Lois Plummer

Experience

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  University of Bristol

  Feb 2020 - Sept 2020

  Widening Participation Graduate Intern

  • Creating and delivering presentations and workshops to groups of school pupils who may be socially disadvantaged or face multiple barriers, providing them with information and guidance on their futures, and inspiring them to consider higher education as a potential pathway• Planning and organising activities for the two summer schools run by the University of Bristol• Being the main point of contact for the mentors on the run-up to the summer schools • Assisting with the recruitment and interview process of student mentors• Creating materials and resources to send out to summer school participants• Managing and overseeing the University of Bristol outreach project mailbox• Managing and developing the Access, Success and Progression (ASP) conference SharePoint site, including creating the design for the site, collecting speaker blogs and writing my own blogpost about my attendance at the event • Collaborated with two of my colleagues to create, organise and run a virtual recruitment event aimed exclusively at prospective BAME students• Restructured and launched the University of Bristol's new diversity webpage, conducted thorough research on diversity at the University, provided the contextual research and content, created a new name for the webpage• Part of the team creating and collating provisions for year 12 students during lockdown• Conducting research into the impact of summer schools on interview performance for those who attended a summer school • Admin support, including uploading student data onto HEAT (Higher Education Access Tracker) • Providing ad hoc support to the rest of my team – including acting as a moderator on virtual events • Safeguarding training regarding working with children and young people Show less

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  Access Creative College

  Sept 2020 - Jan 2021

  Engagement Officer

  • Student recruitment strategies and activities to increase engagement and enrolment to Access Creative College Bristol • Working towards recruitment targets and aims including monitoring and evaluation• Organising and running recruitment events and engagement sessions • Managing databases and building relationships with key stakeholders

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  IntoUniversity

  Jan 2021 - now

  Additional Responsibility: Diversity and inclusion in recruitment Additional responsibility: Diversity and Inclusion Mentoring and Enrichment Coordinator

  • Volunteering Manager

    Apr 2023 - now

  • Lead Senior Education Worker

    Jan 2023 - Apr 2023

  • Senior Education Worker

    Apr 2022 - Jan 2023

  • Education Worker

    Jan 2021 - Apr 2022