“…it’s really important we feel like we’re a part of something and we’re united.” Elsie.
Elsie was speaking about her experience on Pride Power, a new project we launched in 2022. Pride Power is a strand of our flagship K+ programme for Year 12 and 13 students for LGBTQ+ young people. With Pride Power we aim to provide a space and series of activities for LGBTQ+ students and allies to foster a sense of belonging, confidence and self-efficacy. We consolidated a programme for Black students within K+ called Aspire with the same objectives.
Feeling part of something and feeling united. Feeling self-confidence, belonging, agency. We hold these things central to our work not only because they are key to progressing through education, and into and through university. But also because they are arguably more important than ever. This yearbook covers some of the work we've done in the Social Mobility & Widening Participation Department to foster these feelings in the past year.