu philosophy: how embracing cultural heritage in the classroom can enhance teaching
Teaching that incorporates this African value system prioritises relationship building and authenticity. Here’s how to put it into practice
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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Social capital & the degree awarding gap: spaces, places and relationships. Read our latest piece on @hepi-news.bsky.social on supporting Black students to be their authentic, very best selves @drpauliancampbell.bsky.social @vascoadam.bsky.social @deebaparmar.bsky.social tinyurl.com/59tj5x3f
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Social capital and the degree awarding gap: spaces, places and relationships - HEPI
Despite sector-wide efforts, the Black-white awarding gap is widening—with social capital emerging as a powerful lever for change.
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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Social capital & the degree awarding gap: spaces, places and relationships. Read our latest piece on @hepi-news.bsky.social on supporting Black students to be their authentic, very best selves @bameednetwork.bsky.social @therealdrdebs.bsky.social @katemarburg.bsky.social tinyurl.com/59tj5x3f
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Social capital and the degree awarding gap: spaces, places and relationships - HEPI
Despite sector-wide efforts, the Black-white awarding gap is widening—with social capital emerging as a powerful lever for change.
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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Social capital & the degree awarding gap: spaces, places and relationships. Read our latest piece on @hepi-news.bsky.social on supporting Black students to be their authentic, very best selves @bameednetwork.bsky.social @therealdrdebs.bsky.social @katemarburg.bsky.social @clairehamshire.bsky.social
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Higher Education Policy Institute @hepi-news.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
New Post: Social capital and the degree awarding gap: spaces, places and relationships www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/04/23/s...
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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Thrilled to be delivering the kick off workshop at the UoPortsmouth on April 22 for the regional Boys Impact Hub, bringing together local stakeholders to address the gap in outcomes for FSM young men. Spread the word …! And book your FREE place here: tinyurl.com/596345xs @olimcv.bsky.social
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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Thrilled to be delivering the kick off workshop at the UoPortsmouth on April 22 for the regional Boys Impact Hub, bringing together local stakeholders to address the gap in outcomes for FSM young men. Spread the word …! And book your FREE place here: tinyurl.com/596345xs @edudetective.bsky.social
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Portsmouth Boys' Impact kick off session
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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Kind words @hisasimon.bsky.social. Thank you
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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
“It has helped me to focus, put me on a straight path for the term and exam season… I will be more confident.. ask for support.. be think optimistic abt my journey…” A gr8 workshop with students at @universityofleeds.bsky.social last week. Tx to all who made it happen. @theedukater.bsky.social
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sparqs @sparqs-scotland.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Hello @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social! Indeed, it's nice to find more and more folk making the move to Bluesky! Read our Talking Student Engagement interview with Ellie and Jon from Grit last year... www.sparqs.ac.uk/announcement...
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Talking SE Interview: Grit - January 2024
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