Bursary awards for two Access students

Two City Lit students have been awarded Helen Kennedy Foundation bursaries. After attending Access courses to prepare them for higher education, Johanna Robinson and Michael Barnett now have the financial support from their bursaries to complete their degrees.
Johanna, who completed the Access to creative studies course, is now studying Creative Writing at Roehampton University, and Michael from the Access to Humanities and Social Sciences course is at University College London studying Dutch.
The awards were hosted by Baroness Kennedy at the Houses of Parliament, and former City Lit student Peter Maclaine, who awarded a bursary before going on to study at Westminster University, spoke at the event. The awards were a great success, with winners, family and friends, sponsors, HKF trustees and special guests coming together to congratulate the students on their remarkable achievements.
The Helena Kennedy Foundation was set up by Dr Ann Limb in 1998 to tackle injustice and social exclusion through education by supporting disadvantaged students from the further and adult education sectors to complete their studies in higher education and move on successfully into employment.
Since the Helena Kennedy Foundation bursary scheme began, City Lit students have been very successful – each year City Lit students have been awarded at least one bursary.
Story added 12th November 2009