A Halesowen student has received a £1,000 boost for doing so well on her University course. Sharnie Jones is studying the Early Years Foundation Degree at the University of Worcester and received the money for her academic achievement during the first year of the course. She also was presented with a certificate which she can use on her CV. The 20-year-old passed her BTEC Level Three Children’s Play, Learning and Development at Halesowen College with flying colours. Sharnie said: “I feel like my studies at Halesowen prepared me for this degree. It gave me the knowledge needed to pursue a higher level of thinking for a degree and enabled me to get a part time job in a nursery.
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As geography and sociology students go, Stephen Jackley was far from typical.
When he arrived at the University of Worcester in September 2007, he still had a bruise from being hit on the chin while trying to raid a bank.
The raid had failed to go as planned. Jackley had plotted to collar a courier as he left the Lloyds TSB in Exeter and make him reopen the door. Once inside, he would force the cashiers to let him into the bank vault, where he could fill his bag with thousands of pounds.
Stephen Jackley (above, living in Bristol) had plotted to collar a courier as he left the Lloyds TSB in Exeter and make him reopen the door
An academic from the University of Worcester has received an award for her research with armed forces families. Dr Gabriela Misca worked with Professor Janet Walker OBE on Living In Our Shoes, a review into understanding the needs of, and support provided to, service families. They have now received the 2021 Special Award for FiMpacT, awarded by the Forces in Mind Trust Research Centre. The review was commissioned by the Secretary of State for Defence and led by Andrew Selous MP. The report, which was published in June 2020, had 110 recommendations, many of which the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has agreed to implement. It will form the basis of the MOD’s 2021 Families Strategy, which will have a significant impact on the lives of UK Armed Forces families.
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3:52 PM January 27, 2021
Eloise Maltby, of Wilburton, has spoken about achieving a top university degree despite the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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A university student from Wilburton is beyond proud to have achieved a first-class degree despite the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Eloise Maltby, who completed her studies at the University of Worcester during the lockdown, achieved her honours degree in LLB law with criminology.
Despite some personal challenges during her first two years, Eloise said she was “beyond proud of herself.
Eloise Maltby, of Wilburton, has spoken about achieving a top university degree despite the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic.