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Uni Connect
supporting young people to achieve their ambitions by helping remove academic, financial and cultural barriers to higher education.
Aims:
- Contribute to reducing the gap in higher education participation between the most and least represented groups.
- Equip young and adult learners from underrepresented groups to make an informed choice about their HE options and to minimise the barriers they may face when choosing the option that will unlock their potential.
- Support a strategic local infrastructure of universities, colleges and other partners that can cut through competitive barriers, offer an efficient and low-burden route for schools and colleges to engage with higher education outreach, enable schools to engage with attainment raising activity, and address outreach ‘cold spots’ for underrepresented groups.
- Contribute to a stronger evidence base around ‘what works’ in higher education outreach and strengthen evaluation practice across the sector.
What We Offer
ThinkHigher deliver free activities to schools and colleges throughout our region. Our activities help young people make informed choices about their futures and include assembly style sessions, classroom size workshops and 1:1 guidance.
As well as in school sessions, we also coordinate and deliver on campus sessions at one of our two partner universities, where we can.
Project Work
Our strategic work is open to all students that are eligible and we are always happy to come into schools or colleges to discuss what we projects they can get involved in. If this is something that you school or college would be interested in, please contact us at
What if our school/college isn't eligible for support?
Where we can't offer in school support directly, we will always try to support schools or colleges in the the locality to find an alternative option. This may be directing you to one of our partners who can offer school visits or outreach support.
Take a look at our partner pages to see what else is available.
Alternatively, if you're a school or college in Warwickshire, head to the Warwickshire Skills HubLink opens in a new window page to find out what's available to you.
Framework, Evaluation and Reports
ThinkHigher Progression Framework - Coming Soon
Uni Connect Impact Report, January 2022
Uni Connect National Evaluation, May 2022
TASO: The Value of Higher Education, May 2023
The Black Student Experience Report, Professor Jason Arday, January 2022
People, Places and Prospects, Dr Neil Raven, 2022