Two Sunderland Councillors were invited into school to discuss the role of local government to our Year 12 Law students. The Councillors were both former Southmoor students! Martyn Herron and Lyall Reed talked to the students about topics ranging from dealing with antisocial behaviour in the area, to how Sunderland Council spends its £100m budget. It was …

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Fiona Larkin from Sunderland University visited the Art department to outline to our current Year 13 Art and Photography students the expectations for applying to University and how to create a portfolio to submit. The students received one-to-one advice from Fiona and are looking forward to attending workshops at Sunderland University on Wednesday 28th September.

Psychology hosted a digital Careers Event with NE1Can called ‘Behind Bars, Exploring Careers with the Prison Service’. This session included students from year 12 and 13 from Psychology and Sociology and it gave them the opportunity to explore employability behind bars and learn all about what it takes to work in Britain’s Prison Service. They …

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