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Careers education and guidance at Bedales

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Careers-guidance

By Cheryl Osborne, Teacher of Biology and Careers Advisor

The beginning of the new year seems a good opportunity to introduce myself. I am in charge of careers education and guidance at Bedales. This involves taking a careers activity with Block 4, introducing them to the world of work, and supporting Block 5 to make informed A Level choices.

We do this via My Future Careers online tests, which are followed by interviews. Block 5 are currently doing the tests and the interviews take place with external, independent advisors in October. These are then followed up by myself and tutors as Block 5 start to make their A Level choices. I also work with Sixth Form students who are interested in apprenticeships, as well as mentoring potential medics and vets.

This year I am working closely with Alex Beckmann (Alumni Relations Manager) in External Relations. We are hoping to offer students the opportunity to meet Old Bedalians to discuss their career paths.

Our first event is on Friday 11 October, when we have 4 Old Bedalians who work in the field of Media coming in. This event is open to any student at Bedales and we hope that students will take this amazing opportunity to find out about this career field.

Alumni Relations

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By Philip Parsons, Alumni Officer

As part of Bedales’ efforts to support and stay connected with the network of Old Bedalians, every year the Alumni Relations division of the school’s External Relations team organise several reunions.

For recent leavers, these gatherings come in the form of university reunions, which are organised by Alumni Liaison Manager Leana Seriau, University Liaison Officer Sarah Oakley and Alumni Officer Philip Parsons and hosted in cities or towns where Old Bedalians have gone on to study at university.

Last Thursday, 29 November, the series of university reunions continued in Bristol, where eight Old Bedalians studying at Bristol and Cardiff met – joined by Sarah and Philip – at the Hotel du Vin to renew acquaintance and share their post-Bedales experiences.

Students from the 2015, 2016 and 2017 year groups were all represented and subjects studied include History of Art, French, Law, Classics, Medicine, Theology, Economics and Pharmacy.

As their first official reunion as Old Bedalians, it was a very enjoyable evening and, as with previous events, we find it a useful way of keeping in touch and maintaining the extended Bedales family.

Find out more about the work of the Alumni office and read the profiles of Old Bedalians, visit the Alumni page on the Bedales website.