A Level pupils love their courses so much, they’re using social media to tell others.
Five students at Milton Keynes College feel so strongly about the quality of education they’re receiving, that they’re taking to social media to promote their courses to others.
Amelie Reece, Alexia Cosovan, Tenesee Fenty, Scarlett Gilligan and Layal Kidess, are working with the college’s marketing team to produce social media content to encourage more school leavers to give the academy a serious look when deciding on their next educational steps.
The quintet realised how fortunate they were to have found courses they love at the college and decided to show other students the benefits of going there.
“We got talking and agreed that we were so lucky to have found out about A Levels at the college, and we thought there wasn't really a lot on social media about it, so we wanted to create a platform where we could talk about it and show other students why we think studying here is so good,” said Alexia.
“Speaking to some of our friends who have gone to different sixth forms, it seems like we’re just having a much better experience here at college,” added Scarlett. “We think it’s only fair to show that you can enjoy A Levels without it being really stressful which, a lot of them are telling us, sixth form is like.”
Marc Hulbert, the college's Head of A Levels, was astonished when the students approached him saying they wanted to help.
“I’m sure some people will think we put them up to it, but the girls just came to me and asked if it would be okay to promote their college courses,” he said. “The rest of the staff and I are really touched that they wanted to do this, so now we’re getting them involved, giving talks at Open Events too.”
This is the first year the college has offered A Levels, and they have been inundated with applications.
Now the girls have agreed to take to the stage for the Open Events, as well as producing the social media content. They’re going to be telling their stories this Saturday (9th November), at open mornings in the College’s Chaffron Way and Bletchley campuses as well as Bletchley’s South Central Institute for Technology.
More information on the Open Events is here: https://mkcollege.ac.uk/events/open-events.
