As a trustee of the HKF with a particular interest in psychotherapy and wellbeing, I was asked to write our July blog on “It’s good to talk”. As a charity, we have always encouraged our bursary winners to talk to us, to engage with our pastoral care system and advisers, and to sign up and […]
The Helena Kennedy Foundation celebrated the success of two alumni, Kirsty Young and Rosie Wainwright, for winning awards at the Festival of Learning 2021. Kirsty won the Return to Learning award and Rosie won for Outstanding Individual. The Helena Kennedy Foundation, a social mobility charity established in 1998, provides financial and pastoral support to Further […]
At the time, my earlier years of education felt normal. Just like the rest of the students in my area, I was learning a well-trodden curriculum in the backdrop of a seaside town. Life felt easy, problems appeared small and the world outside of my town’s bubble seemed non-existent. Fairly naïve in thought, I began […]
Former HKF winner Kirsty Young, a mum of four children from Bridlington stepped out to raise £500 towards a bursary in April. She walked for two hours every evening for 50 consecutive days. Having received a bursary in 2011 herself, Kirsty realised what a difference the bursaries make. She decided to help others by trying […]
I’ve been with the Helena Kennedy Foundation (HKF) for nearly eight years. My journey, like that of many people, was guided by my parents, who instilled the importance of education. And so I went to school, to college, and then to university. That was my parents’ plan, but after I finished my degree, I was […]
It’s incredibly exciting to think that the government has recognised the potential for economic expansion over the next few decades in this region. Its most recently released think-piece on the subject came out a few weeks ago. The snappily-titled Planning for sustainable growth in the Oxford-Cambridge Arc – An introduction to the Oxford-Cambridge Arc Spatial […]
“The Government’s consultation on moving to a system of post-qualification admissions seeks to address the urgent need to ‘level up the current university admissions system.’ The contributions in HEPI’s timely and excellent report Where next for university admissions? highlight a number of angles on this long-considered issue. Of particular relevance to the aim of levelling up is […]
Two Helena Kennedy Foundation bursary winners are among the shortlisted nominees for this year’s Festival of Learning Awards. Kirsty Young, a HKF Award winner in 2011, and Rosie Wainwright, a winner in 2013, have made the shortlist. Both Kirsty and Rosie are enjoying successful careers after progressing through university with the help of their bursaries. […]
Maleeka Bokhari, an alumna of the Helena Kennedy Foundation, has been honoured as one of the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders for 2021. Maleeka, who is the Parliamentary Secretary for Law and a justice barrister in her native Pakistan, joins a dynamic community of more than 1400 members from 120 nationalities, who will work […]
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