Student Leaders Finding Voices

As our newly elected student leadership team prepare to take on their roles of responsibility, we were invited to Royal Holloway to participate in a Myth and Voice workshop developing understanding of communication and leadership.

Students unpacked the myth of Phaethon and Helios, where an insecure yet boastful young man ignores the pleas and advice of his father with calamitous consequences. Students explored the many perspectives of the story, including those not mentioned in the text, to consider the role of effective communication (or lack of) on the outcome of the story.

This, and a walk around campus, including their student union and library spaces, have given the Head Student team food for thought as they develop their plan for student voice for the coming year.

Mr D Fisher

Head of Latin & Teacher of English