It's been a real privilege this week to be joined by three fantastic individuals as part of our Creative Careers Week celebrations, who shared their career journeys with our students.

On Monday, our A-Level art students greeted Professor Jennifer Powell, for a chat about her career pathway. From History/History of Art student, through an array of curation roles at great organisations like Kettle's Yard in Cambridge, The Royal Academy and Tate Britain in London, to the full-circle moment of being appointed Director of the Barber Institute, where she studied her BA.

Francis Faux, composer and freelance musician, was our second speaker. Francis spoke to some of our GCSE and A-Level music students about his upbringing, being surrounded by musicians in his family, the growth of his freelance career, and some key tips for their coursework.

Our final guest, quite literally, was Sutton Girls' alumna Lucy Guest, a social media and digital marketing  extraordinaire. Lucy's Tuesday afternoon session started with an introduction to the various roles under the social media umbrella, such as content creation, data analytics, and community management. Lucy then set our students the task of planning a campaign for the (fictional) Sutton Girls University using the ideas and examples of best practice they had discussed beforehand!

We are so grateful for Jennifer, Francis and Lucy's time this week. Their passion has really fired everyone up!