Month: July 2012
Sedbergh School Leavers of 2020
There are many advantages of staying in touch with the School, the Old Sedberghian Club and the Sedbergh School Foundation as you move on to university and into careers. As well as the opportunity to keep in touch with your friends, there are events held throughout the world for Old Sedberghians to meet and opportunities to get work experience, advice, internships and jobs.
Over the next couple of weeks, you will receive an email (via your school email address) with information including a Data Protection Consent Form. Please complete and sign this form electronically at your earliest convenience in order to receive future communications from the OS Club and Sedbergh School Foundation.
Providing us with your contact information will enable us to contact you with relevant communications after you leave Sedbergh. It will also enable us to keep your data on the School database which is also used by Sedbergh School Developments Ltd, and Sedbergh School Foundation so that you do not miss out on any of the many opportunities that we can provide.
Your personal data will be held by the School and we will comply with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998. It is very important that you update us of any changes of contact details by emailing foundation@sedberghschool.org or osclub@sedberghschool.org.
Social Media Groups
There are two groups that you should consider joining both called “Sedbergh School, England” on Facebook and LinkedIn. These groups will link you to thousands of OS throughout the world.
Privacy Statement
Your privacy and the security of all information that you give to us are of vital importance to Sedbergh School.
Your personal information will be held on the Sedbergh School database in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. Security measures to protect your personal information and privacy are in place and will be used for Alumni and Development purposes. The only people who will see your data are the School administrators, Old Sedberghian Club staff, The Foundation Office staff or Alumni Relations personnel and/or agents contracted by them.
Alumni data may be shared with academic, administrative and support departments at Sedbergh to promote close links between the School and its former students, staff and parents. Additionally contact details may be provided to Alumni Year Representatives (who are themselves Sedbergh alumni and/or Committee Members of the OS Club), who will have signed a data protection agreement.
Dear ‘Old’ Sedberghian,
Your formative years are over, you have escaped the confines of your youth, and now the world awaits. Unfortunately you have missed the annual ‘passing out’ parade of the Leavers’ Ball, the time when you take leave of your friends who have shared your journey with you while at Sedbergh.
But may I assure you that such leave is temporary. Sedbergh is a school for life and those friendships formed in class, in the Houses and on the sports pitches will endure, in many cases, for the rest of your life.
So I write to you as a fellow Old Sedberghian to welcome you to a community of some six thousand individuals who together form the OS Club. The Club facilitates the continuation of friendships made at Sedbergh and I, we, hope to see you at future OS events to hear about your adventures as you make your own way in the world.
There are of course times when you may need help. The general philosophy of the older generation of OS is to help those who are starting out in life. Such contacts can be invaluable when deciding on a career, finding work experience and generally networking. I encourage you to make use of this aspect of the Club.
In light of this, I would like to invite you to join the growing OS Club Online Platform – OS Connect. The site has over 1,200 active users, including a number of your fellow leavers of 2020, who have already signed up to benefit from the professional networking advantages offered by the site.
OS Connect has the following facilities:
1. Your profile: Make instant updates to your employment or education information and add additional career roles and experience. Share updates with the rest of the network about projects you’re currently involved in.
2. Directory: Find old friends, make new connections – professional or personal.
3. Knowledge sharing: Search for an OS who can help you with career advice and information within your desired industry, area of study or general life advice.
4. Jobs and opportunities: See the latest job vacancies and other opportunities, such as internship opportunities, academic/study opportunities, or other professional opportunities.
5. Events: Find out about OS events and book your place.
You have done your time, you have run up and down the hills and turned out in all weathers. You have earned your right to be a member of this most exclusive of clubs. Use it, be a part of it, help to nurture its future and be proud of it.
I hope to meet you at some future event and, in the meantime may I wish you every success and every happiness for whatever path in life you choose to take.
Best Wishes,
Jan van der Velde (L 77-82)
Chairman, OS Club