In mid-January, students from the Prépa’Rémois association brought several Year 12 students to Gérardmer in the Vosges region. These students are part of Cordées de la Réussite, a programme that promotes higher education access among young people from rural or isolated backgrounds. They spent two days exploring and discovering the region, testing themselves and developing a greater sense of group unity. For a lot of them, it was also the first time they experienced snow or even the first time they went on a trip.

The aim of Cordées de la Réussite is to combat self-censorship and encourage the desire to pursue further education among younger students. This programme is supported by two student associations from our business school, Prépa’ Rémois in Reims and Envie D’Sup in Rouen. Each year these associations organise workshops, outings and meetings in secondary schools and sixth-form colleges. In the past fifteen years, 5,000 tutored students have received assistance from NEOMA students.