Scholars Mentoring Company are pleased to share regular topical updates, congratulations, students stories and other interesting reports.
January 2024
Happy 1st Birthday to little Grace Gallagher – 11th January 2024.
December 2023
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the Office team at Scholars!
September 2023
Happy 30th Birthday to Mike Gallagher on 19 September 2023.
Many Happy Returns!
January 2023
Congratulations to Mike Gallagher and his partner Daniela on the arrival of their first child (11/01/2023), a beautiful little girl they have named “Grace”
Everyone here at Scholars Mentoring Company wishes them all the very best of everything wonderful going forward as a family.
July 2022
Joanne: Degree Completion
Congratulations!
Well done Joanne for completing your BSc (Hons) Accounting Degree (June 2022) at Edge Hill University.
We are extremely proud of you, we know how hard you have worked for this achievement.
Joanne joined our company in June 2020 completing a work placement programme to accompany her course.
During this time she has been an important part of our office team, and has helped the company to make improvements setting us up with an accounting package for the processing of our invoices and timesheets.
With her degree now completed, Joanne plans to continue studying for a Masters so we wish her all the very best of luck going forward with that.
Joanne will remain working with us for one day per week as she will be taking up work opportunities with a local accountancy firm.
This will provide her with first hand experience of day to day life in an accountancy environment.
Good luck Joanne!
December 2020
Charitable Donations Commitment
Scholars Mentoring Company made a formal commitment to support charitable organisations with a monthly donation for the long term.
The charities chosen so far:
Age UK
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Description: Age UK is a registered charity in the United Kingdom, formed on 25 February 2009, and launched on 1 April 2009. This combined the operations of the previously separate charities Age Concern England and Help the Aged to form the UK’s largest charity for older people.
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Description: Alzheimer’s Society is a United Kingdom care and research charity for people with dementia and their carers. It operates in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, while its sister charities Alzheimer Scotland and Alzheimer’s Society of Ireland cover Scotland and the Republic of Ireland respectively.
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Description: NHBS’s core purpose is to support those who work to understand, protect, and conserve the natural environment. We do this by offering the largest range of wildlife, ecology and conservation books and equipment in the world; providing expert advice and support to ensure that people are confident in using the books and equipment purchased and providing the continuity in products and services that is essential for longer term research projects.
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Description: Since its launch in 1989, British Wildlife has established its position as the leading natural history magazine in the UK, providing essential reading for both enthusiast and professional naturalists and wildlife conservationists. There is no other publication that offers such high-quality, authoritative, well-researched and accessible articles on such a wide range of subjects. Published 8 times per year, each issue has 84 information-packed pages. There are several in-depth articles in each issue, covering such diverse subjects as the wildlife of London’s churchyards, identifying and recording Britain’s smaller ladybirds, restoration of mountain woodland in the Cairngorms, and the conservation of the Basking Shark. With contributions from top experts, British Wildlife provides the best way for naturalists and wildlife conservationists to keep abreast of new discoveries and the latest trends.
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Description: The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association, known by the working name Guide Dogs, is a British charitable organisation formally founded in 1934, three years after the UK’s first guide dogs were trained and matched to their owners in October 1931.Guide Dogs helps blind and partially sighted people across the UK through the provision of guide dogs, mobility and other services for both adults and children. They also campaign for the rights of those with vision impairments and invest in research.
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Description: The Tokyo Games are finally here. As the nation prepares to cheer on our Olympic and Paralympic athletes, keep an eye on this page for exclusive interviews, behind-the-scenes insights and details of how you, National Lottery players, have helped support our athletes.
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Description: Macmillan Cancer Support is one of the largest British charities and provides specialist health care, information and financial support to people affected by cancer. It also looks at the social, emotional and practical impact cancer can have, and campaigns for better cancer care.
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Description: PDSA is a charity. We want a lifetime of wellbeing for every pet. Every day, vets in our 48 Pet Hospitals care for sick and injured pets – saving lives, and keeping pets happy and healthy.Pets are part of the family. Our four-legged friends give unconditional love and are sometimes our only companion. They don’t deserve to suffer because of financial difficulty or social hardship. They can’t help themselves. But we can – with your support.Treating pets is a huge part of what we do…but our work doesn’t stop there. We’re a leading authority on pet health and wellbeing: from raising awareness of pet obesity to surveying the state of Britain’s pet nation; raising the status of animals to celebrating their contribution to our lives.
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Description: The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is a charity operating in England and Wales that promotes animal welfare. The RSPCA is funded primarily by voluntary donations. Its patron is Queen Elizabeth II.
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Description: The vision of Diabetes UK is a world where diabetes can do no harm.They are leading the fight against the UK’s biggest and growing health crisis. They are working to prevent diabetes and campaigning to support everyone affected by diabetes.There is also a campaign called ‘give as you live’ where if someone buys something online you can help raise funds for charities such as Diabetes UK.
In addition, Scholars mentoring Company remain committed long term to making their contribution to other good causes:
- Monthly donations
- Volunteering
- Donating to charity shops
- Sponsoring events
- Raising awareness
- Social media posts and interactions
- Giving our time to attend events
- Collaborations with other groups
- Recycling
- Commitment to ongoing education and learning
- Supporting good causes by doing the lottery
November 2020
Scholars Mentoring Company are happy to share the following short story of a special journey, in the hope that their journey will inspire and offer some encouragement to other students thinking of studying at University.
Saeed Zahid
A short excerpt from Saeed’s journey:
At the time of writing, we are in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic and a lot of students might feel that it’s not the right time to study. But there is no time like the present! The universities have coped so well to set up alternatives and to maintain a safe yet student-friendly environment. Whilst certain things have been impacted, the quality on offer hasn’t, and neither will the end result be with you getting your degree. Don’t forget also that there is so much support available too that will help you when you need it. Whether it’s at the university itself or it’s through Disabled Students Allowance (DSA), there’s support every step of the way and it is absolutely phenomenal. There’s support for proofreading, transcribing, Study Skills, Mentoring as well as software that’s available for students with visual/audio impairments and learning conditions. I would rate it a thousand out of a thousand and if it wasn’t for the support available from the university, the DSA and from Scholars Mentoring Company, I might not have been able to get to where I am now!
November 2019
Scholars Mentoring Company awarded Certification following DSA-QAG Compliance Audit.
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November 2018
Scholars Mentoring Company awarded Certification following DSA-QAG Compliance Audit.
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July 2018/2019
Congratulations to Jan our Project Manager for her Ph.D award from Edge Hill University.
Thesis: Philosophical Criminology. An Investigation of Everyday Morality and Anti-Social Behaviour.
Prior to being awarded her Ph.D., Jan has been awarded by Edge Hill University with;
- PGCTHE – Postgraduate Certificate Times HIgher Education.
- MPhil – Master of Philosophy
- BSc (Hons) Psychology
Jan holds Professional memberships with:
- The British Psychological Society (Chartered Psychologist)
- National Association of Disability Practitioners
Well Done Jan !
August 2017
Congratulations Michael Gallagher!
Mike was awarded with a Masters MSc Degree in Psychology from the University of Central Lancashire. Prior to this he was awarded a BA (Hons) from the University of Gloucester in Religion, Philosophy & Ethics (2015).
Well Done Mike!
Mike joined our company in 2015 after he completed his undergraduate degree. Initially Mike began working as a specialist mentor carrying out an amazing top notch service to our students in need of support. Mike progressed to being a Senior mentor in 2018 and then in 2019 took additional responsibilities working from the office co-ordinating students with their mentors along with compliance and QA. Mike continues to provide Specialist mentoring when required to maintain registration.