Decisions at 18 2010 - Flexibility for careers of the future20 April 2010 - 22 April 2010

Ms Brenda Stephenson

Presenter Organisation

Aimhigher County Durham

Presenter Job

Project Manager

Sessions & Workshops

Beginners guide to HE advising
Identifying potential and supporting success: A new direction for compact schemes?
Getting into law courses - Some innovative approaches to legal education
Widening access to veterinary medicine, medicine and health care courses

Biography

Brenda is an experienced Careers Adviser working for Aimhigher Co. Durham as a Project Manager.

She has had a variety of roles in the Career Service/Connexions mainly as a HE specialist working with staff and students in sixth forms and colleges. In 2005 she succumbed to an alluring offer from Aimhigher and has been furiously raising aspirations (or trying to!) since then.

Brenda is an experienced trainer, especially with Staff advising HE applicants.

This includes running sessions for UCAS and at the annual CRAC HE Admissions Conference. She was deeply honoured to receive a fellowship from the Institute of Careers Guidance in 2005 for her work in HE guidance

Brenda has also had a variety of other jobs, most bizarre of which was working for a Norwegian Magazine called "Wilkommen in Noerdoest Inkjoep" (despite not speaking any Norwegian). She was also the most successful telephone sales person on a Motor Magazine despite not being able to drive!

When not working Brenda is a keen traveller and has visited Cuba and Morocco amongst other places in the past couple of years . Brenda is also fond of red wine, champagne and cocktails!