4 THE AMOS BURSARY 2021 IMPACT REPORT
Introduction 2021 has been a year of transformation for the Bursary. We introduced our first cohort of young women and we have expanded our programmes from two tiers to three, providing more opportunities for young people. All our programmes are for 5 years with the opportunity for students to move up and down depending on their needs and available spaces. We now have over 30 amazing sponsors, all of whom are working with us to provide experiences and opportunities for our students. Our growing network of mentors continue to provide the students with the support and guidance required at this time of development.
All our students had the opportunity to attend workshops insight sessions and conferences for personal, professional, leadership, academic and career development. We increased the number of events from August 2021 by holding a combination of face to face and virtual workshops holding over 80 activities in total. Financial intelligence and the importance of entrepreneurship was key.
So, what did 2021 bring? We held our first online interviews with Alumni representatives on the panel and university students as hosts. This worked extremely well and we will be using this model next year.
We also continued to hold conferences and webinars and saw consistently good attendance to all the events and workshops offered. For the Year 12 students, we focused on skills and knowledge development and careers adviser Juliet Alexander, led the workshops which helped to prepare students for the transition to Year 13 and the Year 13 students transition to university.
