One of the most popular Uni Connect activities over the past three years has been our annual trip to Liverpool. Combining the experience of living in student halls, getting to know two or three Liverpool universities, and exploring the city by day and night has been a formative experience for many of the learners who
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We are thrilled that our Members Only Area on our website, with events & resources for all key stages, is up & running! All of our partner schools have been receiving email communications with instructions on how to access this unique and exciting resource.
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As part of the Uni Connect programme, teachers and advisors are invited to join a free virtual conference on Monday 22nd June, which will focus on increasing higher education and careers opportunities for your students within the context of COVID-19 and beyond. The conference aims to develop delegates’ knowledge and confidence to support students’ decisions
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Last week, we officially launched the Uni Connect programme for our new Year 9 cohort in Sutton. The launch event is a great opportunity to invite learners and their families to hear more about the programme and meet the team, but also to meet other young people taking part locally. The event featured a line-up
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The Office for Students’ university outreach programme, Uni Connect (formally the National Collaborative Outreach Programme) is celebrating the latest batch of sixth formers who are off to university in October. Kieran, a participant in the programme, is in the second year of the sixth form at Carshalton Boys Sports College in Sutton. He’s been taking
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Hi, I’m Harrison and a student ambassador at the University of Roehampton, studying Education. I work on the National Collaborative Outreach Programme (NCOP) which is a project which aims to increase the progression of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds from Years 9 to 13 into higher education. Over the summer, I was fortunate enough to
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Our NCOP team, Mark, Justine and Kirsty, along with student ambassador Harrison from the University of Roehampton, attended the national NCOP conference, Making Change through Collaboration, in Birmingham last week. The conference was an opportunity for representatives from across the programme to share best practice, reflect on the impact of the programme so far with
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Year 10 NCOP students from 3 partner schools had a fabulous experience at our residential Our City Cultural Capital weekend, accompanied by Justine & Mark from AHL and under-graduate NCOP ambassadors from 3 partner universities! We are grateful to Roehampton University, The Royal Veterinary College and Ravensbourne University for providing the ambassadors who helped to
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On 26th June, Justine and Mark from Aimhigher London, Melba D’Mello from Quest Academy, and five student ambassadors from four different universities accompanied 19 NCOP students from 5 different schools to Liverpool for a three day summer school. We set off from Euston to go to Liverpool Hope University where we stayed last year. Everyone
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Thames Water hosted a visit for NCOP learners studying geography from three schools (Meridian High School, Greenshaw High School and Carshalton Boys Sports College) at Hogsmill Sewage Treatment Works in Kingston on the 29th April. Starting with an introduction to Thames Water, Paul Hampton, who heads up the Education Team, impressed us with a range
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