{"id":3776,"date":"2021-02-05T13:55:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T13:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/london\/?p=3776"},"modified":"2025-05-07T15:07:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T14:07:52","slug":"loughboroughs-education-advancement-programme-leap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/london\/students\/loughboroughs-education-advancement-programme-leap","title":{"rendered":"Loughborough\u2019s Education Advancement Programme (LEAP)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3qCBJRv\">LEAP (Loughborough\u2019s Education Advancement Programme)<\/a> is an exciting new initiative that aims to increase the participation in Higher Education amongst students in the Midlands and East London. LEAP is a collaborative effort, delivered in partnership by colleagues from the School and College Liaison (SCL) Team, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lborolondon.ac.uk\/your-career\/future-space-team\/\">Future Space team<\/a> (London) and the Doctoral College and provides an opportunity for doctoral researchers to share their research and gain teaching experience whilst supporting younger students to develop key study skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why get involved?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>LEAP offers you a chance to gain some valuable paid teaching and work experience. You will have the opportunity to develop teaching materials, skills and lesson plans, providing excellent examples of varied experience for your CV. Throughout the duration of the project you will have a chance to collaborate with colleagues from a number of different departments within the University and develop your own skills\/knowledge of new areas. Where relevant it will also provide an opportunity for you to share your own academic interests and discuss your particular area of research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When does LEAP take place?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>LEAP will take place during the summer term and will be delivered over the course of 10 &#8211; 12 weeks. During this time, the emphasis will be on supporting participants to develop key study skills that will prepare them for Higher Education. 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