The need for community engagement of this sort has never been greater. This pandemic has prompted us to think differently about how we harness our collective expertise, partnerships, resources and connections to better support our students helping them into work and to look after their wellbeing.
What is Lockdown Unlocked?
#LockdownUnlocked is an ambitious programme aiming to improve student’s wellbeing during lockdown and preparing them for the road ahead. We will soon be launching a number of initiatives and events in collaboration with our students, partners and businesses to help limit the negative effects of lockdown, as well as unlocking career and personal development opportunities.
What will Lockdown Unlocked offer?
We are creating innovative ways to keep our students motivated and inspired, ensuring they stay connected and engaged through digital access and remote learning. This will help them develop new skills and provide them with high-quality mentoring and coaching. We aim to empower students to feel confident, reassured and resilient. That is why we are taking extra steps to boost entrepreneurial skills, promote networking and valuable work experience opportunities wherever possible.
Taking the initiative
We will soon be launching our student mentoring scheme which will provide support and guidance to students, a lockdown cook-off challenge for our SEND and ESOL learners and a campaign by our English language students to write friendship letters to the residents of care homes who are missing their families, friends and loved ones.
We are taking the initiative to prepare our students and members of our local communities for the economic and social challenges ahead. We have a number of esteemed industry leaders giving virtual talks and presentations during the second half of the Spring term. Business students are staging a virtual ‘meet the buyer’ event and Health and Social Care students are busy creating a campaign to encourage students to stay fit and healthy during lockdown.
Follow our #LockdownUnlocked campaign on social media over the coming weeks and months. If you are interested in joining a course at London South East Colleges and believe you have what it takes to become a qualified professional in one of a wide range of different sectors, we’d like to hear from you. Join us for one of our Virtual Open Events in March.
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