SSLP Student Ambassadors will take it in turns to host So You Want To Be webinars via Zoom for key stage 3 students.
A half-termly career webinar series for
students in Years 7, 8 and 9
So You Want To Be… is a half-termly webinar series organised to match lunch breaks across our schools. Students are invited to join a webinar from their classroom in supervised groups. Teachers should register in advance and submit questions for the guest speaker. Questions can also be asked via the Q&A function during the webinar.
The guest speaker will talk briefly about their career choice and the path they took to get there and then open for questions.
Dates for 2023/24
- 5th December 2023 hosted by JAGS
- 27th February 2023 hosted by STAC
- 30th April 2023 hosted by SSSO
- 18th June 2023 hosted by WCS
all details are currently subject to change.
Classes will have the option of joining one of two half-hour sessions that best meets their availability. Host schools will select the two slots that best suit their own lunch break / availability.
Next So You Want To Be…
Previous sessions
So You Want To Be… An Energy Specialist
Helena Scanlan
Energy Retail & Networks
I have been with Baringa in the ‘Energy Retail, Networks and Water’ Business Unit since July 2021. I’ve worked on a range of projects – ranging from water regulation, to helping energy suppliers, to working with government to support in the management of the energy crisis.
Sam Badamchi
Energy Transition Expert
I am an expert in Energy Transition with a focus on how technology and IT can both accelerate and realise a future net zero. I have been in consulting for more than 10 years.
Watch the recording on YouTube
So You Want To Be… A Civil Servant
George Oyebode
I am George Oyebode and am a Civil Servant participating in the Civil Service Fast Stream programme, which was voted the number one graduate employer in 2019. The job of a Civil Servant is varied and the opportunities available to you are broad. I have worked on COP26 in Glasgow, the world’s biggest global environment conference. I am now working on the Health Transformation Programme which is transforming the support given to those with disabilities. Although my roles can vary, my ethos as a civil servant is working to ensure our society is given the best public services and that the United Kingdom represents their interests fairly. As well as being a Civil Servant I also play field hockey in the second tier of the English hockey league and I run a creative and events company with my brother “The Soulstice Collective” which aims to use the arts for good.
Recording not available.
So You Want To Be… A Scientist
Sydney Lo
After an exciting placement year with an Oxford Immunotherapy company, Sydney is now in her final year of Biotechnology at Imperial College London.
“It’s hard work balancing both my lives as a student and as a scientist in a lab making drugs to treat cancer patients, but I make it work. Sign up for this talk if you want to be a popping “life scientist” and you’d like to hear more about university study at a top STEM uni, as well as what an early career in science would look like for someone just starting out in the industry.”
“You also get to hear me nerd out about my job where I torture protein molecules just to see what happens to them!”
Recording not available.
So You Want To Be… An Engineer
Molly Dalton
Molly is currently working as a Project Engineer for railway track design at Balfour Beatty. Following school she took part in the ‘Year in Industry’ program, working in telecoms. Molly then secured sponsorship through University and after graduating with a Masters’ Degree in Civil Engineering, she joined the Network Rail graduate scheme and became a track engineer at Thameslink.
Molly talked about her gap year in industry, the benefits of sponsorship through University and how exciting a career in engineering can be.
Watch the recording via YouTube
So You Want To Be… A Clinical Psychologist
Thursday 23rd June
The fifth speakers in our series spoke to George and Janii from Kingsdale Foundation School.
We were delighted to welcome multiple guest speakers to this session. Liz Hogg, Sophie Mulhall and Rebecca Cockburn are all trainee clinical psychologists currently completing their doctorates in clinical psychology at Kings’ College London, under the guidance of Alison Mulligan, a consultant clinical psychologist.
Watch the recording via YouTube
So You Want To Be… A Wildlife Conservationist
Thursday 12th May
The fourth speaker in our series was Pria Ghosh, a wildlife conservationist.
Pria works to promote Indigenous- and community-led wildlife conservation around the world in her role as Programme Officer for an environmental NGO, Synchronicity Earth. Previously, she was a researcher studying the distribution of a fungal infection in amphibians that has caused up to 200 species extinctions, in southern Africa and Madagascar, and designed qPCR tests to diagnose emerging fungal diseases in wildlife populations. She is especially interested in how community and ecosystem health can be improved together, and in promoting decolonisation and ethical grant-giving in the environmental sector.
To watch a recording of this webinar teachers should email k.barretta@sslp.education
So You Want To Be… A Lawyer
Thursday 17th March
The third speakers in our series were Pamela Dusu and Saud Aziz, two lawyers at different stages of their law careers.
Watch the recording via YouTube
Pam Dusu
Pam Dusu is a JAGS alumna who read law at the University of Cambridge. Pam received her legal training at American firm Shearman & Sterling before moving on to the largest law firm in the world, DLA Piper LLP. Pam is now a senior lawyer at energy developer Globeleq, having spent time working in East Africa advising the Government of Rwanda on its Energy and Infrastructure projects.
Pam was born in the UK to Ghanaian parents and grew up in South London. Pam expertly intertwines her Ghanaian heritage and British sensibilities to bring an Afropolitan perspective to everything she does.
Saud Aziz
Saud Aziz is a trainee solicitor at Clifford Chance.
Saud was born and raised in South Manchester close to Old Trafford stadium. Saud attended a state school and sixth form where he studied History, Government & Politics and Religious Education for A-levels. After sixth form Saud took a gap year and worked in his local Tesco express as well as doing some travelling. Saud then went on to study Law at the University of Warwick. Saud won a place on a vacation scheme at the firm Clifford Chance in his first year and was offered a training contract to join the firm after graduation.
Watch the recording via YouTube
So You Want To Be… An Architect
Thursday 9th December
The second speaker in the series was Matt Pattenden. Matt Pattenden is an Architect working at the award winning practice, Alma-nac Architects in central London. During his time at Alma-nac he has been involved in the design and construction of new music studios, private houses, a nursery school, an energy center and most recently the new library building at Dulwich College. Matt studied at undergraduate level in Brighton and postgraduate in London and has been working in London for the last 7 years.
Matt spoke to students in SSLP schools via a webinar that was shown live to class groups, questions were submitted in advance or via the Q&A function during the talk. The talk was held twice so that students could join during their lunch breaks under supervision.
Supervising teachers registered for either Session 1 (12:40 – 13:10) or Session 2 (13:20 – 13:50)
Watch the recording via YouTube
So You Want To Be… A Video Game Designer
Thursday 7th October
Daisy Fernandez is a game designer working for Nerial Ltd. She has worked on As Dusk Falls (Xbox) and South of the Circle (Apple Arcade). Daisy graduated from the University of Leeds with a BA in English Language and Literature in 2016, got an MA in Games Design & Development from the National Film & Television School in 2019 and won the Rising Star of the Year MCV Women in Games Awards in the same year.
To watch a recording of this webinar teachers should email k.barretta@sslp.education
Competition
So you want to be a Graphic Designer?
Congratulations to Elle, Year 7 JAGS, who designed the logo for So You Want To Be…
SSLP students in years 7, 8 and 9 were invited to submit designs for an eye-catching logo.
It looks amazing, just how I imagined it! Thank you so much.
Elle, JAGS