Penna Podcasts

An interview with The National House Project's Young People’s Participation and Development Worker, Rosie Blackett by Penna Education's Oona Venermo

There are 11,000 school leavers each year who are also leaving the care system. Some of them have big dreams of starting higher education at university. In this episode on the Penna Podcast, our Senior Client Manager, Oona Venermo, interviews The National House Project’s, Rosie Blackett, Young People’s Participation and Development Worker about the care leaver university experience. They discuss why student marketers must rethink their messaging to spread awareness of their offer to care experienced people.

An interview with Penna's Head of Performance Media Nabil Verdickt by Penna Education's Jack Thorogood and Andy Collins

In this episode, we explore the power of Programmatic advertising for attracting potential students. Listen on for tips to enhance your advertising through contextual targeting from our Head of Performance Media, Nabil Verdickt, and Penna Education's Jack Thorogood and Andy Collins.

International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition - a discussion with Louise Darkwah, Leah James and Alexis Curtis-Harris

Did you know, today is International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition? Some of our Penna family members - Louise Darkwah, Leah James and Alexis Curtis-Harris - joined our Penna Podcast to have an open and honest discussion around the ongoing impact of the slave trade on Black communities both inside and outside the world of work. Take a listen and share your thoughts below the line. Find out more about Penna, and our D&I consultancy, at www.penna.com. Further reading on the Slave Trade and Abolition from our Podcasters: 1. Unesco's explanation of the day: https://en.unesco.org/commemorations/slavetraderemembranceday [https://en.unesco.org/commemorations/slavetraderemembranceday] 2. The British Library's resource: http://www.bl.uk/learning/histcitizen/campaignforabolition/abolitionbackground/abolitionintro.html [http://www.bl.uk/learning/histcitizen/campaignforabolition/abolitionbackground/abolitionintro.html] 3. Black History Month's resource: https://www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk/article/section/history-of-slavery/the-atlantic-slave-trade/ [https://www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk/article/section/history-of-slavery/the-atlantic-slave-trade/] 4. The Black Curriculum: A social enterprise founded in 2019 by Lavinya Stennett to address the lack of Black British history in the UK Curriculum. https://theblackcurriculum.com [https://theblackcurriculum.com] IG - @theblackcurriculum 5. Black British Network: http://www.blackbritishnetwork.com [http://www.blackbritishnetwork.com] [http://www.blackbritishnetwork.comhttps//www.cephaswilliams.com/blackbritishnetwork]https://www.cephaswilliams.com/blackbritishnetwork [https://www.cephaswilliams.com/blackbritishnetwork] IG - @theblackbritishnetwork 6. The Victoria and Albert Museum's Slavery and the African Diaspora Reading List http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/s/reading-list-slavery-african-diaspora/ [http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/s/reading-list-slavery-african-diaspora/] 7. UK Black History: https://ukblackhistory.online [https://ukblackhistory.online] IG - @ukblackhistory

An interview with Robert Gordon University's Senior Marketing Manager Sarah Gilmour by Penna Education's Andy Collins

From TikTok to the trends making students tick, Robert Gordon University have produced some seriously innovative marketing of late. On this episode of Penna Podcasts our Education Client Manager, Andy Collins, had a virtual coffee with RGU's Senior Marketing Manager, Sarah Gilmour, to find out what's on their marketing horizon during the Clearing period.

Aspirational assessment processes - an interview with Head of Assessment Ann Hartley, by Penna's Sue Atkinson

On this episode of Penna's podcast, we're exploring the all-things assessment and selection. Assessment is a vital step in securing candidates, from Chief Executives to Graduates. Our in-house Business Psychologist and Head of Assessment Ann Hartley takes us through the possibilities provided by virtual assessment centres with Commercial Director Sue Atkinson. To find out more, visit www.penna.com.