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When you change your thinking, you can change your world. Our programmes do just that in universities, colleges, local authorities, schools and in communities www.grit.org.uk www.linkedin.com/company/grit-breakthrough/

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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · Apr 16

Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · May 22

Toxic Masculinity – the wrong conversation.
This is a hugely cogent and powerful dismantling of the received notion of ‘toxic masculinity’ and argument that, until we move past it, we are not going to get anywhere.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl3e...
@edudetective.bsky.social‬

Is ‘toxic masculinity’ starting the wrong conversation?

YouTube video by Bristol University Press

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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · May 22

Thrilled to say that we’ll be at the Forum for Access and Continuing Education (FACE) conference at @uniofbath.bsky.social in June where we’ll be talking about Social capital and the degree awarding gap: spaces, places and relationships.
See you there!
tinyurl.com/ycysmpd5

Conferencing With FACE - FACE

In June 2025 FACE will host its annual conference at the University of Bath. Whether you’re definitely planning to attend, need to convince a budget holder that its worthwhile, or on the fence about t...

Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · May 22

“Grit was life changing. Grit gave me my fight back.”
Chloe was in her final year at Nottingham Trent University when she did a 3-day Grit programme. She is the first in her family to go to university.
tinyurl.com/4ztmrj75

#studentsuccess #studentexperience #university #universitystudent | Grit: breakthrough programmes

“Grit was life changing. Grit gave me my fight back.” Chloe was in her final year at Nottingham Trent University when she did a 3-day Grit programme. She is the first in her family to go to universit...

Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · May 21

“Grit was life changing. Grit gave me my fight back.”
Chloe was in her final year at Nottingham Trent University when she did a 3-day Grit programme. She is the first in her family to go to university.
tinyurl.com/4ztmrj75

#studentsuccess #studentexperience #university #universitystudent | Grit: breakthrough programmes

“Grit was life changing. Grit gave me my fight back.” Chloe was in her final year at Nottingham Trent University when she did a 3-day Grit programme. She is the first in her family to go to universit...

Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · May 21

Thrilled to say that we'll be at RAISE 2025, leading a session on "Empowering Black student leaders." See you in Glasgow!
tinyurl.com/mrxjrfsz

Thrilled to say that we'll be there, leading a session on "Empowering… | Grit: breakthrough programmes

Thrilled to say that we'll be there, leading a session on "Empowering Black student leaders." See you in Glasgow! Black Leadership Group Wayne A Mitchell Katherine Linehan The BAMEed Ne...

Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · May 20

MONDAY “A fantastic experience and I’m grateful to have taken part… great trainers & very insightful… learned a lot… I’m going to think about myself and how I work from a different perspective, be clearer on my motivations”
Great 2-days with staff @glasgowcaledonian.bsky.social last week!

Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · May 20

MONDAY “I really loved it. It was my first time since coming to the university that I got to listen and learn from people that look like me… I felt seen and heard.”
An extraordinary Black Leaders programme @universityofleeds.bsky.social last week.
tinyurl.com/38nsh5fh
@niamhmullen.bsky.social

#blackleaders #blackstudentleaders #university | Grit: breakthrough programmes

I see myself “I really loved it. It was my first time coming to the university where I got to be in a calm set up and listen and learn from people that look like me… a truly an amazing experience. I ...

Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · May 20

Thrilled to say that we'll be at RAISE 2025, leading a session on "Empowering Black student leaders." See you in Glasgow!
tinyurl.com/mrxjrfsz

Thrilled to say that we'll be there, leading a session on "Empowering… | Grit: breakthrough programmes

Thrilled to say that we'll be there, leading a session on "Empowering Black student leaders." See you in Glasgow! Black Leadership Group Wayne A Mitchell Katherine Linehan The BAMEed Ne...

Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · May 19

Toxic Masculinity – the wrong conversation.
This is a hugely cogent and powerful dismantling of the received notion of ‘toxic masculinity’ and argument that, until we move past it, we are not going to get anywhere.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl3e...

Is ‘toxic masculinity’ starting the wrong conversation?

YouTube video by Bristol University Press

www.youtube.com

Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · May 19

“I really loved it. It was my first time since coming to the university that I got to listen and learn from people that look like me… I felt seen and heard.”
An extraordinary Black Leaders programme @universityofleeds.bsky.social last week.
tinyurl.com/38nsh5fh
@diervilla.bsky.social

#blackleaders #blackstudentleaders #university | Grit: breakthrough programmes

I see myself “I really loved it. It was my first time coming to the university where I got to be in a calm set up and listen and learn from people that look like me… a truly an amazing experience. I ...

Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · May 19

“A fantastic experience and I’m grateful to have taken part… great trainers & very insightful… learned a lot… I’m going to think about myself and how I work from a different perspective, be clearer on my motivations”
Great 2-days with staff @glasgowcaledonian.bsky.social last week!

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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · Apr 30

“The Grit workshop really made me think”

Rayan was in year 9 at a school in West London when he did a 3-day intensive Grit workshop. This is his story.
tinyurl.com/5n95ha24
@olimcv.bsky.social @barnetvs.bsky.social

“The Grit workshop really made me think” Rayan was in year 9 at a school… | Grit: breakthrough programmes

“The Grit workshop really made me think” Rayan was in year 9 at a school in West London when he did a 3-day intensive Grit workshop followed by five months coaching from a volunteer life coach. “My...

Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · May 13

“It pushed me to challenge my assumptions and rethink how I approach obstacles.” A Nottingham Trent University students talks about her experience of a Grit programme
tinyurl.com/yc2vjf72

I have finished the 4-day Grit: breakthrough programmes. Designed to build… | Katie Bishop

I have finished the 4-day Grit: breakthrough programmes. Designed to build resilience, self-awareness, and leadership through honest conversations and personal reflection, it pushed me to challenge my...

Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · May 13

Excellent piece on how critical it has become to empower students to shape what support looks like, rather than universities trying to come up with ‘answers’ and ‘solutions’ from their own, often limited and limiting, understanding of students’ lived experience
tinyurl.com/yycth5z9

What if students were the architects of their own success? | Grit: breakthrough programmes

How can we REALLY know what it is like for the mature student balancing work and care responsibilities, the student with disabilities navigating inaccessible booking systems, the international student...

Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · May 13

Beyond Employability.
Had a great time at the Institute of Student Employers Student Development Conference last week which set me looking out some of the blogs we’ve published recently on employability.
@stish.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/mryfhmw6

Beyond employability - HEPI | Grit: breakthrough programmes

Beyond Employability Had a great time at the Institute of Student Employers Student Development Conference last week which set me looking out some of the blogs we’ve published recently on employabili...

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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · May 6

Grit Unleashed!
Please repost
Join us for a deep dive in a day co-designed and co-delivered by student participants alongside Grit and Nottingham Trent University on June 5th from 11am to 3pm

Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · May 12

“It pushed me to challenge my assumptions and rethink how I approach obstacles.” A Nottingham Trent University students talks about her experience of a Grit programme
tinyurl.com/yc2vjf72

I have finished the 4-day Grit: breakthrough programmes. Designed to build… | Katie Bishop

I have finished the 4-day Grit: breakthrough programmes. Designed to build resilience, self-awareness, and leadership through honest conversations and personal reflection, it pushed me to challenge my...

Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · May 12

Powerful piece by Elizabeth Farrier-Cave on how AI isn’t just changing how students approach their work – it’s changing how they see themselves and it’s impact their confidence, motivation, resilience and self-belief, belonging, grades and graduate skills.
tinyurl.com/4arhr3vf

What does it mean if students think that AI is more intelligent than they… | Grit: breakthrough programmes

“If students don’t think they can write as well as a machine, how can we expect them to take intellectual risks, engage critically, or develop the resilience needed for the workplace?” Powerful piece...

Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · May 12

Excellent piece on how critical it has become to empower students to shape what support looks like, rather than universities trying to come up with ‘answers’ and ‘solutions’ from their own, often limited and limiting, understanding of students’ lived experience
tinyurl.com/yycth5z9

What if students were the architects of their own success? | Grit: breakthrough programmes

How can we REALLY know what it is like for the mature student balancing work and care responsibilities, the student with disabilities navigating inaccessible booking systems, the international student...

Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · May 9

tinyurl.com/yc2vjf72

I have finished the 4-day Grit: breakthrough programmes. Designed to build… | Katie Bishop

I have finished the 4-day Grit: breakthrough programmes. Designed to build resilience, self-awareness, and leadership through honest conversations and personal reflection, it pushed me to challenge my...

Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · May 6

See you at the ISE conference tomorrow where we’ll be talking about ‘Mindsets for Success’
tinyurl.com/d7m2t7rk

Whet your appetite for ISE’s Development Conference | Institute of Student Employers

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗜𝗦𝗘’𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 Ahead of ISE’s Student Development Conference next Wednesday, we share some of our leading L&D articles from forthcoming event speakers. Hear ...

Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · May 6

Spread the word: we’re Talking about Transformation... Join us on May 14, in person or online, for a conversation with local authority leaders about how staff teams are navigating the challenges of supporting young people

Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · May 6

Grit Unleashed!
Please repost
Join us for a deep dive in a day co-designed and co-delivered by student participants alongside Grit and Nottingham Trent University on June 5th from 11am to 3pm

Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · May 2

The importance of recognising and valuing the diverse entry backgrounds of students, drawing on the value of their of lived experience and individual learning experiences to enhance their learning journey:
tinyurl.com/5v36mfya

Enjoyed reading Prof Jess Power PFHEA NTF CText FTI FCMI and Davina… | Grit: breakthrough programmes

Enjoyed reading Prof Jess Power PFHEA NTF CText FTI FCMI and Davina Whitnall of The University of Salford on the importance of recognising and valuing the diverse entry backgrounds of students, drawin...

Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · May 2

See you at the ISE conference next Wednesday where we’ll be talking about ‘Mindsets for Success’
tinyurl.com/d7m2t7rk

Whet your appetite for ISE’s Development Conference | Institute of Student Employers

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗜𝗦𝗘’𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 Ahead of ISE’s Student Development Conference next Wednesday, we share some of our leading L&D articles from forthcoming event speakers. Hear ...