There are 11,000 school leavers each year who are also leaving the care system. Some of them have big dreams of starting higher education at university. In this episode on the Penna Podcast, our Senior Client Manager, Oona Venermo, interviews The National House Project’s, Rosie Blackett, Young People’s Participation and Development Worker about the care leaver university experience.They discuss why student marketers must rethink their messaging to spread awareness of their offer to care experienced people.

Did you know, today is International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition? Some of our Penna family members - Louise Darkwah, Leah James and Alexis Curtis-Harris - joined our Penna Podcast to have an open and honest discussion around the ongoing impact of the slave trade on Black communities both inside and outside the world of work. Take a listen and share your thoughts below the line.Find out more about Penna, and our D&I consultancy, at www.penna.com.Further reading on the Slave Trade and Abolition from our Podcasters:Unesco's explanation of the day: https://en.unesco.org/commemorations/slavetraderemembrancedayThe British Library's resource: http://www.bl.uk/learning/histcitizen/campaignforabolition/abolitionbackground/abolitionintro.htmlBlack History Month's resource: https://www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk/article/section/history-of-slavery/the-atlantic-slave-trade/The Black Curriculum: A social enterprise founded in 2019 by Lavinya Stennett to address the lack of Black British history in the UK Curriculum.https://theblackcurriculum.comIG - @theblackcurriculumBlack British Network: http://www.blackbritishnetwork.com https://www.cephaswilliams.com/blackbritishnetworkIG - @theblackbritishnetworkThe Victoria and Albert Museum's Slavery and the African Diaspora Reading List http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/s/reading-list-slavery-african-diaspora/UK Black History: https://ukblackhistory.onlineIG - @ukblackhistory

On this episode of Penna's podcast, we're exploring the all-things assessment and selection. Assessment is a vital step in securing candidates, from Chief Executives to Graduates. Our in-house Business Psychologist and Head of Assessment Ann Hartley takes us through the possibilities provided by virtual assessment centres with Commercial Director Sue Atkinson.To find out more, visit www.penna.com.

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On this episode of Penna Podcasts we're joined by Educations Media Group Account Director Sarah Messenger. Through the global platform educations.com Sarah supports universities with their international student recruitment. With Penna Education's Oona Venermo, Sarah discusses best practice in international student attraction; from online open days, to emerging trends, to empathetic messaging in your student marketing.To find out more about our work at Penna Education, please visit www.pennaeducation.co.uk.

This episode on Penna Podcasts we're discussing the actions universities should take to reach and engage parents and carers in the student marketing mix. Parents and carers are important stakeholders and must be considered as a key voice in university selection.Hannah Williams, Project Officer at Liverpool John Moores University, talks to Penna Education's Client Manager Lucy Harmsworth about the work she's doing at LJMU: From harnessing word-of-mouth opinions to tapping into what parents and carers want from a university.To find out more about our work at Penna Education, please visit www.pennaeducation.co.uk.

In our first podcast, we're delighted to be interviewing Stacey Anderson, Head of Marketing at UA92.UA92 is a game-changing educational experience designed to unlock greatness, from the Class of 92 and Lancaster University. Stacey joins Penna Education's Senior Client Manager Jack Thorogood to talk about the journey of the university, from a basement in Old Trafford five years ago, to the unique education experience they offer to students today.To find out more about our work at Penna Education, please visit www.pennaeducation.co.uk.