A STUDENT teacher has received a £750 grant to help fund a trip to Peru to put her skills into action.

Roxandra-Maria Crisan, who is in the second year of an education studies course at the University of Worcester, was given the money by the university’s scholarship panel.

The budding teacher will set off in mid-July and will spend four weeks volunteering for the Peru-Cusco English programme, run by International Volunteering HQ, where she will work in local schools, community centres and shelters for street children.Through the programme, she will be able to gain experience in setting up small workshops, helping local teachers and teaching students.

The 20-year-old, from Timisoara, Romania, said: “Going to Peru means a lot to me because I believe that anyone can change the world.

“Since I was a child, I knew I wanted to be a teacher and I feel that I have a duty to teach and help every single child. Being a teacher is a lovely experience, which in Peru-vian context will also be a life-changing one and I am prepared to teach, learn and change.”