Oxford Young Ambassadors
This is a three year attainment raising programme which recruits year 9 Oxfordshire students who are currently achieving a B/C in school, and encourages them to become ambassadors for higher education amongst their families and peers.
This programme is designed to empower young people by introducing higher education as a viable life option. In doing so these appointed ambassadors are able to engage others, who like themselves, might not have considered further education post 16.
The OYA programme recruits 30 Year 9 students from across Oxfordshire to take part in monthly activities. These workshops run until the end of Year 11, at which point we invite ambassadors to a graduation ceremony at the University.
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Current OYA
What do Oxford Young Ambassadors do?
Oxford Young Ambassadors engage in various events each academic year and they work closely with current Oxford student mentors. The Ambassadors meet with us once a month and activities include drama workshops, chemistry demonstrations, visits to museums and botanical gardens, as well as getting inside many Oxford colleges. In the second year Ambassadors work on academic sessions, designed to help them with their GCSE exams.
Each year Ambassadors also take part in an annual project; this takes the form of a book club in the first year and a peer mentoring scheme in the second year.
The programme prepares students for life after secondary education no matter which path they choose.
As Ambassadors for further and higher education, not only do they personally become aware of their options but they are able to share this information with other young people at their school.
Current Ambassadors
We have two groups of current Ambassadors; our Year 11 group are coming to the end of their time with us and will have a 'graduation ceremony' early next academic year, and our Year 10 group of Ambassadors are reaching the end of their second year of the programme.
How do I become an Oxford Young Ambassador?
Applications for Oxford Young Ambassadors are now closed.
Thank you for all the applications received. We hope to get back to you by the 12th July 2013.
For more information about the programme, please contact robyn.pearce-jones@admin.ox.ac.uk
How do I become a university student mentor on the Oxford Young Ambassadors programme?
To become a student mentor for this programme please click here
