{"id":4289,"date":"2020-02-13T10:38:30","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T09:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/LourdesSecondarySchool\/?p=4289"},"modified":"2020-02-13T10:38:30","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T09:38:30","slug":"for-s3-s6-pupils-inspire-and-headstart-residential","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/LourdesSecondarySchool\/2020\/02\/13\/for-s3-s6-pupils-inspire-and-headstart-residential\/","title":{"rendered":"For S3-S6 Pupils &#8211; Inspire and Headstart Residential"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/learningwithfun.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/STEM-icon.png\" width=\"504\" height=\"261\" \/>Super opportunities for S3- S6 pupils considering higher education and\/or a career pathway in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Maths (STEM) based subject matter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>The Engineering Development Trust (EDT) has two programmes of STEM based residential* university taster courses\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2Pm0Dp0\">Inspire and Headstart<\/a>\u00a0across the UK this summer 2020.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>What are INSPIRE and HEADSTART?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Inspire and Headstart are 3 and 4\/5 day courses\u2019 (respectively) hands-on series of STEM based activities and lectures for young people aged 15 to 17 (year S4 &amp; S5)** to further their understanding of degree\/degree apprenticeship and future career opportunities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">These on-campus university-based experiences are an enabler for like-minded students to engage with lecturers and undergraduates on a challenging course specific agenda whilst utilising their problem determination, analytical, creative and life skills.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Benefits include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<li>Practical sessions to reinforce theory-based lectures<\/li>\n<li>Variety of course offerings and themes to suit all individuals<\/li>\n<li>Access to university lecturers and undergraduates for advice and guidance on degree\/degree apprenticeship and potential career pathways<\/li>\n<li>Bronze (Inspire) and Silver (Headstart) industry-led accreditation from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2R2SqFA\">Industrial Cadets<\/a>\u00a0(Inspired by HRH The Prince of Wales)<\/li>\n<li>Meet role models<\/li>\n<li>On-campus halls of residence experience<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Course fee, bursaries &amp; other support<\/strong>: The course costs \u00a3245 (3 day residential), \u00a3150* (3 day non-residential) for Inspire and \u00a3399 (4\/5 day residential) for Headstart. Limited bursary places are available on BOTH programmes subject to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2tD9iuk\">qualification criteria<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>For more information\/questions contact EDT<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:headstartteam@etrust.org.uk\">headstartteam@etrust.org.uk<\/a>\u00a0of 01707-871505<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Apply online:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etrust.org.uk\/inspire-courses\">https:\/\/www.etrust.org.uk\/inspire-courses<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etrust.org.uk\/headstart-courses\">https:\/\/www.etrust.org.uk\/headstart-courses<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">*There are 1 or 2 non-residential courses<br \/>\n**Inspire will consider mature\/gifted S3 students who are 15 years old<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Super opportunities for S3- S6 pupils considering higher education and\/or a career pathway in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Maths (STEM) based subject matter \u00a0The Engineering Development Trust (EDT) has two programmes of STEM based residential* university taster courses\u00a0Inspire and Headstart\u00a0across the UK this summer 2020. What are INSPIRE and HEADSTART? Inspire and Headstart are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5337,501,1053],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-careers","category-extra-curricular","category-higher-education"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/LourdesSecondarySchool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/LourdesSecondarySchool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/LourdesSecondarySchool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/LourdesSecondarySchool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/303"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/LourdesSecondarySchool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4289"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/LourdesSecondarySchool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4290,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/LourdesSecondarySchool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4289\/revisions\/4290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/LourdesSecondarySchool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/LourdesSecondarySchool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/LourdesSecondarySchool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}