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TWO CLICKS COULD GET SALFORD GIRL INTO CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY
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Star date: 28th July 2019 TWO DAYS TO HELP HANNAH G GET TO CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY "Coming together to help each other is what community is all about..." Hannah G In June, the Salford Star ran an article about Salford girl, Hannah Gaffey, who had been accepted for a prestigious place at Cambridge University to do a Masters course in Education but was being thwarted by tuition and living fees of £24,000. Now she is in with a chance of winning a £20,000 scholarship, having made it to the final 15 of a Future Finance competition but she needs to win an online vote and there's only two days left. The voting takes two clicks with no sign ups or costs. Full details here...
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Salford Star readers may remember an article back in June* about Salford girl, Hannah Gaffey, who had been accepted for a prestigious place at Cambridge University to do a Masters course in Education but was being thwarted by tuition and living fees of £24,000. Educated at Light Oaks Infant and Junior School on Lancaster Road, Hannah's friends had set up a GoFundMe page, while she was also selling t-shirts to raise the necessary cash to enable her to access the MPhil in Education (Globalisation and International Development). Hannah also entered a Future Finance competition and has made it to the final 15 out of 730 applicants, with the final stage an online vote. Tomorrow, 29th July, is the final deadline for voting, and she is asking Salford people to support her with just ten seconds of their time and two clicks... 1. Just either click here or go to https://www.futurefinance.com/scholarship/voting/ 2. Scroll down until you see 'Hannah G' and click the heart underneath her photo There's no sign up or costs involved just a click! In June, Hannah told the Salford Star..."I was really excited when Cambridge offered me a place on the course but immediately began to worry about money...I didn't want this to stop me from taking my place at the UK's number one university so I decided I would do everything in my power to make it happen... "I want to do this degree because I believe we should not simply strive for education for all, but a holistic, high-quality education for all" she added "I have been offered a place on this course because I have the ability to complete it, the only barrier to my success being lack of finance. "My aspiration is that if I am successful in fundraising the money for my place, I can be part of making the necessary changes to our education system that ensures more state school educated kids gain access to these institutions" she explained "I am so grateful to everybody that has invested in this campaign so far and I hope they are proud to be able to say that they are helping me to get to Cambridge. Coming together to help each other is what community is all about." For a full background see previous Salford Star article Lack of Finance Could Stop Hannah Going To Cambridge – click here
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Pete Pogson wrote
at 08:01:45 on 09 August 2019 |
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Julie Massey wrote
at 13:22:13 on 30 July 2019 |
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| Good Luck Keep thinking Positive Hope and Whish you get threw keep smiling 😁x |
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bob the regular wrote
at 13:21:49 on 30 July 2019 |
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| A brilliant answer from Hannah, and it shows why she is going to Cambridge, perhaps I did not put my point about Grammar schools as well as I should. Does Hannah think that having Grammar schools is a good idea to help bright kids from working class backgrounds get to the educational heights they need to get the top positions in government, medicine, the law etc.? Hannah will know that there is a big debate going on about grammar schools nearby,(in Trafford) and teachers who come from a certain ethnic background, said to be under privilaged, are heavily in favour of them, and the rest of the teachers are against them. Of course, with them all being teachers, politicaly correct and Guardian readers, they like to keep this row behind closed doors, and not for the likes of nosey parkers like me to be interested in. Where does Hannah stand in this row, what side is she on? |
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Beryl wrote
at 05:19:40 on 30 July 2019 |
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| Well done and good luck hope you make it. |
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Farzana adam wrote
at 05:19:09 on 30 July 2019 |
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antonia wrigley wrote
at 05:18:46 on 30 July 2019 |
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Roy James Cavanagh MBE wrote
at 05:18:27 on 30 July 2019 |
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| Sorted, very best of luck but also many congratulations in what you are doing with your life. |
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Rita Hornby wrote
at 05:18:06 on 30 July 2019 |
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| Good luck and well done.x |
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Jennie Miles wrote
at 05:17:50 on 30 July 2019 |
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| Go girl, you can do it. Make Salford proud!! xx |
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Hannah Gaffey wrote
at 05:15:41 on 30 July 2019 |
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| Hi bob the regular! (I'm not sure if you will see this but I'm going to reply anyway :D)
You are right, I went to secondary school at a faith school in Bolton because my year 6 primary school teacher at light oaks recommended that I apply there. I then went on to study at a university in London because my English teacher at the sixth form pushed me to do so. In this respect, I think it is less about the quality of the school but about teachers that really care about their students and see the potential in EVERYONE, no matter what their academic performance is like. This is of course hard for a teacher to do when they are being pushed to their limits in terms of work load, ofsted inspections and lack of funding (much like other public sector workers). There is so much to be said on this! I feel like I can't really do it justice in this comments section.
Re Boris et al., it is disappointing. People that are brought up by extremely wealthy families often don't have the opportunity to see what life is like for the average family in Britain. They grow up with the same people, go to school and university with the same people and end up running the country with the same people. This obviously impacts upon their world view and the policy decisions they make & there is a lot of self-interest there! I am interested to see what Boris' brother Jo does as he has been appointed as Universities Minister. We shall see...
I'm currently volunteering at an international school in Norway which educates students from over 90 different countries all walks of life, including those that have been survivors of conflict. My aspiration is to improve educational systems both at home and abroad, there are problems everywhere, the problems are just different. Just because we are a "economically developed country", doesn't mean that things cannot be improved. For example, during my time at uni I went to an event about education in Parliament. It was great to see primary school kids there that were really passionate about their education and helping others. However, I noticed that they all went to school in London or the home counties and couldn't help but feel that myself or my peers would not have had this opportunity at such a young age. Is too much of the countries time and resource focused on Westminster and the surrounding areas? Can we draw attention from the capital and ensure children from all backgrounds get the chance to succeed and have an amazing career?
There is lots and lots to think about!
Have a lovely day,
Hannah x
p.s. Thank you to everyone else for voting!! |
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at 05:14:14 on 30 July 2019 |
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Kelly Clarke wrote
at 05:11:14 on 30 July 2019 |
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| Voting done and fingers croosed. Good luck hope hthings work out for you. |
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Ann Reeves wrote
at 09:11:47 on 29 July 2019 |
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Beryl wrote
at 09:11:36 on 29 July 2019 |
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| Well done and good luck hope you make it. |
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Deborah wrote
at 09:11:28 on 29 July 2019 |
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Jim & Pat Gaffey wrote
at 09:11:19 on 29 July 2019 |
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| Well Done Hannah congratulations |
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bob the regular wrote
at 09:11:07 on 29 July 2019 |
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| Great to see so many people in Salford wishing this young lady well.I am firmly of the belief that we in Salford and similar places should get as many of our young people into these elite universities as possible. Once upon a time we had many prime ministers and cabinet ministers from state schools who were Oxbridge types, including our last PM. Nowadays, all our senior politicians seem to be private school types. Could this be due to the demise of Grammar schools? Hannah, if your reading this, what are your views on this? I do note that you were educated at a school outside Salford, do you still think you would have got so far had you been to Hope high, which is where most kids from light oaks went on to?. Once again I wish you all the best at Cambridge. P.S. I think I might know a couple of your great uncles, if they were in the building game. |
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Charlotte wrote
at 19:56:00 on 28 July 2019 |
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Elaine Jones wrote
at 19:55:43 on 28 July 2019 |
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| Good luck Hannah. I hope all your dreams come true xx |
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Barbara Thorley wrote
at 19:55:37 on 28 July 2019 |
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| Good Luck Hannah in all you do.xx |
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Deborah price wrote
at 19:55:21 on 28 July 2019 |
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| Hope this helps you get in darling ! |
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Graham Bassett wrote
at 19:54:51 on 28 July 2019 |
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bob the regular wrote
at 19:54:15 on 28 July 2019 |
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| Good luck Hannah, hope you win the contest, but even if you don't I know you are going to make it to Cambridge by "hook or by crook" as my old gran used to say. Cambridge places cannot be turned down. Its up to you where you go after you graduate from there,the world will be your oyster, but I do hope you will come back for a while to help improve our education system. Enjoy yourself down there, it's not all work and no play. |
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Debra Birks wrote
at 19:54:05 on 28 July 2019 |
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Kiel hunter wrote
at 19:54:02 on 28 July 2019 |
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| Good luck and go live your dream xx |
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Zoe Wright wrote
at 12:22:03 on 28 July 2019 |
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Gloria M Shepherd wrote
at 12:21:56 on 28 July 2019 |
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| Good luck Hannah, truly hope you are successful. |
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Sheila Blinston wrote
at 12:21:52 on 28 July 2019 |
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| Good luck Hannah you deserve it |
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Natalie Cadogan wrote
at 12:21:47 on 28 July 2019 |
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| Go live your dream girl 🙌🏼♥️🐝 xx |
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